MMS Blog

Getting Comfortable With Gray

Making business decisions in an environment wrought with ambiguity is not all black and white. 

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nasf

The Future of Surface Finishing Lies in Workforce Education

Taking advantage of workforce education opportunities is more important than ever. PF’s latest May issue here to help.  

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Electroplating

The Problem With Unclean Parts Prior to Plating

Columbia Chemical provides a thorough list of rust inhibitors and their characteristics to help users understand why some are harder than others to remove prior to plating.  

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Custom Material Handling Boosts Finishing Shop's Efficiency

Therma-Tron-X designs custom materials handling system for a customer running cathodic electrocoat and coating systems.

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Education Initiatives Move the Finishing Industry Forward

Some of the usual suspects are working hard in the industry to bring continuing education to the forefront. Learn about some new opportunities for training as well as updates to tried-and-true programs.

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Ask The Expert

Ergonomic Risks in the Workplace

Learn how ergonomics can affect safety on a finishing shop floor from Travelers expert Jon Meyer.   

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nasf

NASF/AESF Foundation Research Project #124 – 2nd Quarterly Report

In this period, at the Université Marie et Louis Pasteur in France, the first experiments involved a familiarization with ionic liquids and electrochemical studies on two ionic liquids, and more.  

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education

Episode 55: An Interview With Remington Schieffer, American CRS

Products Finishing’s On the Line podcast explores rectifier maintenance, automation solutions and workforce education with Remington Schieffer of American CRS.

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Powder Coating

Play Set Companies Find Optimal Corrosion Resistance in Powder

These two recreational equipment manufacturers were tired of playing around with coatings that weren’t holding up to intense corrosive environments in coastal climates. 

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Top Shops

Top Shop on the Front Lines Serving the Military

By specializing in coating processes used by the military at its Canadian facility, this finishing shop eliminates delays and accelerates turnaround times.

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Learning is a Blast: Training Facility Diversifies Skill Offerings

The new blast room at LIUNA Training of Michigan is more than just a training tool — it is an investment in the future of the construction industry and the workforce that will build it.

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Liquid Coating

Advancements to Metering, Mixing Equipment

Carlisle Fluid Technologies’ Chloe Lu says tracking and monitoring maintenance as well as cloud-based troubleshooting are key advancements in meter and mixer equipment. 

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