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Liquid Coating 1 Nov 2018

Optimizing and Maintaining Spray Patterns in a Wash System

When pretreatment systems perform optimally, water and chemistry are used efficiently, with little flowing to waste treatment.

racking 1 Nov 2018

Options for Removing Paint from Part Racks

Traditionally, paint removal is achieved by either mechanical, thermal or chemical methods, and often it is contracted out.There are some key disadvantages to outsourcing your paint-removal requirements, however, explains Atotech’s Sylvain Masson.

Powder Coating 1 Nov 2018

Architectural Coatings Help Minnesota Shop Grow Finishing Operation

Twin City Powder Coating now boasts 36,000 square feet, two 40-foot ovens with matching coating booths, one 8-foot oven and coating booth, and six manual coating systems.

Pollution Control 1 Nov 2018

Preventing Electroplating Tank Catastrophes in Surface Finishing Operations

About 75 percent of process tank users have reported tank failures. Here’s how to avoid them.

Electroplating 1 Nov 2018

How Trivalent Chrome Compares to Hexavalent

Columbia Chemical’s Mark Schario explains how the performance of trivalent chromium compares to hexavalent chromium, and what is needed to make the change to tri-chrome plating.

Parts Cleaning 31 Oct 2018

3 Ways Advances in Cleaning and Coatings Drive Medical Device Innovation

Jay Tourigny of MicroCare Medical says that advances in medical devices come with many benefits but also bring new challenges related to cleaning and coatings.

Powder Coating 29 Oct 2018

Lincoln Industries Acquires Manufacturer SourceOne

SourceOne provides custom manufacturing, design services and tooling, powder coating and specialty machine-build services.

sustainability 23 Oct 2018

Dürr Acquires Babcock & Wilcox's Environmental Business

Germany-based Dürr has completed the acquisition of the industrial environmental technology businesses of U.S. company Babcock & Wilcox, which provide air pollution and noise control technologies.

How to Optimize Your Reverse Osmosis System for Surface Finishing

High-quality water is essential for a variety of industrial finishing processes, but is too often overlooked. Discover where reverse osmosis fits into your finishing operation, including what it is, how it works and how to get the most out it.