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ROI: Reducing Energy Consumption in Belt Conveyor Systems
From: Crown Plastics Co., Inc.Description: Adding silicone-treated UHMW-PE to belt conveyor slider beds reduces the energy cost associated with moving product over long belt distance and prolongs the life of conveyor components. ...
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Achieving the best machined finish for critical PPSU parts
Description: Many designers and machinists have questions about fabricating critical tolerance parts for cutting edge industries like medical and life science equipment manufacturers. ...
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100HE Suspension Plasma Spray (SPS) and Solution Precursor Plasma Spray (SPPS) application development
From: Progressive SurfaceDescription: A new breed of nano-structured coatings are being developed around the suspension plasma spray (SPS) and solution precursor plasma spray (SPPS) processes. SPS and SPPS require more energy per ...
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100HE™ Abradable Coatings for Compressor Cases
From: Progressive SurfaceDescription: Progressive is working with turbine engine MRO facilities in an effort to improve the productivity and reduce the costs of applying abradable coatings on turbine engine compressor components. ...
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100HE™ Plasma Torch Stability
From: Progressive SurfaceDescription: Data from a 16-hour process run to validate the consistency of the 100HE plasma torch voltage and current control. ...
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Emerging Applications at University of Michigan - 100HE Axial Feed Liquid Precursor Plasma Spray
From: Progressive SurfaceDescription: An overview of emerging applications using the 100HE plasma torch developed at the University of Michigan for medical implant and renewable energy programs. ...
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New battery manufacturing processes at UofM Dearborn reduce time, expense using 100HE plasma torch
From: Progressive SurfaceDescription: Pravansu Mohanty, associate professor of mechanical engineering at University of Michigan - Dearborn, has developed a new approach for direct deposition of phosphate and oxide compounds used in ...
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The 100HE Plasma Torch - a technical solution to thermal barrier coatings
From: Progressive SurfaceDescription: The aircraft and industrial gas turbine industries constantly face new challenges as their hot section products are required to operate at higher temperatures and faster speeds for improved ...
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Unique Thermal Spraying System at KLM
From: Progressive SurfaceDescription: Presents a multi-process thermal spraying cell developed for KLM using arc spray, standard plasma spraying, 100HE™ high enthalpy plasma spraying, and HVOF coating technologies. This paper was ...
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Combining Barrier Technology with other Important Properties in Flexible Electronics
From: FLEXcon Company, Inc.Description: For at least fifty years, the semiconductor and photovoltaic (PV) industries have harnessed quantum effects and manipulated electrons to produce technologies that once would have been considered ...
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Surface Solutions for the Requirements of Tomorrow (.pdf)
From: Sulzer MetcoDescription: Increased performance of technical equipment also increases the loads on the components. For this reason, the surfaces of these components are frequently protected with coatings or modified to enable ...
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Surfaces That Make a Difference (.pdf)
From: Sulzer MetcoDescription: The physical properties of surfaces play a key role in the performance, functionality, and longevity of power generation components, such as turbines, fuel cells, valves, pumps, and boilers. For ...
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New Corrosion Resistant Materials for Next Generation Energy Processes (.pdf)
From: TantalineDescription: The next generation of energy in order to be efficient requires more aggressive process conditions, potent chemistries and pure/clean operating conditions that are free from contamination. As a ...
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Choose Specialty Metals for Corrosion Sensitive Equipment (.pdf)
From: TantalineDescription: Specialty metals should be considered for processes that push beyond the corrosion resistance of steel. New composites and surface alloy technologies expand the options for defending against ...
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Tantalum Surface Alloys Prevent Corrosion (.pdf)
From: TantalineDescription: Pure tantalum is one of the most corrosion-resistant metals, but its extremely high cost makes it an impractical option for all but the most corrosive applications. However, a new tantalum-based ...
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Underground Mine Safety - The Role of Insulation (.pdf)
From: Firwin Corp.Description: From scoops and scalers to pallet handlers and personnel carriers, underground mining relies on diesel-powered equipment to get the job done. Diesel power provides the mine with a rugged, reliable, ...
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Influence of Plastic Deformation on The Integrity and Corrosion Resistance of Tantaline Surface TreatmentReport (.pdf)
From: TantalineDescription: The goal of the testing was to determine the influence of uniform surface plastic deformation and localized plastic deformation on the integrity and corrosion resistance of the Tantaline surface ...
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Tantalum Surface Alloys vs Coatings (.pdf)
From: TantalineDescription: A comparative study was conducted by an independent 3rd party to evaluate the performance of various coating systems vs tanalum surface alloys in sulfuric acid, wet chlorine gas and liquid bromine for ...
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Corrosion Comparision Tantaline vs Coatings (.pdf)
From: TantalineDescription: A comparative study was conducted by an independent 3rd party to evaluate the performance of various coating systems, Tantaline and their corrosion performance in various media. ...
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Polycorp Aims to Dent Market With New Liner (.pdf)
From: Polycorp Ltd.Description: A stiffer tank car testing regulation in the U.S. and farsighted planning has put Polycorp Ltd. in what it believes is a very strong position. The company has come up with a process to extrude tank ...
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Change the Way You Spray - Minimize Clogging (.pdf)
From: Spraying Systems Co.Description: Clogging can cause significant dollar-robbing complications: If the spray application directly affects product quality, increased scrap is the inevitable result of nozzle clogging. This can happen ...
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Shielding Touchscreens from EMI
From: Dontech IncorporatedDescription: The pros and cons of thin-film conductive coatings and fine conductive grid solutions. ...
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A Meter-Mix Solution for 3K CARCs (.pdf)
From: EXEL North America, Inc.Description: A couple of years ago, one of the largest manufacturers of military vehicles in the U.S. faced changing its chemical agent resistant coating (CARC) system. Like many other finishing operations at the ...
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Effect of Surface Treatments on HCF Performance and FOD Tolerance of a Ti-6Al-4V Vane (.pdf)
From: Lambda TechnologiesDescription: Mechanical surface treatments including shot peening (SP), laser shock peening (LSP) and low plasticity burnishing (LPB) have been shown to introduce compressive residual stresses that improve high ...
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Effects of Surface Treatment on Fretting Fatigue Performance of Ti-6Al-4V (.pdf)
From: Lambda TechnologiesDescription: The fretting fatigue performance of Ti-6Al-4V after isothermal exposure was explored in test coupons in low plasticity burnished (LPB), shot peened (SP) and electropolished (ELP) baseline conditions. ...
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Fatigue Strength Restoration in Corrosion Pitted 4340 Alloy Steel via Low Plasticity Burnishing (.pdf)
From: Lambda TechnologiesDescription: Low plasticity burnishing (LPB) is a surface enhancement process with significant economic and physical attributes that make it attractive for component repair/refurbishment applications in aging ...
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Improved HCF Performance and FOD Tolerance of Surface Treated Ti-6-2-4-6 Compressor Blades (.pdf)
From: Lambda TechnologiesDescription: High cycle fatigue (HCF) strength and the resistance to foreign object damage (FOD) can be improved by the use of mechanical surface treatments like shot peening and low plasticity burnishing (LPB) to ...
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Low Cost Corrosion Damage Mitigation And Improved Fatigue Performance Of Low Plasticity Burnished 7075-t6 (.pdf)
From: Lambda TechnologiesDescription: Low plasticity burnishing (LPB) has been investigated as a surface enhancement process and corrosion mitigation method for aging aircraft structural applications. Compressive residual stresses ...
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Mitigation of FOD and Corrosion Fatigue Damage in 17-4 PH Stainless Steel Compressor Blades with Surface Treatment (.pdf)
From: Lambda TechnologiesDescription: Compressor blades of a military aircraft turbine engine made of 17-4 PH stainless steel have been reported to have blade edge foreign object damage (FOD), corrosion pitting, and erosion damage that ...
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Overview Of Low Plasticity Burnishing For Mitigation Of Fatigue Damage Mechanisms (.pdf)
From: Lambda TechnologiesDescription: Surface enhancement technologies such as shot peening (SP), laser shock peening (LSP), and low plasticity burnishing (LPB) can provide substantial fatigue life improvement. However, to be effective, ...
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The Effect Of Cold Work On The Thermal Stability Of Residual Compression In Surface Enhanced In718 (.pdf)
From: Lambda TechnologiesDescription: Surface enhancement, the creation of a layer of residual compression at the surface of a component, is widely used to improve the fatigue life in the automotive and aerospace industries. The ...
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The Effect Of Low Plasticity Burnishing (LPB) On The HCF Performance And Fod Resistance Of Ti-6al-4v (.pdf)
From: Lambda TechnologiesDescription: Low Plasticity Burnishing (LPB) has been developed as a rapid, inexpensive surface enhancement method adaptable to existing CNC machine tools. LPB produces a deep layer of compression with minimal ...
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The Influence of Surface Enhancement by Low Plasticity Burnishing on the Corrosion Fatigue Performance of AA7075-T6 (.pdf)
From: Lambda TechnologiesDescription: Conventional approaches to mitigate corrosion related failure mechanisms in aircraft usually involve isolation from the corrosive environment via protective coatings, alloy substitution, or ...
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Residual Stress Distributlons Produced By Strain Gage Surface Preparation (.pdf)
From: Lambda TechnologiesDescription: Abrasion of a metallic surface to improve bonding during strain gage installation is generally thought to produce negligible effect on the measurement of applied or residual stresses by blind hole ...
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Is a Lubrication Program Right for my Company (.pdf)
Description: To those in the maintenance department, precision lubrication is a no-brainer. It stands to reason that lubrication excellence is a good investment. Put simply, machines run better when they are ...
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Effects of Graphite Type, Purity and Concentration on Grease Performance (.pdf)
From: Asbury Graphite MillsDescription: Abstract: The performance of six different graphite powders, as wear additives, was evaluated in clay filled polyalphaolefin (PAO) grease base. Neat PAO and PAO blends with each of four types of ...
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Surface Enhanced Flake Graphite and its Utility as a Functional Extender for Molybdenum Disulfide (.pdf)
From: Asbury Graphite MillsDescription: Abstract: The performance of surface enhanced natural flake graphite (SEFG) was studied to determine its utility as a functional extender for molybdenum disulfide in PAO grease. The SEFG was compared ...
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Selecting A Corrosion Inhibitor
From: CIMCOOLDescription: Corrosion, an ongoing concern for industry, may cause reduced service life or complete failure of manufactured parts and finished goods. These issues directly impact the cost efficiency of the ...
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Spray Drying Manual
From: BETE Fog Nozzle, Inc.Description: Drying is the process of removing liquid from solids by evaporation. The drying process has been used for thousands of years to reduce transport weight and increase the storage life of numerous ...
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Abrasion Resistant Coating on Surface
Description: Feltes Sand and Gravel, located in Elburn, IL, is the leading producer of sand and gravel construction materials in the Chicago area. They mine sand, gravel and boulders for diverse contractors, ...
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Impact Resistance
Description: The customer was having severe problems with constant corrosion and abrasion on their steel aggregate hoppers. The company used bolted-down plastic liners as protection on their hoppers. The plastic ...
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Primary Containment - Liner
Description: The company was having problems with its cake slurry tank. The original manufacturer had coated the tank with a coal tar substance to protect the carbon steel. Due to the high degree of acidic ...
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Secondary Containment - HVAC Containment
Description: An HVAC system located internally on the third floor has on occasion backed up and created a small flood situation that could potentially damage the unique flooring and a key testing laboratory ...
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Secondary Containment - Sulfuric Acid
Description: Two of the chemical storage tanks' secondary containment area, which was constructed out of concrete and coated with epoxy paint, was beginning to deteriorate. With common spills associated with a ...
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Glossary of Common Powder Coating Terms
From: ITW GemaDescription: Back Ionization: An excessive build up of charged powder particles which may limit further powder being deposited on the substrate. The electrical charge on the surface layer may be reversed, ...
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The What, Why & How of PLCs
From: ITW GemaDescription: Powder Automation: Programmable Logic Control Improving the efficiency of a pow- wiring. This soft wiring is a modifications in order to alter the der coating line is very important. program that ...
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The What, Why & How of Powder Coating
From: ITW GemaDescription: What is powder coating, why should I consider using it, and how will it work in my operation are questions that every finisher needs to be asking today. Briefly, these questions can be answered as ...
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The What, Why & How of Wood Coating
From: ITW GemaDescription: Powder Coating of Medium Density Fiberboard The use of powder coatings as operational costs, and environ- or awkward handling is re- a finish for wood substrates mental friendliness. quired. has been ...
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Environmental Aspects of PTFE Based Laminates in Relation to "Halogen-Free"
From: Taconic
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How PTFE Can Compete With The Best In Thermosets
From: TaconicDescription: With PTFE's low loss and stable Dk characteristics, its use as RF Microwave printed-circuit board (PCB) substrate is well-established. The growth in wireless-technology has by extension, driven the RF ...
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PTFE And Hybrid Multilayer Bonding And Fabrication
From: TaconicDescription: The reasons for selecting circuit board are threefold. First, to allow the integration of digital and Radio Frequency (RF) circuitry into a single assembly. Second, to decrease overall printed circuit ...
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PTFE Microwave Substrates For Automotive Applications
From: TaconicDescription: With PTFE's low loss and stable Dk characteristics, its use as RF Microwave printed-circuit board (PCB) substrate is well-established. The growth in wireless-technology has by extension, driven the RF ...
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Spray Nozzle Pressure Distribution Patterns
From: Tekscan, Inc.Description: Distribution of the spray from a nozzle is important, but difficult to quantify. When the impact of a nozzle is too great, energy and liquid may be wasted or damage to material being processed, ...
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Multilayer Lamination Methods for PTFE-Based PCBs
From: TaconicDescription: Board designers are continually looking for ways to save weight and space in their applications and are moving toward higher count multilayer designs to solve these issues. Historically, PTFE ...
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The Anisotropy of Dielectric Constant in TLY-5A Material
From: TaconicDescription: Anisotropy is often regarded as a drawback for woven fiberglass composite laminates. The data presented in this study are in contrast to this argument. Here TLY-5A with woven fiberglass exhibits ...
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Electropolishing Improves Lead Screw Surface Quality
From: Noll, Inc.Description: An electrochemical process which polishes a metal surface by removing a microscopic amount of material from the work piece. This process prepares metals for plating, anodizing or conversion coating ...
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Passivate Lead Screws for Extended Service Life
From: Noll, Inc.Description: Maximize corrosion resistance and reduce leadscrew surface impurities remaining from processing. Remove surface contaminations, such as iron particles left by cutting tools, that can form rust or act ...
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Plating Enhances Resistance to Lead Screw Corrosion
From: Noll, Inc.Description: Plating is the general name of surface-covering techniques in which a metal is deposited onto a conductive surface. Plating is indispensable as a corrosion inhibitor. for the manufacture of computers, ...
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Teflon Coating Reduces Lead Screw Friction
From: Noll, Inc.Description: PTFE was discovered serendipitously by Roy Plunkett of DuPont in 1938, while attempting to make a new CFC refrigerant, when the perfluorethylene polymerized in its storage container. DuPont patented ...
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Application of Ultrasonic Peening for Fatigue Life Improvement of Automotive Welded Wheels
Description: The efficiency of Ultrasonic Peening (UP) application for fatigue life improvement of automotive welded wheels was studied based on the results of fatigue testing of real wheels in as-welded condition ...
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Fatigue Life Improvement of Tubular Welded Joints by Ultrasonic Peening .(pdf)
Description: The development of the Ultrasonic Peening (UP) technology was a logical continuation of the work done before and directed at the investigation and further development of known techniques for surface ...
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Fatigue Life Improvement of Welded Elements by Ultrasonic Peening
Description: The development of the Ultrasonic Peening (UP) technology was a logical continuation of the work done before directed on the investigation and further development of known techniques for surface ...
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Rehabilitation and Repair of Welded Elements and Structures by Ultrasonic Peening
Description: The Ultrasonic Peening (UP) is the most efficient technique for increasing the fatigue life of welded elements as compared to such existing improvement treatments as grinding, TIG-dressing, shot ...
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Electroplating: Solution Concentration Monitoring and Control
From: optek-Danulat, Inc.Description: Rigid quality standards and the ever increasing need to optimize chemical use and improve process efficiency drives many electroplaters to seek a higher level of automation and control as a key to ...
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Efficiency Improvements and Cost Reductions in Chemical Coating Scale Up: Case Study
From: Spraying Systems Co.Description: A chemical company was considering the use of Ultrasonic nozzles for a proprietary coating application. These nozzles were selected because of the fine mist they produce. The Ultrasonic nozzles were ...
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Non-Bearding Two-Fluid Spray Nozzle Design for Tablet Coating Applications
From: Spraying Systems Co.Description: Two-fluid spray nozzles used in tablet coaters are prone to collect deposits on the nozzle exit orifice, this phenomenon is known as bearding. Bearding effects the droplet size distribution, which has ...
- Corrosion Control Materials: Selection Guidelines That Hold Up - Chemical Equipment Magazine, Feb 2006
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Town of Tonawanda Firm Helps Fight Graffiti - Tonawanda News, April 2006
Description: Town of Tonawanda - Terrence Vargo spends a lot of time thinking of ways to abuse things. Acids, lightning strikes, the spray from the sea and extreme temperatures - you name it, Vargo has probably ...
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Tablet Coating: Optimizing Spray Gun Performance
From: Spraying Systems Co.Description: Tablet coating systems are designed and calibrated for specific applications. When there are changes to the application, you must re-evaluate the coating system, including its spray guns. This article ...
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Fluropolymer Technology Wins Prestigious Award
Description: The chemical industry constantly strives to improve its products and processes. To accomplish this, the industry relies on its suppliers to develop increasingly sophisticated products and ...
- Linings for Ozone Tanks
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New Crack and Joint Technologies for Secondary Containment
Description: Niagara Falls, New York manufacturers of chlorine and caustic soda used a fluoropolymer tape system and novolac epoxy-vinyl ester topping to replace a rigid fiberglass system on a concrete loading pad ...
