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12 JUNE 2017 — PFonline.com NASF TECHNICAL PAPERS EDITED BY DR. JAMES LINDSAY, NASF TECHNICAL EDITOR 12 JUNE 2017 — PFonline.com The Washington Forum: A New Atmosphere Attendees at this year's Washington Forum met in an atmosphere distinctly different from recent industry meetings in Washington. Coinciding with President Trump's first 100 days in office, the event hosted national figures from both parties and discussed pertinent issues in surface finishing. U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-Illinois) told the Forum's Capitol Hill reception attendees of her aim to tackle workforce quality and training needs for manufacturers. Her comments echoed the remarks on rebuilding small manufacturing from speaker Tom Sullivan, vice president of Small Business Policy at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. In introducing Duckworth, NASF Government Advisory Committee Chairman Rick Delawder noted that the association is always ready to work with both sides of the aisle to get the right things done for the industry. He highlighted the recent NASF Job Shop survey showing work- force availability as the top issue for member companies in the first quarter of 2017. Dr. Hudson Bates, head of the Nickel Producers Environmental Research Association (NiPERA), gave a global update and pointed to California, Oregon and other states as sources of more stringent air regula- tions for finishing in the coming months. NASF's Christian Richter and Jeff Hannapel confirmed the industry would see more regu- latory action from certain states, and noted that NASF headquar- ters will be joining Southern California finishers for meetings in the coming weeks on a precedent-setting air emissions rule in Los Angeles. One of the top highlights of the Forum included the presenta- tion of the Taormina Award to Bob Sica of New Brunswick Plating in New Jersey. NASF president, Paul Brancato, who introduced Sica, noted the effectiveness and consistency of Sica's leadership and contributions over time to the industry, the association, his business and his family. Additional information and Washington Forum materials are available from Jeff Hannapel ( jhannapel@thepolicygroup.com ) or Christian Richter ( crichter@thepolicygroup.com ). Production Schedule Driven Automated Energy Management Andreas Schuhmacher and Robert Freund, Aucos AG Aachen, Germany This paper is a peer-reviewed and edited version of a presenta- tion delivered at NASF Sur/Fin 2016 in Las Vegas, Nevada, on June 6, 2016. Surface finishing line process automation systems are normally designed to optimize production throughput and assure compliance with operating parameters such as time in tank. Depending on production mix, hoist automation can utilize fixed timeways, fixed-mixed (optimized) timeways or fully dynamic scheduling. The basic elements of automated energy management on process lines are control of energy consumption in active, standby and inactive states, primarily by ventilation, heating and cooling, agitation and filtration. This paper presents a case study of the new process control model. The full paper can be accessed at short.PFonline.com/NASF17Jun1 . The Nature, Cause and Effect of Porosity in Electrodeposits: A Microscopic Examination of Nickel- Chromium Coatings After Atmospheric Corrosion Donald W. Ernst and Fielding Ogburn, National Bureau of Standards [now National Institute for Standards and Technology (NIST)] Gaithersburg, Maryland Originally published as AES Research Report, Serial number 47, this paper is the last of seven reports constituting AES Research Project number 13, dealing with the nature, cause and effect of porosity in electrodeposits, performed at the then-National Bureau of Standards, in Gaithersburg, Maryland. It was one of several seminal articles produced through AES Research during the height of the automotive/decorative segment of the surface finishing industry in the 1950s and 60s. Nickel- chromium coatings on steel were subjected to atmospheric corrosion and examined microscopically. The full paper can be accessed at short.PFonline.com/NASF17Jun2 . NASF invites top policy analysts and keynotes covering NAFTA, EPA regulations and more. NASF Illinois Delegation with U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth. Taormina Award Winner Bob Sica with his family. NASF REPORT