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- Phosphate Conversion Coatings
- In the case of phosphate conversion coatings, the substrate metal participates in the coating reaction and becomes a component of the coating.
Article Published: 9/29/2011
- Liquid Coatings
- Increasing concern about the environment and the resultant consumer demand for environmentally-preferable products has influenced the products finishing industry across all markets and end-uses.
Article Published: 9/29/2011
- Effect of Surface Texturing on the Stretchability of Electrogalvanized Steel Sheets
- 3-D surface topography of electrogalvanized steel sheet affects its press-forming behavior
Article Published: 7/13/2011
- 2020 Vision: High-Performance Coatings
- Currently, the NAFTA and European regions are considered to be more mature markets for traditional coatings applications, while the growing Asia region is expected to continue to expand.
Article Published: 5/18/2011
- 2020 Vision: The Future of Coatings
- The year 2020 will be here before you know it, signaling the beginning of a new decade and bringing changes to the world as we know it.
Article Published: 5/18/2011
- F-35 Gets New Paint System
- Robots now control all the moves.
Article Published: 5/1/2011
- Painting on Oil ... Rigs that is
- When part-time oilman Terry McIver went to Brady, TX in 2004 to buy a used drilling rig, he was surprised to find the company he was visiting was going bankrupt and had just two employees left from over 200 it had a year earlier. Brady left...
Article Published: 4/1/2011
- Antimicrobial coatings: Billion Dollar Bugs
- Antimicrobial coatings are starting to make an even bigger entry into U.S. homes. More consumer goods manufacturers are offering “germ resistant” surfaces on many household items such as refrigerators, dishwashers, stoves and other appliances and fi...
Article Published: 4/1/2011
- A Shop for All Reasons
- When Dennis Doane started his new metal fabricating endeavor in 2003, he selected the name A-1 Fabricators and Finishers for his Cincinnati-area company. It also helped years later, now that he has added a powder coating line to his repertoire.
Article Published: 3/2/2011
- Be All You Can Be
- For fabricators, the finishing line is just the beginning of a new era in today's market. The days of simply cutting, bending and welding metal components into assemblies and delivering them to a customer in two to three weeks just don't exist anymo...
Article Published: 3/1/2011