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500-HR SALT-SPRAY REQUIREMENT
We have been experiencing some coating failures lately and we are trying to figure out how to find the root cause and what tests we can use to prevent them. We need to pass a 500-hr salt-spray requirement, and we cannot always meet the specification.
Read MoreFlaking Zinc Plate
We have a customer who returned zinc-nickel plated parts to us which we processed in 2005 and have traveled to Asia. The plating is flaking from the parts. Our company is paying for this rework, yet I don’t think we are responsible for redoing the flaking parts. Do you have any thoughts on this?
Read MoreFlouride Removal
Any recommendations on how we can easily remove fluoride without major modifications to our pretreatment system?
Read MoreStainless Steel Smokestack
I want to replace the mild steel smoke stack on the steam boiler with one made from stainless steel. The new smokestack material is 3 mm thick. What treatment do you recommend I apply to keep the paint from peeling off?
Read MoreDisposing of Waste Powder
Is there some way to use the over-sprayed powder instead of throwing it out? Are there any alternative ways to dispose of waste powder?
Read MoreAdhesion to Stainless Steel
We have made some process improvements over the last year but are still plagued with paint peeling from the kick panels. We have in the past seen a silicone contamination issue and it did cause some fish-eye problems in our aluminum painting process, but nothing that affected adhesion. Do you have any suggestions as to what the cause might be? Anything new to the industry that we should investigate? We are looking for longer-term adhesion.
Read MoreProtection from Hex Chrome
OSHA’s relatively new hexavalent chromium standard remains somewhat confusing when trying to implement at our plant. Could you provide some insight on how to obtain compliance?
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