PRODUCTS FINISHING
CONTENTS
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MEDICAL
volume 77 / no. 12 / SePTemBeR 2013
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18 Getting Healthy in California's Central Valley
When one of Advanced Industrial Coatings' clients visited its
Stockton, Calif., finishing shop to see how it was coating heart
defibrillator equipment in a high-tech "control room," that
customer came away more than impressed with the superclean and climate-controlled area that AIC uses for most
scientific applications and medical device coating.
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Take the Paint Efficiency Audit
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Achieve cost savings through more efficient
operations.
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Anodizer Heads West to Get to the East
Fencing Out the Competition
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Texas fabricator uses U.S.-built powder coating
equipment to compete against foreign imports.
CLINICS
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ASK THE EXPERTS
Painting
Oven Showcase
The latest in heating, drying
and curing technology.
COLUMNS
/ Carl Izzo
Hard, abrasion-resistant coating; dirt in paint film.
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Plating
/ Art Kushner
White spots on gold; copper flash on alloys.
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Powder Coating / Rodger Talbert
Cure cycle for brass; breathing protection.
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Electrocoating / Jose Tirado
Too much e-coat; powder vs. e-coat costs.
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The Finishing Touch
The lost art of saying "thanks" needs to be revived.
News
Platers go back to school to help future engineers.
NASF Report
Senate holds landmark hearing on federal chemicals laws.
Never Finished
The benefits of spending time on the shop floor.
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Association Digest
CCAI and The Ecoat Association gear up for fall events.
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End of the Line
A conversation with Gloria Ender.
On the Cover
68 NEW PRODUCTS
The latest of the variety of finishing
products on the market today.
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SEPTEMBER 2013
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Your inside look at the
conference topics and
technology you can expect
to find on display at
Powder Coating 2013.
Southern Aluminum Finishing branches out to the
Western U.S. and Asia.
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Powder Coating
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Find effective ways to
reduce operating costs and
improve profit margins. Make
impact by auditing efficiency
of current equipment,
identifying improvements, and
implementing the necessary
changes. (p. 24)
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