August 2001 ISSUE

COVER STORY

Dot Commentary: Using the Web to Combat MP&M

Unless you've spent the last year or so living in a cave, odds are good that you've heard of the EPA's proposed Metal Products & Machinery Rule.

FEATURES

Centrifuge Improves Waste Treatment

Roll Coater needed a more reliable water pollution control system. Therefore, the company installed a centrifuge with a new design that reduced downtime and reduced the company's waste treatment problem...

Electroplating

Chromium Plating Bath Contamination

Question: We recently had to dump a fairly large volume of hexavalent chromium plating solution because it was contaminated with a high level of zinc and other heavy metals.

Liquid Coating

Corrosion Protection

Question: I am trying to stop corrosion on a high carbon steel.

Dot Commentary: Using the Web to Combat MP&M

Unless you've spent the last year or so living in a cave, odds are good that you've heard of the EPA's proposed Metal Products & Machinery Rule.

Liquid Coating

Film Defects

Question: What is cissing?

Electroplating

Nickel Sulfamate and Pits

Question: We are having problems with pits in our nickel sulfamate plating line.

On My Mind: Strategic Management

Recently, I had the chance to sit in on a strategic management session for one of PF's sister magazines.

Optimizing Craftsmen's Polishing Skills

Robotic polishing cells enable Baldwin Hardware to supply its craftsmen with the tools they need to ensure the timeless quality of the company's product...

Anodizing

Oversized Parts After Anodizing

Question: I am a manufacturing engineer at an aerospace company.

Liquid Coating

Painting Metal Products

Question: My sons and I are partners in a small family business in which we do custom metal work, welding, painting, polishing, etc.

Parts Cleaning

Painting Resin Chairs

Question: This is probably not the right forum for this question, since it is a household item and not a product that I am manufacturing.

Perspectives: Why Do Customers Take Their Business Elsewhere?

Companies in the United States lose nearly half of their customers every five years according to Paul R.

Liquid Coating

Polyurethanes vs. Epoxies

Question: I would like to know what the differences are between epoxy and polyurethane coatings.

Powder Coating

Powder Coating Adhesion on Stainless Steel

Question: I am experiencing loss of adhesion in the field with powder coating over 304 stainless steel.

Powder Coating

Powder Coating Exterior Doors

Question: We manufacture made-to-order aluminum doors and are interested in finding a powder coating to be used for exterior applications.

Liquid Coating

Protecting and Enhancing Decorative Plated Componentry at Keeler Brass

Brass, copper, chromium, nickel, whatever the coating, Keeler Brass gives it a glossy, durable finish using an EPA-compliant lacquer...

Robotic Polishing Live!

Robotic polishing cells enable Baldwin Hardware Corporation to supply its craftsmen with the tools they need to ensure the timeless quality of the company's product.

Electroplating

Some More Pitting

Question: One of our customers has recently started to complain about pitting of wire parts that we bright nickel plate.

Spinning Away Waste

Chemical and mechanical processing work together to treat the vibratory finishing wastewater at Aro-Sac, increasing production,making the water reusable and rendering the sludge a non-hazardous waste...

Liquid Coating

Spray Gun Cleaner

Question: I am the paint line foreman for our plant.

Powder Coating

Thermoplastic Powder for Outdoor Furniture

Outdoor furniture has traditionally been coated with various plastisol and PVC coatings. But, a new paradigm is beginning to take shape with the increasing use of modified polyethylene powder coatings...

Electroplating