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Choosing a Spray Gun
Question: We are a machine shop for aircraft parts and are starting up a paint line.
Read MoreChrome Comes Under Fire...Again
A proposed new standard for occupational exposure to hexavalent chrome suggests lowering the permissible exposure limit to less than 1/50th its current level. Here's a look at the proposed limits, how they were conceived, and how the industry is responding...
Read MoreCadmium Plating and Black Spots
Question: Our shop does bright cadmium plating but we have a problem with black spots appearing after the parts have been processed and shipped to our customer.
Read MoreDo It Yourself
Simplex, Inc., a manufacturer of electrical test systems and fuel supply systems, established a need to upgrade its pretreatment line from a three-stage system to a five-stage system. Equipped with experience in fluid transportation and storage, they decided to design and build it themselves...
Read MoreCaustic Bath for Pre-copper Plating
Can you help me come up with the amounts of caustic potash and potassium cyanide that you need to makeup a caustic bath to use to neutralize acids from parts prior to copper plating them.
Read MoreThis is the Best Thing You'll Ever Read
I'm going to share a very big secret with you, one that will likely get me into a lot of trouble with my fellow writers.
Read MoreCoil Coating 101
Question: I am a masters-degree student of materials engineering at my university.
Read MoreSafety In and Around the Powder Coating Line
While safety in the powder coating job shop has improved dramatically in recent years, accidents, injuries and work stoppages still occur today. For a better understanding of safety in and around the powder coating line, we asked a Certified Safety Professional to share with us his approach to safety...
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