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VDA 19 and its Impact on European Manufacturing and Cleaning
The German Association of the Automotive Industry’s VDA Volume 19 is the first comprehensive standardization document for characterizing the cleanliness of products within the automotive industry’s quality chain.
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Wheels of Fortune For a Florida Coater
Once a supplier to international companies, a Florida manufacturer now makes and coats its own aftermarket wheels after it discovered that 80 percent of the aftermarket wheel manufacturing business that used to be done in the U.S. is done overseas, and often not very well.
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Air Force Enlists New Plating Shop for Duty
The new Advanced Metal Finishing facility—$67 million of plating technology and safety —was unveiled with a ceremony and public tours, but it won’t be fully operation until the end of this year when work transfers slowly from the older, adjoining AMF building.
Read MoreBlisters and Stains
We are using a number of different plating vendors with the same result: delayed blisters and stains. The blistering and staining does not occur all the time, and none of our suppliers has been able to define root cause. What are your thoughts on this?
Read MorePre-Plate Finishing
We chrome plate a small aluminum fitting, first using a vibratory process on the part to produce a competitive, refined, pre-plate finish. This often creates small part dings and surface orange peel that only show up after plating. What causes the surface damage, and how can we test for part damage on the hard-to-see-through matte finish prior to plating to avoid an expensive strip and re-plate process?
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Finishing Brands Hosts Three-Day Symposium in Toledo
Topics included automotive, industrial and medical coatings from industry experts and from DeVilbiss, Ransburg, BGK and Binks company executives.
WatchPowder Coating Stainless Steel Pipe
Can we powder coat AISI 304 stainless steel pipe to our color of choice?
Read MoreMechanical Cleaning Effectiveness
We are coating nuts and fasteners with nickel alloys for corrosion resistance. We currently do mechanical cleaning before electrochemical cleaning but would like to eliminate this mechanical cleaning, as the system is not efficient. Could you give us information on a new process?
Read MorePainting a Coal Conveyor
What is the best paint to use on the steel structure and steel rail tracks of a coal conveyor system located adjacent to a river?-
Read MoreHigh-Energy Mass Finishing
We produce two parts that cannot be deburred in our bowl vibratory machine. Is there another finishing system that would deburr these parts?
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