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Measuring and Controlling Transfer Efficiency
Q. Our automatic powder guns are nine years old and doing okay, but we want to enhance our transfer efficiency and reduce material cost. What is the right way to measure powder gun transfer efficiency and how can it be improved?
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How to Increase Liquid Coating Production
Q. We want to increase our production rate but we cannot increase the length or our existing curing oven.
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Powder Coating Clinic: Making Powder Lines More Profitable
Q. We run a job shop powder coating operation with a conveyor system that runs at around 4 to 6 fpm, depending on what product is hung. We are putting through a lot of work, but our profits are not great. Can you suggest how to improve the efficiency, or cut our cost for a better profit margin? We cannot speed up the line because we do not have enough time in the cure oven to go faster. Our powder material cost seems to be higher than what we expect based on our quotes. What are we missing?
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Electrocoating Q&A: Obtaining Class A Automotive Part Quality
We are upgrading our line to satisfy a new customer and want to make sure we cover all necessary upgrades.
Read MoreLiquid Coatings Q&A: Conveyorized Paint Operations
When to conveyorize your liquid coatings operation.
Read MorePowder Coating Q&A: Hanging Parts
Is there any way to qualify the impact of racking on the powder coating process?
Read MoreOn the Fence about Film Thickness
How should a shop set up its racks and spray guns to achieve more uniform coverage on all sides of parts such as fence posts?
Read MoreNesting Parts
How can we reduce or minimize nesting of parts in our barrel plating operation?
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Making the Switch from Hex to Tri Chrome
Massachusetts finisher Independent Plater switches with the help of TURI university program
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