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A Conversation with Rick Hunter, A.M. Metal Finishing
His shop has been a Products Finishing Top Shop for both plating and powder coating almost every year since the survey began. Hunter runs the Orlando, Florida, shop with his wife, Sloane.
Read MoreThe Reluctant Award Winner
Sales awards make me uncomfortable because they recognize what is good for everyone except, perhaps, the most important people to any business: the customers.
Read MoreOptimizing 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.
Read MoreOptions 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.
Read MorePreventing Electroplating Tank Catastrophes in Surface Finishing Operations
About 75 percent of process tank users have reported tank failures. Here’s how to avoid them.
Read MoreHow 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.
Read More3 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.
Read MoreLincoln Industries Acquires Manufacturer SourceOne
SourceOne provides custom manufacturing, design services and tooling, powder coating and specialty machine-build services.
Read MoreDürr 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.
Read MoreHow 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.
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