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Powder Coating Aluminum Extrusions
1) We have been told by some of our customers that they can buy powder coated products at cheaper prices than our liquid painted products. How do powder coaters paint for less than liquid paint? Is it labor, better transfer efficiency? What? 2) Which is better, at high volume production, a vertical line, or a horizontal line?
Read MoreIs Aluminum Harder to Paint?
How can I check to make sure we have a quality ground? Can I improve our ground, and how? Are there other things that we should do to improve our TE?
Read MoreReminder: Blame the Weather
This summer we had a number of days when our plating processes did not seem to work properly. Some days our production would go well with no problems, and other days we were tearing our hair out trying to resolve such things as water spots and other defects. I have been in the plating business for nearly 30 years and suggested that some of the problems have to do with the strange weather we experienced on the East Coast.
Read MoreFailure of Zinc Plating
Our company produces steel components that are welded and sent out to a plating vendor for zinc plating and a trivalent chromium chemical conversion coating. On some of these parts, the zinc plate deteriorates after short periods of storage. Corrosion appears along welds and close to the weld areas.
Read MoreBlack Oxide and Cadmium Plating
Is it possible to put black oxide over cadmium plate? Will the cadmium plate be degraded by the black oxide solution? Will the black oxide solution be degraded by exposure to cadmium?
Read MoreGreener Paints
Although we don’t use much paint, we would like to do our part for the environment by using greener paints such as water-based in our plant.
Read MoreIron Phosphate-Contaminated Rinsewater Disposal/Recycle
Could you provide us readers with some advice as to the potential to recycle or reuse our waste iron phosphate?
Read MoreSelecting a Vibratory Finisher
Can you recommend selection criteria for buying vibratory finishing machines?
Read MoreHeat Recovery
Is there a way to take the waste heat that goes up the cure oven stack and reuse it in the dry-off oven?
Read MoreSettings for Metallic Powder
Are there any specific gun settings or other issues for powder coating with silver metallic?
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