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A Conversation with Rick Gehman, Keystone Koating

Rick Gehman is president of Keystone Koating in Lititz, Pennsylvania, which has been a Products Finishing Top Shop numerous times.

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Parts Cleaning

A Look at Parts Cleaning Across the Continents

A visit to the parts2clean show examines how manufacturing views parts cleaning. 

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Electroplating

Ace Anodizing and Impregnating Expanding Operations

Plant expansion is underway with a projected move in date sometime in the first quarter of 2018. The addition will bring total plant square footage to upwards of 80,000 sq. ft.

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Powder Coating

Barn Door Hardware Maker Installs New Powder Line in Larger Facility

Goldberg Brothers anticipates a 30 percent boost in efficiency with the new powder system and a 15 percent reduction in energy consumption.

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Powder Coating

BASF Sponsors Automobile Design Competition

Introduced in 2012, Detroit’s Middlecott Sketchbattle Experiment is considered the “Fight Club of Design,” an underground, automotive industry event developed to identify emerging talent in car design.

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Liquid Coating

CCAI Accepting National Scholarship Applications

The objective of the scholarship program is to encourage advanced education in finishing technologies. The application deadline is April 2. Awards will be announced in June at CCAI’s annual meeting in Sarasota, Florida.

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Parts Cleaning

Choosing the Right Cleaning Tests

The successful manufacturer doesn’t only avoid costs, but also values knowing as much as possible about the benefits and limitations of a cleanliness test, and of staying on top of process trends.

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Electrocoating

Ecoat18 Preview

The conference offers something for both experienced professionals and ‘newbies.’

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Powder Coating

Energy Coatings Withstand Time, Corrosion

The Z-Pex multi-layer system battles harsh oil and gas chemicals.

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Electroplating

Formation of Trivalent Chromium Passivation Layers

The trivalent process is proven to be a safe replacement for hex chrome, but fundamental knowledge of its composition is required.

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Liquid Coating

How to Audit a Liquid Paint System

To correct paint system settings that have drifted over time, Sames Kremlin’s Steven Romer strongly recommends annual audits.

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Powder Coating

IGP Pulvertechnik AG Acquires Performance Powders

The Swiss powder coating system manufacturer has purchased the Kentucky-based company and hired Dean Edwards to head up the new North American operations.

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Electroplating

NASF Seeks Nomination for Industry Awards

The NASF will recognize a number of well-deserving individuals in several different awards categories. Nominations are due by March 30.

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Electroplating

No Building? No Problem for Protech Metal Finishing's Nadcap Certification

Although a fire completely destroyed its facilities, the company and its employees banded together to assemble a makeshift plating operation and prepare for the certification process, which Protech then passed.

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Liquid Coating

PPG Market Manager Receives Metal Construction Association Award

Forty-year PPG veteran Scott Moffatt was recognized for his volunteer contributions to the organization.

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Electroplating

Additive Manufacturing and Surface Finishing - The 53rd William Blum Lecture

This presentation is the 53rd William Blum Lecture, presented at SUR/FIN 2016 in Las Vegas, Nevada on June 6, 2016. In this lecture, Dr. Melissa Klingenberg discusses additive manufacturing; that is, any manufacturing process capable of making 3D objects from a digital model, or building-up 3D features onto an existing object, layer-by-layer.  Cold spray, thermal spray, electroforming, structural plating and gaseous carbonyl deposition are covered. 

 

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Electroplating

Nickel: Science, Health and the Future - The 52nd William Blum Lecture

This presentation is the 52nd William Blum Lecture, presented at SUR/FIN 2015 in Rosemont, Illinois on June 8, 2015. In this lecture, Dr. Hudson Bates discusses the nickel research in his group at the Nickel Producers Environmental Research Association (NiPERA), which impact occupational health and environmental issues for nickel.  This includes nano-particulates, toxicity of mixtures, ambient air effects, and providing good science in regulatory matters.

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