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Electronic Precision Specialties Wins 'Metal Finishing Model Shop Award'
2/14/2012 Products Finishing

Only the fourth company in California to receive the 'Model Shop' Award

The EPA’s Common Sense Initiative and Its Legacy on the Finishing Industry
2/1/2012 Products Finishing

The Common Sense Initiative was the centerpiece of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s much-touted regulatory reinvention in 1994. Called a “bold experiment,” the EPA developed the Common Sense Initiative to address claims that its regulatory process had become burdensome, inefficient and costly.

Nitrites and Fragrances
1/26/2012 Products Finishing

We are using a vibratory finishing compound that has been satisfactory for more than 20 years. Recently, a potential new vendor pointed out that it contains sodium nitrite and said we are violating the law in using it. We checked with our supplier, who said that mass finishing compounds are basically cleaners and, as such, are not banned by regulations concerning sodium nitrite.

Stench!
1/25/2012 Products Finishing

When our mass finishing equipment is started after being shut down a week or more, an extreme stench emanates from the entire system. How can we control this problem?

Pipe Glue, Revisited
1/24/2012 Products Finishing

I’ve contacted several plumbing suppliers and none of them were able to assist me in finding the glue you recommended for CPVC pipe or the pipe tape. We are seeing exactly what you were talking about on a leaky pipe containing caustic or alkaline solutions and would love to put them to rest.

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