VIDEOS

Electroplating

Autonomous Heating System Features Built-In Safety Measures

Process Technology’s Tomtech heating system features remote monitoring, built-in safety features and autonomous operation.
#Industry40

Liquid Coating

Smart Automotive Paint Booths: Embracing Industry 4.0

Automation, digitization, connectivity, remote process management tools help automakers, suppliers paint parts, vehicles at lower cost, reduced carbon footprint.
#automotive

Video Podcast: The Role of Finishing in the General Supply Chain

Maria Lamorey of PPG’s Industrial Coatings division discusses the role of coatings play in today’s supply chain.

Carlisle Fluid Technologies Paint Gun Restores Vintage Car

The company’s DeVilbis-branded TEKNA gun featured on an episode of Detroit Muscle on Power Nation TV.

Powder Coating

The Powder Coating Process

Powder coating is one of the most durable finishes that can be applied to industrial manufactured products, and offers excellent corrosion protection and is very safe because of its lack of volatile organic compounds.
#basics #curing #masking

Mechanical Finishing

Video Podcast: Norton | Saint-Gobain Abrasives' APS Automation Cell Tour

Mike Shappell of Norton | Saint-Gobain Abrasives, takes PF on a video tour of the company’s new Abrasive Process Solutions (APS) automation cell, which offers finishers a path to automation for mechanical finishing processes.

Parts Cleaning

One-Step Metal Surface Preparation, Pretreatment

International Chemical Products aims to reduce the amount of time and money finishers spend on surface prep and pretreatment by delivering a one-step solution, Picklex 20.

40 Under 40: Class of 2022

Products Finishing announces this year’s 40-Under-40 award recipients. The annual program recognizes emerging leaders working to forward the surface finishing industry.
#40-under-40

Dynapower Expands Commitment to Sustainability

Dynapower leverages clean energy focus to better serve metal finishing customer base.
#energy #sustainability

Products Finishing Editorial Submission Guidelines

Editorial submissions for Products Finishing should deal with some aspect of finishing metals or plastics, including plating, painting, powder coating, anodizing, passivation, electrocoating, buffing/polishing, deburring, vibratory finishing, cleaning/pretreatment, metal spraying, vacuum metalizing, printed circuit production, etching and related processes.