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Finishing Activity: March closed at 47.7, Up 1.6 from February’s 46.1

March’s 47.7 marks a full quarter of slowed monthly contraction.   

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Cleaning Technology Manufacturer Opens US Branch

The new branch in Georgia will be overseen by Vic Williams, who takes advantage of his 32 years of technical/sales experience in the industrial and textile cleaning industry.

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Women in Manufacturing Association 4th Annual Moms in MFG Virtual Conference

Event brings together manufacturing professionals with dual responsibilities of career and caregiving.

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NASF/AESF Foundation Research Project #122: Electrochemical Approaches to Treatment of PFAS in Plating Wastewater - 11th Quarterly Report

In our last report, we described the performance and effect of surface fluorinated Ti4O7 anodes on PFAS degradation in a batch reactor operation mode. In this report, we will discuss the effect of surface fluorinated Ti4O7 anodes on PFAS degradation in a reactive electrochemical membrane (REM) operation mode.

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EcoGun Manual Electrostatic Spray Guns for Efficiency

The EcoGun AS MAN DC/EC is a more sustainable way of painting, reducing overspray by about 40%.  

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Polychem Moves to New Production Facility

Polychem Powder Coatings has moved into a new production facility in Gainesville, Texas.

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NASF/AESF Foundation Research Project #123: Electrochemical Manufacturing for Energy Applications - 7th Quarterly Report

The NASF-AESF Foundation Research Board selected a project on electrodeposition toward developing low-cost and scalable manufacturing processes for hydrogen fuel cells and electrolysis cells for clean transportation and distributed power applications.  In this period, we followed our work on 3D printing anode support for solid oxide fuel cells, SOFC (or cathode for solid oxide electrolyzers, SOEC) based on our designed optimization outlined in the previous report.  We worked on optimizing the printing parameters, obtaining binder burn out and sintering profiles to obtain printed parts with desired geometry and properties. 

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Explosion-Proof Collaborative Paint Robot

FANUC America’s explosion-proof paint cobot is designed for industrial painting, coating, powder and fiberglass reinforced plastic applications.

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Episode 44: Metal Finishing Legislative Day

Products Finishing recently attended the Metal Finishing Association of California's annual legislation day event, which provides a forum for finishing operations in the state to voice their concerns to government officials. In this installment of On the Line, we learn more about the initiative and the key issues for California-based finishers. 

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EN and the Rise of the Electric Vehicle

Implications and Applications for Electroless Nickel

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