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NASF Report: August 2017
The NASF Bright Design Challenge took on a new look and feel this spring with the theme “Advancing Brand Identity for the Next Automotive Era.” The competition included 12 graduate students who devoted their semester to envisioning the role of metal finishing in automotive designs for 2025 and 2050 vehicle models.
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40-Under-40: Class of 2017
Chicago’s Amanda Beach leads the 2017 Products Finishing list recognizing tomorrow’s leaders in the finishing industry.
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Looking Back - The 24th William Blum Lecture
This article is a re-publication of the 24th William Blum Lecture, presented at the 70th AES Annual Convention in Indianapolis, Indiana, on June 27, 1983. A career retrospective of Mr. Pearlstein’s works, the lecture covered work on electroless plating, chromate conversion coatings, double-layer phenomena and dealing with cyanide wastes.
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NASF Report: June 2017
NASF invites top policy analysts and keynotes to the Washington Forum, and the industry gears up for the Sur/Fin Manufacturing and Technology Trade Show and Conference.
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Sulfuric / Organic Electrolytes and Total Quality Improvement (TQI) for Present / Future Anodizing Requirements
After the last 12 years of developmental improvements and successful operation in production and selective brush anodizing, we present formulations for the new revised three-part organic acid blend. This ionic active blend detailed here can benefit all sulfuric anodize electrolytes to meet today's more demanding quality, specifications and production requirements.
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Paul Brancato Leads Epner and NASF
Epner Technology co-owner is tapped as new NASF president. His main goal is to improve communications to its members and those who are non-members.
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Production Schedule Driven Automated Energy Management
Surface finishing line process automation systems are normally designed to optimize production throughput and assure compliance with operating parameters such as time-in-tank. The basic elements of automated energy management on process lines are control of energy consumption in active, standby and inactive states, primarily by ventilation, heating and cooling, agitation and filtration. This paper presents a case study of the new process control model.
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Iron Tungsten Alloy Plating with Low Friction and Wear Resistance
The modern automotive industry has been striving to reduce energy loss caused by friction. An alloy plating film developed by finely crystallizing iron and tungsten demonstrates both a high level of hardness and excellent ductility. In addition, low friction can be achieved by its application under a layer of lubricant. It also has the merit of greater cost performance as compared with DLC produced with PVD technology.
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Reducing Hexavalent Chromium in Military Anodizing Operations
How U.S. Air Force facilities transitioned a dichromate sealer replacement.
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The Elimination of Whiskers from Electroplated Tin
The introduction of lead free (LF) solders, have come to the forefront as the primary replacement for tin-lead. On the surface finish side, plated tin/lead has posed challenges. Here, by modification of the substrate surface and deposit structure, tin whisker formation is limited.
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