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Electroplating

Penblade Safety Blades for Industrial Masking

High-quality safety blades that meets the needs for modern industrial workplaces, especially in masking procedures.
#masking #regulation

Silicone Pull Plugs Mask Threaded, Non-Threaded Through Holes

Caplugs’ SPP-SH Series pull plugs are made from durable silicone, are reusable and can withstand temperatures as high as 600°F (315°C).
#masking #sustainability

Mighty Hook Offers, Hanging, Masking, Part Conveyance Products

The company also has developed rotational devices like external powered rotators that allow variable speed and reversibility
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Plugs Mask Countersunk Holes, Angled Countersink Faces

Caplugs’ CSP and CSPP series plugs are manufactured in the company’s UltraBake silicone material, enabling them to be used in high-temperature finishing processes.
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Better Masking with Die Cuts

Caplug’s John Gill explains how die-cut masks can be better and faster than masking with a knife and tape.
#masking

Mask Serves as Both Plug, Hanging Tab

EPSI’s Hang-Tite Plug (HTP) serves as both a plug and hanging tab, allowing convenient coating of hanging threaded parts.
#masking

Custom Die-Cuts Can Reduce Masking Time, Failure

At Sur/Fin 2018, Caplugs will showcase custom die-cuts designed to reduce the time, labor and risk of mask failure associated with manual masking.
#masking #surfin

Electroplating

Automated Selective Plating Takes Off With Safran Project

Sifco ASC has partnered with Safran on various surface finishing projects for more than 20 years, including recent work to increase wear resistance on an aircraft’s axles.
#masking

Electrocoating

PPG to Acquire Coatings Application Services Provider The Crown Group

Headquartered in Warren, Michigan, Crown has 950 employees and is one of the leading component and product finishers in North America.
#masking #pollution control

Electroplating

DS Manufacturing Changes Name to Lincoln Industries

This name change marks a continued strengthening of Lincoln Industries' position as the nation’s leading supplier of exhaust tubes in the United States, the company says.
#masking

Anodizing

New Legislation Will Impose Higher Penalties on California Platers

The current maximum penalty of $7,000 for general violations is increasing to $12,471. This new penalty level also will apply for CAL/OSHA posting, record keeping and notice requirement violations.
#masking

Parts Cleaning

AZZ Acquires Texas-Based Coater

Enhanced Powder Coating is a privately held, high-specification, Nadcap-certified provider of powder coating, plating and anodizing services based in Gainesville, Texas.
#curing #masking

Liquid Coating

Former Products Finishing Columnist Carl Izzo Passes

Izzo was a paint consultant when he joined the magazine after spending a career as a scientist researching paints and coatings for Westinghouse and PPG.
#masking #pollution control #curing

Powder Coating

Jeff Hale Celebrates 30 Years at Gema

The current Marketing Director for Gema has held a variety of positions within the company, including engineering, project management, product management, territory sales and distribution sales.
#curing #masking

Liquid Coating

BASF Invests $40 Million in Automotive Coatings in North America

The investments add capacity to the company’s production plants in Greenville, Ohio, and Tultitlan, Mexico.
#masking #automotive #pollution control

Anodizing

Study Reveals Finishing Industry Barriers to Phasing Out Cadmium

Sifco conducted the survey, which they say was done to gage the industry knowledge of about speculation that the U.S. aerospace industry will phase out cadmium by 2023.
#aerospace #masking #pollution control

Electrocoating

Supercar Gets Super Ecoat System

Honda builds unique ecoat system for Acura NSX at $70 million Performance Manufacturing Center.
#masking #measurement-testing #automotive

Electroplating

Rebecca Bennett Receives Bertram A. Stone Award

Bertram A. Stone Award is the top award of Chicago Midwest Chapter of NASF, and is bestowed on an individual who has performed outstanding service to the finishing industry locally and/or nationally.
#nasf #masking #pollution control

Electrocoating

Study Shows Electric Impulses Sterilize Industrial Water, Paints

Sterilization of industrial water and paints with electric impulses is the objective of the DiWaL cooperation project funded by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research.
#masking #education #pollution control

Parts Cleaning

Life Cycle: Powder Coat Turns Bikes into Fine-Tuned Machines

Two San Francisco bike makers turn to powder coating to finish their custom products.
#curing #masking