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E-Coat Q&A: Gap Size Specifications
E-Coat expert Jose Tirado answers a question on whether there is a standard or a design rule that specifies the minimum gap necessary for complete coating during electrocoating?
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Dis-Charge Your Powder
A practical approach to managing electrostatic problems and hazards during powder coating
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A Conversation With ... Lanny Woods
Lanny Woods entered the surface finishing industry in 1974 and has never looked back. He started his own company, Pro-Kote Powder Coating, in Jackson, Tenn. Lanny’s friends know he enjoys fine cigars and great-tasting wine, and we caught up with him on an afternoon when he was enjoying a Dominican corona and a fine red.
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Disconnecting Cadmium
Sheffield Platers is in pursuit of what some may call the Holy Grail of connector plating: coming up with a suitable replacement for cadmium coatings on electrical connectors used by many U.S. military organizations.
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Powder Coat Q&A: A Good System Gone Bad
Rodger Tallbert answers a question about a problem with light coating on an automotive product, where the coater is not getting the kind of coverage they got when the system was new.
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CCAI Presents "Basics of Powder Coating" in Spanish on April 16 in Miami
Conceptos Básicos de Pintura en Polvo en Español, to be held on Tuesday, April 16 at the American Welding Society Headquarters Conference Center in Miami, FL.
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NASF's AESF Foundation Awards Scholarship
Sudarshan Narayanan is currently focusing on transparent conductors for optoelectronic applications and is expecting to complete his doctorate in 2013
Read MoreMasking Painted Parts
When paint is applied to the instrument cases we manufacture it coats the threads of the tapped holes, causing difficulties in further assembly.Will changing the settings on the electrostatic gun help keep paint from coating the threads?
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Development of Life Prediction Models for High Strength Steel in a Hydrogen Emitting Environment
Solvent substitution for maintenance and overhaul operations of military systems has been a primary environmental concern for many years. Cadmium replacement in these systems has been targeted for decades. Both of these areas have a common obstacle for implementation of any potential alternate. Hydrogen embrittlement of high strength steel is the most predominant unforeseen hurdle since high strength materials show sensitivity to the phenomena and the source of the hydrogen can be anything within the fabrication process, maintenance practice or the natural corrosion cycle. Standardized testing on this issue has traditionally stemmed from the aerospace industry where it is a principal focus.
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Haviland Announces 100% Employee Ownership
Prior to this sale, Haviland Enterprises was owned 54 percent by the Haviland family and 46 percent by Haviland employees.
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