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Electroplating

Beyond Ni/Au: Next Generation Corrosion-Resistant Finishes for Electronics Applications

This paper describes several next-generation approaches to increasing the corrosion-resistance of electroplated articles using various methods in the search for finishes to replace the Ni/Au industry standard.

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Powder Coating

Biological Wastewater Treatment for Industrial Applications

With tightening limits on nutrients and Biological Oxygen Demand (BOD), is a small scale biological system right for your industrial facility?

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Electroplating

Black Chromium Finishing: Beauty and the Beast

Over the past 10 years, there has been commercial development of black chromium deposits from a trivalent chromium electrolyte.  This paper will review the deposit characteristics and operational consideration of these similar, but different chromium plating deposits.

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Parts Cleaning

A Conversation with Joe McChesney, Kyzen

The global product line manager for solvents at Kyzen has more than 39 years of experience with solvent and aqueous cleaning processes, and has served on the EPA/Clean Air Advisory Board.

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Liquid Coating

Axalta Report Unveils Color Trends Shaping the Automotive Industry

The report showcases unique color combinations such as Comeback Duo and Smart Duo, and the emerging global automotive trends and latest innovations in color science driving them. 

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Liquid Coating

Carlisle Fluid Technologies Acquires Ecco Finishing

Ecco’s products are used in a variety of application settings, primarily in the automotive, ceramics, leather, wood and plastics industries.

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Powder Coating

CCAI Carolinas Hosts Advanced Powder Coating Troubleshooting Event

Presenter Marty Korecky from AkzoNobel Coatings has over 33 years of experience in the powder coating industry.

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Custom Fabricating and Supplies Completes California Expansion

Sante Fe Springs location supplies component die cuts, custom rubber molded parts, extrusions and masking supplies for industrial applications.

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Anodizing

Dörken MKS Helps Petersglocke Bell of Cologne Cathedral Ring on High

Engineers apply the Delta-Protekt KL 170 RT to coat the mount.

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Anodizing

Fixing Corrosion Between Anodized Aluminum and Steel

Anne Deacon Juhl, Ph.D., with AluConsult, says Galvanic corrosion is due to an electrical contact with a more noble metal or a nonmetallic conductor in a conductive environment.

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Powder Coating

Hartford Finishing Acquired by MiddleGround Capital

Hartford is one one of the largest industrial powder coaters in the Midwest and also a provider of electrocoating, wet painting and assembly services.

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Liquid Coating

Hentzen Coatings Add Power to Louisville Slugger

The new coating for Louisville Slugger’s MLB Prime wood bat offers the “secret sauce” of the updated 2019 version.

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Electroplating

Learn Essentials of Surface Texture, Tribology at Michigan Short Course

Two-day  course on related  to surface roughness, wear, finish and friction October 30-31 in Livonia, Michigan.

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Electroplating

LeHigh Research Yields Hardest, Thinnest Coatings

Professors net NSF GOALI award to study ultra wear-resistant nitride films

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Electroplating

Makeover Reaps Rewards for New Mexico’s Theta Plate

Shop worked with New Mexico Manufacturing Extension Partnership, a nonprofit that trains manufacturers in lean principles and value stream mapping.

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Electroplating

Master Finish Celebrates 60 Years

Founded in 1959 by John Mulder, Master Finish began its work tumble finishing parts and added plating operations in the 1960s.

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Electroplating

Maximizing the Service Life of Process Tanks

PVDF liners have a proven history with delivering end users longer lasting, lower maintenance plating tanks.

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Anodizing

Northern Indiana Anodize Opens $8 Million Finishing Plant

NIA has 23 tanks that are 32 feet long to accommodate aluminum parts up to 28 feet in length, as well as 26 smaller tanks.

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Mechanical Finishing

Precision Finishing Opens New Addition, Capabilities

A 40,000-square foot-finishing facility that was up and running in 2017 with new equipment, processes and capabilities from the previously constructed facility in 1955.

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Electroplating

Texas Association of Metal Finishers Annual Meeting Sept. 27-29

The event includes the annual golf scramble on Saturday.

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Electroplating

Valence Surface Technologies Sold to Investment Groups

ATL Partners and British Columbia Investment Management purchase Texas-based Valence.

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Voestalpine Eifeler Coatings Opens PVD Facility in Tennessee

This opening follows the company’s opening of their coatings facility in Walnut, California, in June. The company is headquartered in Düsseldorf, Germany.

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Electroplating

Webinar Looks at Trivalent Chromium Process Capability Study for OEMs

Mark Schario, executive vice president for Columbia Chemical, will present information on evaluating test matrix variables and performance results of exterior corrosion testing between trivalent and hexavalent.

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