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Liquid Coating

Airspray and Airless Combine for a Fine Finish

Sames Kremlin’s Nanogun Airmix manual electrostatic spray gun combines 
unique airpsray and airless technology with electrostatic application for a high transfer efficiency. 

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Powder Coating

Axalta Powder Coatings Chosen to Protect Tallest Tower in Malaysia

With completion scheduled for 2018, the impressive skyscraper will be the tallest building in Malaysia, transforming the city’s International Financial District.

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Parts Cleaning

AZZ Acquires Texas-Based Coater

Enhanced Powder Coating is a privately held, high-specification, Nadcap-certified provider of powder coating, plating and anodizing services based in Gainesville, Texas.

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Liquid Coating

BASF Invests $40 Million in Automotive Coatings in North America

The investments add capacity to the company’s production plants in Greenville, Ohio, and Tultitlan, Mexico.

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Powder Coating

Calculating the Cost of Powder Coating

How can you calculate the cost of powder coating a component if you only know its surface area? Powder coating expert Rodger Talbert has the answer.

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Electroplating

Cold Spray for Chrome Plating Replacement

U.S. Army Research Lab and research partners investigate cold spray as an alternative to electrolytic chrome and nickel plating.

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Electroplating

Evaluation of Hexavalent Chromium Free Bond Primers for Aerospace and Defense Applications

Three hex chrome free bond primers demonstrated that they can surpass the 960 hour threshold before exhibiting panel corrosion away from the scribe.

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Powder Coating

Jeff Hale Celebrates 30 Years at Gema

The current Marketing Director for Gema has held a variety of positions within the company, including engineering, project management, product management, territory sales and distribution sales.

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Powder Coating

King Coatings Providing Canadian Forces with Mack Truck Coatings

Mack Defense of Allentown, Pennsylvania, was awarded two contracts to provide standard military pattern trucks and related equipment for the Canadian Forces.

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Electroplating

NASF Report: August 2017

The NASF Bright Design Challenge took on a new look and feel this spring with the theme “Advancing Brand Identity for the Next Automotive Era.” The competition included 12 graduate students who devoted their semester to envisioning the role of metal finishing in automotive designs for 2025 and 2050 vehicle models.

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Electroplating

New Legislation Will Impose Higher Penalties on California Platers

The current maximum penalty of $7,000 for general violations is increasing to $12,471. This new penalty level also will apply for CAL/OSHA posting, record keeping and notice requirement violations.

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Parts Cleaning

Parts Cleaning Expo Visitors Get Look at What’s Ahead

Parts Cleaning Expo attendees review the 2017 trade show and technical conference and look ahead to PCx 2019 in Cleveland, Ohio. 

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Powder Coating

Powder Coating Above Ground

Boston manufacturer, Affordable Interior Systems (AIS), moves its finishing operation above ground to save space in a new facility.

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Parts Cleaning

Vacuum Degreasing Offers Lean and Green Technology

One common cleaning system will work on all production parts without having to operate and maintain separate systems.

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Electroplating

Crack Formation during Electrodeposition and Post-deposition Aging of Thin Film Coatings - 5th Quarterly Report

This NASF-AESF Foundation research project report covers the fifth quarter of project work (January-March) on this AESF Foundation Research project at the University of Houston. The objective of the work is to study fundamental and practical aspects of crack formation in electrodeposited thin films.

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Looking Back - The 24th William Blum Lecture

This article is a re-publication of the 24th William Blum Lecture, presented at the 70th AES Annual Convention in Indianapolis, Indiana, on June 27, 1983. A career retrospective of Mr. Pearlstein’s works, the lecture covered work on electroless plating, chromate conversion coatings, double-layer phenomena and dealing with cyanide wastes.

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