June 2011 ISSUE
FEATURES
Electrocoating2020 Vision: The Future of Coatings
The year 2020 will be here before you know it, signaling the beginning of a new decade and bringing changes to the world as we know it.A Conversation With ... Jim Andrews, Pneu-Mech Systems
Andrews recently promoted to President
Electroplating
Alternative Bath Control Practice
Your finishing operations can improve quality and lower cost by a change from the standard process control practice to add material following bath analysisPowder Coating
EPA Sets New Timeline on Oven Regulations
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has set a schedule for issuing updated air toxics standards for boilers and certain solid waste incinerators as part of a filing with the US Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit.Liquid Coating
Finishers can use free software to show that reshoring is about even to overseas
Finishing shops can show how keeping products in the U.S. is almost even to going overseasPowder Coating
New software helps designers pick "eco-friendly' finishes
Granta Design software helps products designers look at considerations of finishing processes such as painting, electroplating, and powder coating.Anodizing
PEO coatings sparking new interest
Plasma electrolytic oxide surface treatment for aluminum, magnesium or titaniumPowder Coater Testifies Before U.S. Congress
Paul Belham, who owns Bell's Powder Coating along with his wife Nancy in North Attleboro, MA, testified June 20 before several U.S. Congressmen in Washington D.C. in support of Trade Adjustment Assistance Centers, which has lost funding for the 2012 federal budget.Parts Cleaning
Solving Adhesion Issues from Laser Cuts
Remove scale with a pretreatment solution.
Yes, We Have a PF App for That!
Download the PF app to your smart phone and you could win an X-Box Kinect! Just stop by booth No. 206 at Sur/Fin and show us the app on your phone!Electroplating
Plating on Plastic Using Gas
GM-driven process increases materials that can be chrome plated.
Spray Booth and Oven Information
Is It Real Gold? What is Carat Gold?
Water Spots in Powder-Coated Film
Zinc Plating and Crystal Growth Revisited
Brighteners and Solder Failure
Square Transfer vs. Automatic Hoist Lines
Test for Coverage in Faraday Areas
Metals Recovery from Wastewater Treatment Sludge
Cleanliness Verification of Oil Pump Housing