February 2011 ISSUE
Painting Over Powder Coating
How safely can they apply their wet paint over our powder coated parts?
FEATURES
ElectroplatingGood As Gold: Epner Technologies' 'Laser Gold'
David Epner's Laser Gold application -- with 99.4% reflectivity and a hardness of 200 on the Knoop scale -- has saved countless projects and several careers for clients who couldn’t get it done otherwise. And it has kept Epner smiling as he relishes his problem solving personae in the industryLiquid Coating
Painting Over Powder Coating
How safely can they apply their wet paint over our powder coated parts?Powder Coating
Schools of Thought: More colleges offering programs in coatings
Employers such as 3M, Valspar, Bobcat, DuPont and Caterpillar routinely drop into classrooms at NDSU, scoping out a new hire to develop the next top coating compound or new corrosion-resistant material.Liquid Coating
Better filtration, less money
Keller set out to develop a sustainable process which incorporates a dry separation system for wet paint overspray. The result is a system they say reduces overall costs up to 85% by using a regenerative filtration system that eliminates disposable filter media or water based wet scrubber costs, as well as minimizing related energy consumption.Tim Pennington: A Conversation with William Corcoran
Irvine Blackman : Passing the Torch: Succession, Estate and Lifetime Planning
Citric Acid Passivation Alternative
Pretreat to Powder Coat Aluminum
Salts Build-up Around The Top of The Cathodes
Powder Coating Hot-Dipped Galvanize
Stainless Steel Preparation—Follow-Up
Metallics Appearance Repeatability
Anodized and Dyed Black Extrusions Turning Green and Purple
Zinc Plating and Crystal Growth
“Cracking” of the Anodic Coating Under High Temperatures