Feature Articles

Process Modeling for Plating Energy Usage
A look at finishing energy costs and tips to help you cut them

9 Ways to Cut Costs in 2010
When it comes to cutting costs, there's something to be said for reviewing expenses, letting go of unnecessary staff and limiting discretionary e-xpenditures.

Tech Notes

Better Burning
Regenerative thermal oxidizers (RTOs) are effective pollution control devices widely used to destroy up to 99.9% of VOCs in paint shop process air streams by burning at temperatures to 1,500°F.Heating air to those kinds of temperatures requires a lot of energy, so RTO suppliers are constantly developing new ways to make their RTO units more energy-efficient.

Powder Coating for Dummies
Well, not really for dummies.