November
2017
Powder Coating (ISSN 1055-0259) is published 6 times a year in February, April, June, September, October, and December by CSC
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of Fostoria Process
Equipment, a div. of
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TN;
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(IRED)
of the Industrial Heating Equipment Association
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and the Chemical Coaters
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POWDER
COATING
15 IR curing shoptalk: Gas catalytic IR — The unintended consequences Infrared Equipment Div./IHEA
18 Update: Products used in curing powder coatings
3 Updates: Industry
8 Events
9 Suppliers
9 People
29 Markets
31 Product watch
32 Web review
Cover 3 Classifieds
Cover 3 Advertiser's index
19 Coater's corner: Unreasonable expectations for powder coated metal products Michael W. Cravens
24 Q & A: Responses to readers' questions George Trigg and Nick Liberto
27 Best of Pretreatment problem solver Brad B. Gruss
10 Washers 13 Stripping solutions
Special Sections
11 SSPC 2018 featuring GreenCOAT, January 15-18, Ernest N. Morial Convention Center,
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