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QUALITY FINISHING:
Understanding Fluidized Bed Powder Coating
For more than 50 years, fluidized beds have been used to coat parts with powder coatings. In this article, two industry experts tackle some common questions about the fluidized bed process…
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Think you're doing everything you can to obtain maximum transfer
efficiency? Think again. The University of Northern Iowa’s Spray
Technique Analysis & Research (STAR) program proves that transfer
efficiency isn’t as much about the gun as it is the person holding
it...
Thermal Energy Deburring Heats Up
The Thermal Energy Method (TEM) for deburring removes thin metal
projections (burrs, flash) from manufactured workpieces by using
the energy released when combusting fuel gas and oxygen to burn
away the undesirable metal. This technology has been in commercial
practice since the late 1960s and while still considered a non-traditional
finishing process, it has attained wide acceptance in certain industries…
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