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FINANCE: Deal Structure is Key in the Sale of a Finishing Business
Thinking of selling? Here’s how to get the biggest return on your investment.
Finishing Pavilion at Fabtech: An Inside Look
In just its second year, the Chemical Coaters Association International’s Finishing Technologies Pavilion and Conference will double in size when North America’s largest metal forming, fabricating, finishing and welding conference and exhibition, Fabtech 2011, is held Nov. 14-17 at McCormick Place in Chicago.
Flying High with BSAA: Environmentally friendly alternative to chromic acid anodize
BSAA oxide coating exhibits many of the same properties as the aluminum oxide coating that is derived from the chromic acid process.
Lean AND Green: Energy Saving Innovations in Paint System Design and Retrofits
Energy-Saving Innovations in Paint System Design
Winning the Pollution Control Challenge
Electrowinning, which removes metallic ions from concentrated rinse water and spent process solutions reduces waste, recovers valuable metals and saves job shops big money.
Drag Finishing of Delicate Parts
For complex parts with high surface finish specs, production deburring and surface prep can be done using the drag finishing process whereby the parts to be deburred and finished are mechanically dragged through the media while attached to fixtures—thus preventing the parts from contacting one another.
Tech Notes
A “Smarter” Technology for Electric Immersion Heaters
Process Technology’s new heaters are designed to be safer, more efficient
Article Archive for: October 2011
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Researcher develops coating to protect bronze statues
Global Metal Finishing Chemicals Market to Reach $8.0 Billion by 2015
DeFelsko founder Frank Koch succumbs
Researchers show 'Coffee Ring' effect can help coatings
POWDER COATING: Conversion to Zirconium Pretreatment
NDSU researchers develop coatings from crops
Brazilian coating economy starting to slow
MATT KIRCHNER: We're Here for You
Congress Votes to Delay Controls on Boilers
GE picks Alabama for new engine coatings plant
Beam from Sept 11 gets Products Finishing's help
New powder coating plant to bring 30 jobs to Bradenton, FL
A BLAST! Students tour Guyson's robotic blasting plant
Dayton metal finisher expanding
AkzoNobel Powder Coatings and BioCote team up for Interpon AM
Mercedes-Benz to use novel cylinder coating technology
CCAI's new Atlantic Coast Chapter kicks off with a golf scramble
Canadian manufacturing sales increase
Who made the cover of PF at the NAIC show?
End of the Line
A Conversation With ... Tamea Franco Woodward
News Briefs
Chrysler Adds Coventya to Chemical Supplier List
Elcometer Creates Online Resource
EPA to add Two Finishing Facilities to List of "Worst Toxic Sites"
Official says EPA is Updating Policies on Enforcement Penalties of Chemical Rules
Atomizers Save Paint, Time, Money
Serfilco Featured on TV Series
Henkel Awards Engineering Students
Enthone Names Industry Manager
Metal Finishing Firms Combine Operations
Bureau of Labor Statistics releases 2010 preliminary workplace fatality data
EPA Releases Final Health Assessment for TCE
Durr Builds Green Paint Shop in China
Dörken Celebrates 10 Years in U.S., Names Liscensee
ACC Proposes New System to Prioritize Chemicals for Review
Congress Votes to Delay Controls on Boilers
OSHA Extends Comment Period on Revisions to Injury and Illness Tracking, Reporting
EPA Has New Mapping Tool to Improve Public Access to Enforcement Information
Finishing Touch
WhitePaper
A Pulse/Pulse Reverse Electrolytic Approach to Electropolishing and Through-Mask Electroetching
Never Finished
Exhibits & Display
Parts Cleaning Using a Blasting Wheel
Spray Gun for Extreme Applications
Mini Paint Robot for Small Parts
Spray Wand Phosphatizing System
E-Coating System is Easily Portable
Company Touts International Capability
Software for Handheld Measuring Instruments
Nozzles Leave Zero Carbon Footprint
Atmospheric Control for Paint Curing
Environmentally Friendly Aqueous Cleaning
Control Unit for Gas-Fired Infrared Burners
Track Conveyors, Gas Catalytic Infrared Ovens
HVLP and Conventional Spray Guns
Infrared Heat Banks are Portable, Customizable
Customized Automated Finishing Systems
Energy-Efficient Washers for Powder Coating
“Green” Metal Pretreatment Solutions
Ovens, Pretreatment Systems for Finishing
Paint System Combines Compressed Air, Ionization and Heat
Metal Pretreatment Without Iron, Zinc Phosphates
Decorative Coating Services, Equipment
New Products
System Produces Black Oxide Finish at Low Temp
Radiometer Simplifies UV Monitoring
Self-Priming Coating Leaves Hard, High-Gloss Finish
Service Offers Remote Equipment Monitoring
Twin-Wheel Blast Machine Suited for Low-Profile Work
Self-Healing Coating Extends Surface Life
Showcase
Oven Banks Combine Infrared Heat, Portability
Recorder Monitors Oven Temperature
Industrial Ovens Designed to Contain the Heat
Batch Ovens Suited for Variety of Applications
Walk-in Batch Ovens Reach 1,250°F
Electric Batch Ovens Available in Bench, Walk-In Versions
Oven Offers Flexibility, Savings
Radiant Tube Oven Offers Increased Efficiency