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E-Coat Q&A: Gap Size Specifications
E-Coat expert Jose Tirado answers a question on whether there is a standard or a design rule that specifies the minimum gap necessary for complete coating during electrocoating?
Read MoreElectrolytic Cleaning
Is there a reverse-current cleaner that will blow and clean off rust in a timely manner and that is environmentally friendly?
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Dis-Charge Your Powder
A practical approach to managing electrostatic problems and hazards during powder coating
Read MoreCleaning Prior to PVD/CVD Coating
Determining the cleanliness and chemical de-coating of PVD/CVD layers.
Read MoreEnsuring Your Next Kaizen Event is a Colossal Failure
Finishers all over the United States are using Kaizen events to improve efficiency and better respond to the voice of the customer. Though some are achieving their goals, many — if not most — are failing.
Read MoreA Colorful Collaboration
Manufacturer adds color with powder coating, nearly doubling finishing throughput.
Read MoreHexavalent Chromium - What Else?
Dr. Patrick Benaben won the 2011 NASF Scientific Achievement Award. Here is an edited version of his presentation at NASF SUR/FIN 2012, along with commentary provided by Dr. James H. Lindsay, Technical Editor for the NASF.
Read MoreA Conversation With ... Lanny Woods
Lanny Woods entered the surface finishing industry in 1974 and has never looked back. He started his own company, Pro-Kote Powder Coating, in Jackson, Tenn. Lanny’s friends know he enjoys fine cigars and great-tasting wine, and we caught up with him on an afternoon when he was enjoying a Dominican corona and a fine red.
Read MoreDisconnecting Cadmium
Sheffield Platers is in pursuit of what some may call the Holy Grail of connector plating: coming up with a suitable replacement for cadmium coatings on electrical connectors used by many U.S. military organizations.
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Experimental Study on the Formation of Electroless Nickel-Boron Coatings from a Borohydride-Reduced Bath on Mild Steel
This paper is a peer-reviewed and edited version of a presentation delivered at NASF SUR/FIN 2012 in Las Vegas, Nev., on June 13, 2012.
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