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Mighty Hooks' Bruce Bryan Honor With CCAI's James F. Wright Lifetime Achievement Award
Bryan recognized for his years of dedicated service to CCAI serving as the Northern Illinois Chapter president and treasurer, as a National Board Director and National President
Read MoreChrome-Nickel Screens and Pitting
Our company manufactures screens used in continuous centrifugal machines in sugar mills. The screens we are shipping this year start pitting after 11 days of use, whereas the screens we previously supplied did not show any pitting until 20-25 days of use. What parameters should we check?
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Find A MEP In Your Area
The Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP) is a catalyst for strengthening American manufacturing – accelerating its ongoing transformation into a more efficient and powerful engine of innovation driving economic growth and job creation.
Read MoreWelding Painted Parts
We produce industrial storage cabinets and would like to change the manufacturing process sequence to paint the parts before welding them together.
Read MorePainting Window Screening
We apply paint by a dipping process to insect screening made from aluminum alloy 5052, then use a high-speed rotating beater to beat away excess paint from between the wires. The finished product shows some bare spots on the surface, and we don’t know how to solve this problem.
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Hyundai Downplays Reports About Anti-Rust Zinc Coating
Reports say company provided zinc coatings only to vehicles sold for overseas markets, and did apply apply the anti-rust protection to cars sold in its country.
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Painting Q&A: Big Spray Paint Job
I am looking for equipment to spray a two-coat paint system on a large surface measuring approximately 30 × 30 ft.
Read MoreMysterious Air Bubbles
We have a problem with air bubbles from an air-piloted fluid regulator in our finishing operations.
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FTC Requires Graco to Sell ITW Liquid Finishing Equipment Businesses
The Federal Trade Commission will require Graco to sell the worldwide liquid finishing business of Illinois Tool Works and ITW Finishing under a proposed order as part of a settlement. It will resolve charges that its $650 million acquisition of several ITW businesses would have been anticompetitive and led to higher prices and reduced innovation for the North American manufacturers who rely on this equipment.
Read MoreCustomer Wants Burnished Finish
A customer has asked us to provide a shiny, burnished finish to powdered metal parts.
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