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Chuck Zinke’s passion for coatings started many moons ago as a teenager, when he would rebuild cars and trucks in his hometown of Tucson, Arizona. He utilized the only liquid and powder coating facility in the area, but wasn’t always happy with the results.
Spectrum Metal Finishing in Youngstown, Ohio, had a hand in helping build one of the newest skyscrapers in New York City, which also turns out to be one of the first skyscrapers to be finished in powder coating.
Profitability and first-pass transfer efficiency are vital to any finishing operation. Ground is critical and there is a huge difference between thinking you have a good ground and knowing it.
Trojan Powder Coating has added an additional lamination machine added to its Sarasota, FL facility, establishing them as the only third-party finishing company in the region to offer lamination services.
Not all caps are created equal. In addition to the differences in inside diameter and length, there are a number of materials that masking caps can be made from. It is now quite easy to find masking caps to suit your finishing process.
The Hockey Hall of Fame in Toronto is less than 10 miles (15km) away from The Metal Finishing Center in Toronto, but both places exhibit plenty of fine hardware to admire.
Maui Powder Works in Hawaii has launched a new podcast that focuses on the powder coating industry.
Devon Industries provides quality equipment solutions to the fast lube market, and they specialize in the design, manufacture and distribution of a wide range of efficiency-oriented products to clients in the United States, Canada and around the world.
Over recent years, the powder coating industry has experienced huge advances from technology. New processes and coating formulas have allowed us to offer more color and texture options than ever before.
Masking is generally an afterthought and it’s rare we allocate time in the production cycle for masking parts. So it should be no surprise when the masking becomes the bottleneck and is blamed for slow production and inconsistent product.
For the past 20 years, Powder Coatings of Utah has provided top-of-the-line powder coating services to large manufacturing companies, primarily within the aviation industry. Recently, the family-owned, Salt Lake City-based business expanded their operation and capabilities, diving into industrial liquid coatings for the first time.
Broadcasting live from ESPN’s studios in Bristol, Connecticut, SportsCenter’s Scott Van Pelt moderates on a set built by Mystic Scenic Studios.
The sounds of robots spraying powder coating onto the parts of medical devices and various electronics components is music to the ears of Tom Furrer, president and owner of TWF Industries in Alexandria, Minnesota.
Manufacturing Resources International designs, engineers and fabricates BoldVu LCD displays, maintaining the industry’s largest install base of outdoor LCDs with deployments in over 50 cities around the globe.
In the harsh sun and salt environment of South Florida, aluminum reigns supreme for its ability to resist rust when it comes to specifying metal building materials. And in the South Florida coatings market, PTF Industrial Coatings near Miami is a pioneer with its ability to plate, mask, liquid paint, powder coat and sublimate any architectural and commercial project.
Powder coating is a dry finishing process that uses finely ground particles of pigment and resin that are electrostatically charged and sprayed onto electrically grounded parts. The charged powder particles adhere to the part and are held there until melted and fused into a uniform coating in a curing oven.
As more metal fabricating companies embrace lean manufacturing principles, they are beginning to look beyond the blanking, bending, and welding departments. No stone is being left unturned in search of waste.
