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Electroplating

Direct Copper Metallization of Aluminum: Elimination of Zincate

This article discusses the development of a new copper plating bath that can deposit high ductility copper metal directly on a wide range of aluminum alloy substrates.  The process is particularly important for general metal finishing companies looking to plate aluminum parts for aerospace industry.

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Powder Coating

A Day to Celebrate the Finishing Workplace

Workforce Development, National Surface Finishing Day is a Way to Celebrate our Industry

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Electroplating

AES Research Project #16: Final Report (1965) On the Mechanism of Metal Electrocrystallization

Under Research Project #16 of the American Electroplaters’ Society, the mechanism and kinetics of metal electrocrystallization were studied at the University of Pennsylvania from 1955 to 1965.  What follows is the final summary paper of the project work.  In these studies, electrochemical techniques are combined with the continuous observation in situ of the growing electrodeposit on various crystal planes of copper.  

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Liquid Coating

Boeing, AkzoNobel Reach Coatings Partnership Milestone and Color the 787th 787

Boeing reached a milestone in its paint partnership with AkzoNobel following the delivery of its 787th 787 aircraft.

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Electroplating

EPi Launches New Mobile App

Finishing Utility allows users to measure and analyze the appearance and characteristics of a specific electroplating solution.

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Powder Coating

Finishing for Warriors to Train Vets for Coating Industry

San Diego-based Workshops for Warriors will provide an industrial finishing certificate program for Workshop for Warriors students, called Finishing for Warriors, that will launch in 2019.

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Anodizing

Finishing Index Lower as Finisher Reduce Backlogs

November Finishing Index: 50.8

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Powder Coating

Gema wins 2019 Besser Lackieren Supplier Award

Participants of the survey were owners/managing directors and paint shop managers of customers based in Switzerland, Germany and Austria.

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Mechanical Finishing

Micro Surface Enhancement to Finish Performance Camshafts

Comp Cams has made numerous improvements to its CNC camshaft grinding process with a finishing technology that improves camshaft longevity and durability.

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Liquid Coating

Mike Boss Named Dürr Systems CEO and President

For the last nine years, Boss was chief engineer in the Ford Motor Company global paint engineering division.

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Liquid Coating

Missouri S&T Holds Short Courses on Formulations, Compositions

Introduction to Paint Formulation and on Coatings Composition and Properties on their campus in Rolla, Missouri. 

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Electroplating

Nanoparticle Coating Tool Earns Researcher Fellowship

Nanoparticles are microscopic pieces of material that are 1 to 100 nanometers in size and can be applied to a variety of surfaces, allowing everyday objects to take on new properties, such as dirt-repelling and antibacterial behaviors.

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Powder Coating

PCI’s Powder Coating 2019 Technical Program Features Keynotes, Displays

The Powder Coating Institute’s 2019 Technical Conference and Tabletop Exhibition will be held April 1-4 at the Renaissance Orlando at SeaWorld in Orlando, Florida.

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Liquid Coating

To Improve Auto Coatings, New Tests Do More Than Scratch the Surface

Researchers describe three versions of a fast, reliable laboratory method for simulating scratching processes on automobile clearcoats.

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Electroplating

Watch the Video and See How to Take Part in National Surface Finishing Day

Watch Products Finishing contributor Tim Pennington show you how your shop can utilize National Surface Finishing Day on March 6 to help promote your facility and the surface finishing industry.

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Powder Coating

Winona Coatings Rolls Along With PVD, Powder Coatings

The physical vapor deposition (PVD) coating provides the reliability of a painted wheel but the look of chrome and saves 1-2 pounds of weight on each wheel.

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Liquid Coating

Workforce Development in the Finishing Industry

The January issue of Products Finishing takes a look at an issue which is affecting every job shop and OEM: how to develop and retain a qualified workforce. I had the chance to talk with several shop owners about the importance of certification and training in retention of employees, and discovered a new program that helps veterans enter the liquid and powder coating industry. Check out the issue here.

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