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How to Center Your Process in a Coating Application (Here’s a Hint: You Can’t)

In every quality position, in every market, the goal is always the same: ensure the parts you are producing fall within their applicable measurements per the specification to guarantee a good part.

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Coated battery bolts designed for corrosion resistance and electrical component durability

How a Rack-Spray Process Audits Your Parts

Utilizing a rack-spray coating application for your components as opposed to a dip-spin method has...

Coating Information, Quality Information
Fischerscope MMS PC2 coating thickness gauge displaying 0.271 mils, with probe on lab workbench.

The Three C’s: Coverage, Cure & Cross Hatch

Will the coating pass this test or that? Will it reach this many...

Coating Information, Quality Information
Tumble and Pangborn shot-blast cleaning equipment preparing metal parts for coating

Common Surface Prep Types

A coating only performs to the level of the surface of which it...

Quality Information, Surface Prep
Bus Hatch Follower with Dry-Film Lubricant

Full Film Properties & Cure

We have had customers contact us because coated parts being received from their...

Coating Information, Quality Information
Quality control inspection of coated metal components at DECC production facility

Why Most Coating Applicators Don’t “Test to Specs”

Time and again we are posed the question as to whether we can...

Coating Information, Quality Information
Xylan 1014 industrial coating application on metal components for corrosion protection and lubricity

Solving Abrasion and Wear Issues with a Functional Coating

Abrasion is the grinding, wearing, or rubbing away by means of friction. In...

Coating Information, Quality Information

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