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5 Sep 2023

Change in Management at Altana's BYK Division

Altana's BYK division is experiencing multiple changes in leadership.

editorial 5 Sep 2023

'Tis the Season — Gearing Up for Conferences and Trade Shows

Products Finishing looks ahead to fall finishing industry events.

education 4 Sep 2023

Electroless Nickel Conference 2023 to Bring EN Professionals Together

ENC 2023, a three-day conference featuring electroless nickel education and networking opportunities, is scheduled for September 26-28, 2023 in Milwaukee, Wisc.

aerospace 4 Sep 2023

The Best Method for Coating Full-Size Aircraft

John Owed from Carlisle Fluid Technologies analyzes the difference between using air-assisted airless, air spray and other technologies for coating a full-size aircraft. Which is better?

construction 4 Sep 2023

Concrete Reinforced Bars Built to Last

Not all corrosion-resistant materials for infrastructure are created equally. Epoxy-coated steel rebar has advantages that other materials used to prevent corrosion do not.

Mechanical Finishing 1 Sep 2023

Calculating Applied Media Force During Vibratory Finishing

What appear to be identically set-up vibratory bowls will finish identical loads of parts in varying time cycles. This paper offers a new technique to better predict what the operator will produce, by measuring the force applied to the parts. It is the efficiency of that force which controls the efficiency and speed of the refinement cycle.

Pollution Control 1 Sep 2023

NASF/AESF Foundation Research Project #122: Electrochemical Approaches to Treatment of PFAS in Plating Wastewater - 9th Quarterly Report

The NASF-AESF Foundation Research Board selected a project addressing the problem of PFAS and related chemicals in plating wastewater streams. This report covers the ninth quarter of work (January-March 2023). In this report, we describe our work on evaluating the performance of PFAS degradation by electrooxidation using surface fluorinated Ti4O7 anodes in batch mode.