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Articles tagged with "painting"

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	Taking the pain out of paint - Finishing—Part 2: Applying paint to structural steel By: William Corbett, Contributing Writer This article highlights two of the accepted industry specifications, which are provided by the American Institute of Steel Construction (AISC) and the Society for Protective Coatings (SSPC). It covers many of the more salient topics, point by point, and explains them in detail. Publish date: April 15, 2002 Tech cell: Finishing
	Blast Cleaning Equipment: What you need to know before buying By: Mike Gignac, Contributing Writer If you are a fabricator of metal parts that need to be primed or painted, then you more than likely will have to prepare the part surface before finishing to produce the desired end result. Publish date: October 23, 2003 Tech cell: Finishing
	Choosing the right coated abrasive for plate finishing applications: A look at grain properties By: Mark Boudreau and Dave Jacoby, Contributing Writers Most plate fabricating companies need to select a coated abrasive to finish their parts. This selection process can be intimidating, as well as confusing, because so many types of coated abrasives are available. Publish date: January 29, 2004 Tech cell: Finishing
	Ask and you shall receive: Job shop tackles inexperience to offer finishing services By: Stephanie Vaughan, Contributing Writer Miller Welding & Machine isn't a typical job shop for a lot of reasons. This family-owned and -operated company, in business since 1963, employs almost everybody in the Miller family -- and tackled its complete inexperience in finishing by investing in a full powder coating and wet paint line in a new facility to serve its customers, who started demanding finishing services five years ago. Publish date: November 8, 2005 Tech cell: Finishing
	Roll formers look for a win: Industry players hope to score with customization, better technology By: Lincoln Brunner, Contributing Writer Publish date: September 25, 2003 Tech cell: Roll Forming
	Beating 'world' pricing: Nu-Way Industries finds the formula to take on competition from China By: Scot Stevens, Contributing Writer During the depths of the manufacturing slowdown that has cost the fabricated metal products sector nearly 300,000 jobs since 2000, Steven Southwell, president of Des Plaines, Ill.-based Nu-Way Industries Inc., faced a depressing challenge from one of his multinational OEM customers??either meet the ??total cost of acquisition? achieved in China or purchase the part from the Chinese supplier, inventory it, and incorporate it into the family of parts supplied by Nu-Way. Publish date: January 13, 2004 Tech cell: Fab Stories
	Handling the Rush By: Lincoln Brunner, Contributing Writer Think delicate: an antique vase, velvet gloves, the sweet sound of string music.Then imagine a typical stamping operation: bam-bam, metal on metal, all day long. Publish date: May 29, 2003 Tech cell: Press Feeding
	Increasing stamping press productivity in the appliance industry: Advances in press technology and materials leave their mark By: David Messinger, Contributing Writer An appliance plant with 80 to 100 presses in opeation is likely to buy new presses regularly. Under these circumstances, it makes good sense to pursue aggressive productivity goals inch by inch through steady advances in such prosaic concerns as machiner ergonomics, prventive maintenance, tooling efficiency, and material quality. Publish date: February 19, 2001 Tech cell: Press Technology
	Examining the GTAW environment: Choosing the right electrode and booth for your application By: Richard Mann, Contributing Writer The author outlines basic components of a welding booth suitable for GTAW, and offers possible solutions to a decline in availability of the thoriated tungsten used in a GTAW electrode. He also offers ideas for providing a clean air supply for the GTAW operator. Publish date: July 12, 2001 Tech cell: Arc Welding
	Whale watching: A doctor's love of whales leads to a complex welding project By: Dianna Dearen, Contributing Writer Metal artist James Berry constructed a large whale display by making healthy use of Gas Metal Arc Welding. Here's how he did it, and why. Publish date: June 15, 2001 Tech cell: Art and Sculpture
	Which wire do you require?: How to select a gas-shielded welding electrode By: Lisa Byall and Doug Krebs, Contributing Writers Are you looking for ways to improve quality, raise productivity, and save costs in your current welding operations? If you haven't examined the various electrode choices, you could be missing an opportunity to take your production welding to the next level. Publish date: July 24, 2003 Tech cell: Consumables
	Job shop reduces costs, improves laser's output: Laser regulator minimizes gas contamination By: Richard Green, Contributing Writer Today's job shop market is characterized by unrelenting competitive pressure for laser processing services. Job shops are expanding into niche services such as multiaxis laser processing and thick plate applications to differentiate themselves from their competitors. Others are performing additional services such as forming, welding, painting, and assembly to add value. Publish date: May 29, 2003 Tech cell: Laser Cutting