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Classified Advertising www.powdercc.com nliberto@powdercc.com •Equipment and Powder/Chemical Specification, Qualification and Selection •Training and In-Plant Seminars •Failure Analysis •Operational Audits •Laboratory Testing Services •Quality Improvements & Documentation •Start-up Assistance & Process Documentation Division of Ninan, Inc. 1-800-97-POWDE(R) 203-366-7244 203-367-5245 Fax M e m b e r s o f P C I ; S M E ; C C A I ; A E S F CONSULTANTS Advertisers' Index D Digilube . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .21 F FABTECH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11 Fischer Technology . . . . . . . . . .3 M Magic Rack/ Production Plus . . . . . . . . . . . .7 P Prismatic Powders/ NIC Industries . . . . . . . .Cover 4 V Vorti-Siv/MM Industries . . . . .21 www.pcoating .com Classified Advertising Rates: 1X 6X 9X 1-inch $130 $110 $100 The ad must be a minimum of 1"; 1 /2" increments are available. The column width is 2- 1 /8". All advertising is prepaid. Send your ad copy or fax to: Kristin O'Daniel Powder Coating Fax: 651-287-5678 Tel: 651-387-5608 kodaniel@cscpub.com If you're having trouble selecting the right film thickness gauge for your application, this article will help. It not only describes a vari- ety of gauges on the market, but also explains the principles behind their operation. Company celebrates 25 years of coating thickness measurement innovation (Fischer Technology, Windsor, Conn.). Steve Foley. September 2004, p. 51. Today, a manager of a powder coating job shop can hand a small electronic handheld device to an employee and without any training reduce materials cost and improve work quality. In addition, the device can take and store coating thickness readings in groups, compile complete statistical data for each group or part, and transfer that data to a computer or laptop up to 60 feet away with a wireless radio transmitter and radio receiver. Pretty amazing if one stops to think about it. Fischer Technology thinks about solving coating thickness measurement challenges every day and has been doing it now for years. This year, the company celebrates its 25th anniversary as a manufacturer of coating thickness gauges and material testing equipment. Powder shines along the rails above the Sin City Strip. (Powder Coating Plus, Las Vegas.) Steve Foley. June 2004, p. 12. To make a station on the new Las Vegas Monorail stand out in a city that shines and glows as brightly as the rings upon the gifted fingers of the late, great Liberace, a finisher uses powder to prove once again that all that glitters is not gold. Las Vegas, the fast-paced, glitzy gaming oasis, needs to get people from point A to point B in a New York minute. A high-stakes player stuck in the traffic snarl that sometimes strangles the Strip might be leaving a seat at a $1,000-a-hand black- jack table at the Bellagio colder than the pure oxygen air conditioning that pumps throughout the casino's atmosphere. To this end, the city has erected the Las Vegas Monorail, a driverless, urban public trans- portation system that glides above street traf- fic at speeds reaching 50 miles per hour. The system operates on a 4-mile route on the east side of the Las Vegas Strip, connect- ing eight resorts and the convention center. Located at the intersection of Paradise and Desert Inn in front of the Las Vegas Convention Center, lies the monorail sta- tion that is sponsored by Nextel and gleams like a mirror ball under the desert sun. Measuring coating thickness on heat- sensitive substrates. David Beamish. February 2009, p. 38. This article describes technology available to measure the thickness of cured powder coat- ings on substrates other than metal, such as medium-density fiberboard (MDF) and plastics. It describes the working principle and benefits of ultrasonic coating thickness testing with handheld instruments. Using technology to monitor powder coating thickness. Paul Lomax. October 2012, p. 28. The importance of process control in the powder coating industry is critical. Life expectancies for parts constantly increase, and the selection criteria large manufac- turers use when selecting a job shop is likely based on the uniformity of applied powder coating thickness and adherence to the tol- erances set forth in the specifications. In today's economic climate, it has never been more important for a company to differ- entiate based on quality. The economy to a great extent necessitates process improve- ment initiatives that include an under- standing of where and how material costs can be reduced. PC