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Commentary
1963—the year of reports. When looking back there is a tendency to associate a particular year with a specific occurrence or happening. Some years are easy to label in this way;…
PAINTS for the mechanical engineer
In this article, prepared specially for us by a member of the staff of the Paint Research Station, the author discusses the selection of paints for the finishing of machinery: the…
Airless paint spraying
A.C. BuckleyAlthough not new in the strictest sense of the word, mention must be made of airless spraying because of the rapidly increasing interest now being shown in this process. This is…
Basic principles and advantages of the: Electrostatic paint spraying process
R.A. CoffeeElectrostatic projection methods are now well established as a primary means of corrosion protection and product finishing. Until about 18 months ago these methods were used…
Paint industry developments
Given below are details of certain recent developments of interest to the paint‐using industries. These are additional to the many references to new paint materials in past issues…
CORROSION OF new theory explains the inhibition of IRON SURFACES
The thin film which confers passivity to iron surfaces and thus inhibits corrosion is a three‐dimensional oxide, according to recent N.B.S. results. This finding controverts other…
Equipment news
Component drying units. Four new conveyor‐belt units (see Fig. 1) for drying machined components after washing have been announced. All can carry 50 lb of work per foot run…
Research into ATMOSPHERIC CORROSION
Included in the recently‐published ‘Report of the National Chemical Laboratory 1962’ is an interesting section by the Corrosion of Metals Group dealing with investigations into…
Industrial news
Tungsten tubes. Now available in the U.K. from Kingsley & Keith (Chemicals) Ltd. is a range of tungsten tubes in 29 different standard sizes from 0.03–0.498 in. inside diameter in…
Patent briefs
Descaling by electrolysis. The tendency of sea‐water to scale metallic surfaces with which it comes in contact can be minimised by the application of an electrolytic process. To…
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