Pollution Control
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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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.
Read MorePaint Stripping Waste Disposal
In response to a question in the September 2012 column regarding the disposal of waste from paint stripping, one reader recommends purchase of a stripping oven, used to strip products and paint racks.
Read MoreOn-Site Treatment or Off-Site Disposal
Can you provide information on a pH/precipitation system that will speed up the process of removing metals and patina chemicals from wastewater?
Read MoreClean Wastewater Attacking Zinc Plate
We use ion exchange treatment for wastewater from our nickel, hexavalent chrome and zinc plating rinses. What kind of characterization should we do to identify the pollutants that are affecting our products, and what steps are needed to reuse this water?
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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
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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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CCAI SoCal Chapter Partners with Marines on 'Toys for Tots' Event
Nearly 190 toys collected to help disadvantaged kids
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BASF building new automotive coatings plant in Shanghai
New production facility is scheduled to commence operation in early 2014; complements the company’s existing plant in Shanghai, which has been operating for more than 15 years.
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Nickel Saved is Nickel Earned
Those in the plating industry are continually working on the development of a process to recover valuable nickel from spent electroless nickel solutions. Now there is a two-stage method to do just that.
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