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Finishing Another Year — Looking Back at the Trends of 2023

Products Finishing reflects on a year of reporting on the surface finishing industry and looks ahead to what may be in store for 2024.

Scott Francis
Editor-In-Chief, Gardner Business Media

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Steelhead Technologies Wins Top Performer Award

Steelhead Technologies has receved the Winter 2024 Top Performer award in job shop software from software comparison website SourceForge.

Powder Coating

Episode 39: Expediting ERP Software Deployments

Products Finishing learns about a recent manufacturing software deployment by Steelhead Technologies that was completed in record time for A1 Paint, Powder and Sandblasting.

Powder Coating

ERP Provider Demonstrates Streamlined Installation

Steelhead Technologies claims 36-hour ERP deployment sets new industry standard. 

AR Iron Powder Coating Division Achieves AAMA Certification

AR Iron's powder coating division has achieved AAMA 2604 and AAMA 2605 certification.

Episode 32: An Interview with Bobby Haggard, TrinSoft LLC

A wide variety of ERP systems are on the market ranging from off-the-shelf solutions to custom programs. What should finishing operations keep in mind when exploring a new ERP solution?

Powder Coating

AkzoNobel Uses VR for Training Airline Apprentices

The virtual reality technology provides a paint booth and spray gun that enables trainees to work and master their skills without losing parts in the process.

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Electroplating

Top 5 Areas to Consider Automation of Plating Operations

Automation for finishing operations can lead to improvements in process time, repeatability and consistency of quality. Yet, processes that make sense to explore for these operational efficiencies may not always be readily apparent.  


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Liquid Coating

When to Introduce Automation Into Your Finishing System

Looking to increase productivity for your liquid coating operation? John Owed of Carlisle Fluid Technologies provides examples of how automation can help improve quality and efficiency for paint spray equipment.

Powder Coating

LestaUSA Partners With Wagner

LestaUSA announces distribution partnership with Wagner to build proven automated finishing solutions.

Liquid Coating

Trends in Industrial Coatings

The benefits of new technologies in the industrial coatings market.

Epicor Acquires MES Provider eFlex Systems

eFlex Systems, provider of cloud-based manufacturing execution system (MES) technologies, is being acquired by industry-specific enterprise software company Epicor.

Electroplating

Autonomous Heating System Features Built-In Safety Measures

Process Technology’s Tomtech heating system features remote monitoring, built-in safety features and autonomous operation.

Liquid Coating

Smart Automotive Paint Booths: Embracing Industry 4.0

Automation, digitization, connectivity, remote process management tools help automakers, suppliers paint parts, vehicles at lower cost, reduced carbon footprint.

Non-Cyanide Silver Plating, AMS 2411J
Liquid Coating

The Value of Robotic Paint Performance Testing

Considerations for implementing the use of automation for paint performance testing.


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Racking and Conveyor Automation Solutions

Considerations for automating various operations within a finishing system.

Liquid Coating

Integrating Industry 4.0 Solutions Into Your Coating Operation

Finishers and coaters are adopting automation solutions at an increasing rate. Jacob Fortmeyer offers insights for integrating new technologies into your process.

Mechanical Finishing

Video Podcast: Norton | Saint-Gobain Abrasives' APS Automation Cell Tour

Mike Shappell of Norton | Saint-Gobain Abrasives, takes PF on a video tour of the company’s new Abrasive Process Solutions (APS) automation cell, which offers finishers a path to automation for mechanical finishing processes.

American Welding Society, Vectis Automation Raise Scholarship Funds

In celebration of April being National Welding Month, the American Welding Society Foundation and Vectis Automation are raising scholarship money for aspiring welders in Colorado.

Anguil Environmental Systems Seeks Pilot Customers for New IIoT Platform

Anguil’s IIoT platform is designed to leverage existing equipment data to improve performance, lower maintenance costs and prevent unplanned downtime through graphical overviews, KPI dashboards, live trending and document repositories.

Anodizing

An Interview with Andrew Kossowski, Veterans Metal

Andrew Kossowski, owner of Veterans Metal, a metal finishing business with a 30-year legacy, discusses his plan for transforming the company’s operations with smart technology and automations.

Non-Cyanide Silver Plating, AMS 2411J

Digitizing Your Job Shop for Increased Production and Profitability

Dean Halonen of ERP software provider Steelhead Technologies discusses how digitizing your metal finishing job shops can help you achieve more production throughput and improve profitability.


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Electroplating

Episode 14: Transformation

In this episode of On the Line, Products Finishing sits down with Andrew Kossowski, owner of Veterans Metal to hear about the company’s plan to completely update its traditional manual processes with digital solutions and automation.

Electroplating

The Year in Review

Products Finishing offers a look back at some of the most noteworthy finishing industry stories from 2021.

Electroplating

SIFCO ASC Refines Titanium Plating Process Using Automation

Existing titanium plating techniques tend to be highly corrosive, potentially poisonous or short-lived in their effectiveness, according to SIFCO ASC. The company undertook extensive experiments with two widely used titanium alloys to find a more efficient plating process.

Reasons to Invest in Automation and Software

Daniel Carranco of Global Shop Solutions offers advice for shops considering implementation of new automation and software solutions.

Episode 12: Trends in Automation for Finishers

In this episode of On the Line, we hear insights into automation trends for finishers from Derek DeGeest of DeGeest Corp., Rob Weber of Fischer Technology, Jacob Fortmeyer of Carlisle Fluid Technologies and Robert Ravensburgen of OmniRobotic.

Liquid Coating

Video: Derek DeGeest, DeGeest Corp. (On the Line Interview)

On the Line, the official podcast of Products Finishing, talks automation in finishing with Derek DeGeest, president, DeGeest Corp. 

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