Finishing News on Shop Rebuilds after Fire, Saving Energy in Chrome Plating, Powder Coating Pretreatment

The Week of June 13, 2023

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This week we go inside High Tech Finishing in Houston, which recently installed a new anodizing line to its processes, but then suffered a major fire in May that took out 75% of its operations. Read how President Simon Haining and his team put it back together so quickly.

Also: saving energy in hard chrome plating, different types of pretreatment for powder coating, and minimizing fading on aluminum anodized parts.

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Despite Fire, High Tech Finishing Adds Anodizing for Soaring Aviation Growth

Just as High Tech Finishing was getting the anodizing line off the ground in May, a major disaster struck the business when an overnight electrical fire — traced to a heating element in a tank — disabled about 75% of the operations of the facility. But Haining says High Tech’s employees did an amazing job in the first few weeks after the fire and got many of their lines back up and running. Read More

Altmayer: Conserving Energy in Hard Chromium Plating

A look at a study that concluded that major sources of electrical energy consumption in the average metal finishing facility are ventilation systems, rectifiers, energy conduits (bus and cables), process heating, space heating, lighting, motors, boiler systems, and compressors. Read More

The Different Types of Pretreatments for Powder Coatings

Plain and simple, a substrate must be prepped before you apply any sort of coating to the surface. The point of pretreatment is to prepare the surface for a coating – of any sort – and prevent it from degrading down the line. Read More

Removing Heavy Metals from Wastewater With Photocatalysts

Researchers are trying to find effective ways to remove hexavalent chromium from wastewater and a recently published paper shows how photocatalytic technology may be a solution. Read More

Steps to Minimize Fading of Anodized Colors

Organic dye is the most common method of coloring anodized aluminum. Unfortunately, all dyes fade to some extent when they are exposed to ultraviolet light. The good news is that there are steps that an anodizer can take to minimize this unwanted effect. Read More

We talk with Mariola Brandes about MacDermid Enthone's new TriMac Blue, a highly corrosion-resistant white trivalent chromium process. Brande, the Global Director of Decorative Systems for WRC and PET, says that TriMac Blue provides a similar appearance to hexavalent chromium layers with a much easier wastewater treatment compared to common processes. Watch the Video and Read More

Chemeon Promotes Shay Davis to Director of Global Business

Davis first joined Chemeon as a chemist, where she gained hands-on experience with their chemistries and relationship-building approach to customer support. Read More

Modified Alcohols Offer Viable Alternative to Fluorinated Solvents in Parts Cleaning

With the increasing regulatory pressure on PFAS which might impact the future use of fluorinated solvents in industrial parts cleaning, many companies are racing to find direct drop-in replacements. Read More

New Job Openings in the Finishing and Coating Industry

See the new job openings at Amphenol Aerospace, Smith Electroplating, ChromeTech of Wisconsin, and more. Also: job listings for shops and suppliers are published at no fee. See the Jobs

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Has Your Shop Joined the "Wastewater Treatment User Group"?

Wastewater treatment at finishing and coating facilities is increasingly becoming a more complex task for many operations Which is why we are putting together a Wastewater Treatment User Group from job shops and coating facilities that will be meeting monthly via teleconference. Read More

Read the June Magazine Digital Edition

We've created a Digital Edition of FinishingAndCoating.com, which includes a collection of great and informative articles written this past month. Read several shop profiles, and also get the latest research and news.

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July 6: Wastewater Treatment User Group Meeting

July 18: Ohio Association of Metal Finishers Golf Outing

July 19: Texas Association of Metal Finishers Meeting

August 3: Wastewater Treatment User Group Meeting

August 21: Chicago NASF Golf Outing

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