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Electroplating

40-Under-40: Class of 2018

Former Nebraska football star Brandon Rigoni leads Lincoln Industries’ business development unit, and our 2018 young professionals class.

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Electroplating

Able Electropolishing Breaks Ground on Addition

The construction project is expected to be completed in August and will effectively increase production capacity at the Chicago facility, which employs 200 people in three shifts.

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Powder Coating

Axalta Gifts Mobility to Kids with Physical Disabilities

Axalta Coating Systems partnered with Atrium Health’s Jeff Gordon Children’s Hospital, Hendrick Motorsports, LP Building Products and GoBabyGo! to build custom vehicles for children with mobility issues.

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CERN Vacuum Group Finds New Method to Apply 'Getter' Coatings

The process allows accelerators such as electron synchrotrons to operate with better-focused beams and produce brighter radiation by bringing the steering magnets closer to the beams themselves.

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Dr. James Lindsay Receives NASF Presidential Award

Others receive honors at NASF Sur/Fin Conference

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Powder Coating

Gas Catalytic IR: The Technology Enabler

Infrared curing cuts cycle times and delivers improved quality in zinc-rich powder applications.

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Electroplating

Massachusetts Plater Honored by Immigration Organization

Fausto Garcia, a native of the Dominican Republic, founded metal finishing business Five Star Plating in Lawrence, Massachusetts.

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Powder Coating

PCI Launches Video Promoting Powder

In this video, several original equipment manufacturers share the benefits they enjoy in using powder technology for their products.

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Liquid Coating

Pilatus Aircraft Qualifies PPG Aerospace Coatings Systems

The PPG paint systems are qualified for application on the PC-24 Super Versatile Jet; PC-12 NG turboprop airplane; PC-6 multirole aircraft; and PC-21, PC-9 M and PC-7 MkII military trainers.

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Electroplating

Stress in Electroless Nickel Coatings

Many factors can impact internal stress, but tests show bath age and deposition rate are the biggest influencers.

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Electroplating

Transition from a Simple Auxiliary Anode to a Fully-developed Conforming Anode System for Plating

This paper demonstrates that the use of an elaborate CAE designed conforming anode system enables plating complex exterior automotive part designs within specification.  It will be shown that the increased fixed and variable production costs that are unavoidable when operating an elaborate conforming anode system can be partially earned back by a reduction in metal consumption, and by an increased capacity due to shorter plating times.

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Powder Coating

What Causes Discoloration of Clear Coat Powder?

Coaters sometimes have problems with cloudy appearance or yellowing of the coating, and expert Rodger Talbert has a few possible solutions.

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Electroplating

Acid Copper Technologies for Plating on Plastics

Automotive OEM performance requirements continue to increase which presents increased challenges to the supply chain to provide acceptable parts.  This presentation will introduce a new system of acid copper technologies that have been designed to increase performance, widen the process operating window, reduce rejects and ultimately increase production capacity.

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