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Electrocoating

8 Things You Need to Know About Paint Booth Lighting

Global Finishing Solutions has come up with some helpful insights on lighting for paints booths which plays a crucial role in achieving a quality paint job.

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Electrocoating

Air Force Enlists New Plating Shop for Duty

The new Advanced Metal Finishing facility—$67 million of plating technology and safety —was unveiled with a ceremony and public tours, but it won’t be fully operation until the end of this year when work transfers slowly from the older, adjoining AMF building.

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Electroplating

Ask Art Kushner: Zinc-Plated Pipe Fittings

Q: We zinc plate then apply a yellow trivalent chrome conversion coat to pipe fittings. The rack-plated, large-size pipe fittings look great after plating, but a few days later start to show spots of corrosion. Any suggestions?

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Powder Coating

Ask Rodger Talbert: Applying Metallic Powder

Q: We apply a metallic, silver powder to sandblasted parts, many of which are also processed through a five-stage iron-phosphate wash system. We have a lot of problems with the pigment “bunching” and standing up on the edges, and cannot seem to eliminate the problem.

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Anodizing

Asterion Holding CEF Certification December 9-13

The C.E.F. certification is vital for anyone working in the metal finishing industry as it gives you the knowledge to improve every step of the metal plating process.

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Building Trade Groups Fight Over Hot-Dip Galvanized Studs

At issue is the substituting of G40e and G40EQ, which do not meet the 200 hours of salt-spray tests required for conformity to ASTM requirements. G40 studs are coated with 99.7 percent zinc in the hot-dip coating process.

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CCAI Toys For Tots Golf Outing in SoCal is Dec. 9

Last year the event raised 189 toys, and event director Ron Lum from Coral Chemical said this year they are shooting for 300 for the U.S. Marine program.

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Anodizing

Dr. Arthur Brace Receives AAC Lifetime Contribution Award

Author of "The Technology of Anodizing Aluminium" is considered the standard of the industry. His presentation, "60 Years in the Development of a New Model of Anodic Coating Formulation" provided his personal historic overview of the aluminum anodizing process.

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Parts Cleaning

Have a Blast Cleaning Parts

The concept of the wet blasting process in parts cleaning and surface finishing is straightforward enough: combine abrasive media with water to form a special slurry, then add regulated compressed air to control the pressure as it is discharged over a surface.

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Powder Coating

Intellifinishing Parent Company Ranks On Inc.'s 5000 Fastest

The company had 90 percent growth since 2009, going from $17.5 million in sales to $33.2 million, which ranks it as the 24th fastest growing company in its home state of Kansas in the Inc. rankings.

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Anodizing

Pavco Opens New Technical Pilot Center in Charlotte

Facility consists of over 40 process tanks designed for maximum pre- and post-plate flexibility, offering a diverse offering of finishing processes include zinc, nickel, chrome, antimicrobial, copper, alloys and tin.

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Parts Cleaning

VDA 19 and its Impact on European Manufacturing and Cleaning

The German Association of the Automotive Industry’s VDA Volume 19 is the first comprehensive standardization document for characterizing the cleanliness of products within the automotive industry’s quality chain.

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