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JANUARY 2004
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ONLINE EXCLUSIVE:
Composites Industry Paint Technology
Advancements
The automotive composites industry has been working to improve the
processability of Sheet Molding Composite (SMC) parts for a number
of years. In the past few years, the industry has made significant
advances in the specific area of paintability...
QUALITY FINISHING:
Eyeing Robotics?
Thinking about automating your buffing and polishing operations?
Factors such as return on investment, health and safety issues and
auxiliary costs should be considered before taking the plunge...
SOLUTIONS:
A Coatings Campus
Products Finishing magazine was recently invited to spend a
day inside PPG's Application and Process Development Lab in Flint,
Michigan. Anticipating little more than a showcase of PPG's products,
we found that the facility serves as an educational tool for finishers
and a risk-management resource...
FEATURES:
The Ekon-omy of Pretreatment
Ekon Powder Coating-a quality-conscious powder coating production
shop accustomed to excelling-finishes 18,000 different types of
parts annually. Recently, in an effort to improve quality, the company
made an investment in one of the mostcommonly overlooked, but very
important, aspects of powder coating-its pretreatment operation...
DEPARTMENTS:
Reality Check:
PF, Reloaded
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