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Anodizing

Dr. Phil To The Rescue for Electroplaters

Techmetals’ president Phil Brockman is often the last electroplater that some customers visit on their search for solutions to persistent finishing issues or to plate unique parts. But it’s easy to see why most major aerospace, medical, defense, oil/gas, mold shops, and automotive manufacturers end up at Techmetals’ expansive facilities in Dayton, Ohio.

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Anodizing

Enthone Introduces Ankor Hydraulics Hard Chrome Process

Specially engineered for the hydraulics/fluid power market, the company says the process delivers exceptional corrosion resistance, while offering a more sustainable alternative versus other high efficiency, etch-free hard chrome processes currently available today.

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Parts Cleaning

EXEL North America named Sherwin-Williams Vendor of the Year

EXEL North America is an expert in finishing and dispensing solutions and introduced the patented Airmix technology in 2013, resulting in a winning program for both Sherwin-Williams and its customers.

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Powder Coating

Film Build Control

Are you aware of any standards on powder coating film thickness on complex structures?

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Powder Coating

Game Changer: Powder Coatings Get CARC Approval

In a normal R&D scenario, a coating specification is written and approved by a large customer or OEM, then followed by a race among suppliers to meet the spec and sell to the finishing masses. But that isn’t the case for most of the military and other finishes Hentzen Coatings of Milwaukee, Wisc., has developed over the years.

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Powder Coating

Infrared Curing: Evaluating the characteristics of IR energy

Infrared (IR) energy can be used as a source of heat to cure a variety of industrial coatings. Such infrared curing applies energy to the coated part surface by direct transmission from an IR emitter, which can provide source temperatures of anywhere from 500 to 4,200°F

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Kolene Celebrates 75 Years

Kolene Corporation was founded in downtown Detroit in 1939 by John Shoemaker, and celebrates its 75th anniversary in March 2014.

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NASF Report: Trade Deficit Down due to Shale Oil and Gas

The international trade deficit on goods and services plunged $5.1B for November (sequentially), dropping from $39.3B in October to $34.3B for the latest month. Exports grew $1.7B for the month while imports contracted $3.4B.

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Electroplating

NASF West Coast Bright Design Winners Picked

Martin Francisco, Nicole Eng, Woosung Kim and Kasia Burzynska win scholarships from California NASF groups

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Parts Cleaning

PPG Appoints Shelley Bausch VP Global Industrial Coatings

Bausch joins PPG from Dow Corning, where she began her career in 1988. Most recently she was business vice president, finished products, based in Midland, Mich.

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PPG Electrocoat Primer Qualified To Aerospace Specification

Aerocron electrocoat primer meets SAE International’s Aerospace Material Specification 3144 for anodic electrodeposition primer for aircraft applications.

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Powder Coating

Preparation of Stainless Steel for Powder Coating

Should type 316 stainless steel castings be sandblasted before powder coating, or can they be chemically etched? Should the parts be pre-heated in an oven before coating?

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Anodizing

Racking Without Visible Rack Marks

What is the process of racking a machined part to be anodized with no visible rack marks?

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Sing Us a Song Piano Man Carl Izzo

Carl Izzo is the kind of guy I want to be when I grow up, which wouldn’t be so sad if I wasn’t already five decades into my life. But Carl has taught all of us that that there is still time to do good even at the half-century mark.

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Anodizing

Wisconsin's Hartford Finishing Growing, Adding 94 Jobs

Governor Scott Walker joined company leaders to announce the addition of 94 new jobs at Hartford Finishing, Inc., a powder coating and painting firm, and its sister companies. The jobs announcement coincides with the opening of the company’s new paint line.

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