An economical approach to resolving surface finishing challenges
Flexible hones address surface roughness and increased dimensional changes for anodized cylinders that mate with other parts. To allow the use of aluminum instead of other, heavier metals in industrial applications, many cylinders…
CBN hones for improved surface finishing of machined superalloys
Flexible cubic boron nitride (CBN) grit hones are ideal for restoring surface integrity of machined superalloys. By its very nature, high-nickel, iron or cobalt alloy steels including Monel, Inconel, Incoloy, Invar, Rene and…
Clean through solar power
In combination with the right materials, sunbeams can work wonders: they clean building facades and decompose pollutants from the air or in the water. The magic word is photocatalysis. In practice, though, the…
parts2clean 2018 on course for another successful show
Wherever industrial parts are manufactured or processed, parts cleaning technology is critical for the successful outcome of downstream manufacturing processes, and for the quality of the finished product. High standards of cleanliness are…
Flexible bonding: hard and soft at the same time
To connect components with each other, gluing is preferred today instead of welding, riveting or using screws. That makes cars, planes and agricultural machines lighter. The requirements placed on the adhesive are high,…
Paints and varnishes based on potato starch
If a surface has to be protected against corrosion, in 80 percent of all cases this takes place through coating it with paints or varnishes. When doing so, the proportion of bio-based, environmentally-friendly…
7th World’s Leading Trade Fair for Industrial Coating Technology from 17 to 20 April 2018 in Karlsruhe (Germany)
PaintExpo, solutions for trends in Industrial Coating Technology
Improving material and energy efficiency, optimizing quality, increasing flexibility, reducing unit costs and digitalising manufacturing processes – these are a few of the significant trends which are occupying companies with in-house coating operations….
Fast, reliable and economic: High integrity TIG overlay welding of large components
The French company Polysoude has recently developed a process with the goal to increase the productivity of TIG overlay welding operations to an economically interesting level. Overlay welding, also referred to as cladding,…
Axalta to open new Colour Experience Rooms to showcase its powder coatings
Axalta Coating Systems, a global supplier of liquid and powder coatings, plans to roll out globally its Colour Experience Rooms, which are designed to present and to promote the company’s innovative powder coatings…
3T Patent for outstanding suppliers
3T srl is a Piedmont company that executes heat and thermo-chemical treatments on ferrous and non-ferrous materials, conferring them higher resistance to wear, to seizure and corrosion, as well as better fatigue strength,…
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