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CONTENTS OCTOBER 2019 - VOLUME 26 - NUMBER 10 Welcome to the SURFACE WORLD team! MANAGING DIRECTOR & ADVERTISEMENT DIRECTOR Nigel Bean: t: 01442 826826 e: [email protected] e: [email protected] EDITOR Jane Soones: t: 01442 826826 e: [email protected] e: [email protected] COMPANY SPOTLIGHT Reliable part deburring, cleaning and drying on a 15-second cycle. 6 INDUSTRY NEWS BASF starts construction of new site for Chemetall in China. 10 Axalta’s Business Director, Klaus Gast, elected to CEPE Board. 12 Axalta appoints Jim Muse as Vice President of Refinish for Europe. 13 Buehler honours top publications on metallography. 16 CIRCULATION & SUBSCRIPTION DEPARTMENT Sheena Burrus: t: 01442 826826 e: [email protected] ALTANA takes over business of Office Color Science Company. 18 Trio of Award Nominations for HMG Paints. 22 EXHIBITION ORGANISER Sheena Burrus: t: 01442 826826 e: [email protected] Vertik-Al hits charity fundraising target. 24 IMF: INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS FINISHING Webinar Report. Surface World tel: [phone] fax: [phone] Hill Media Ltd, Marash House 2-5 Brook Street, Tring, Hertfordshire HP23 5ED, United Kingdom. 28 QUALICOAT UK & IRELAND AluK host QUALICOAT training. 30 BCF: BRITISH COATINGS FEDERATION Coatings industry cautiously welcomes new Brexit deal. 34 The Surface World magazine is published 12 times a year by Hill Media Ltd. Although every effort is made to ensure the accuracy and reliability of material published in Surface World, Hill Media Ltd and its agents accept no responsibility for the veracity of claims made by contributors, manufacturers or advertisers. Copyright for all material published in this journal remains with Hill Media Ltd and its agents. DEGREASING & CLEANING © Hill Media Ltd – 2019 ISSN 1757-367X Albutt switch to one-step Pretreatment Technology. 36 Stop operators blowing coolant into the atmosphere. 36 Next generation cleaning technologies are out of this world. 40 Odfjell discovers the benefits of Graco’s EcoQuip 2 EQp. 44 Master Abrasives installs Micromatic grinding machine at Cengar. 46 Continuous processing of parts that must be glued together. 50 Straaltechniek UK Ltd & Ervin Amasteel providing support. 54 Cutting the cost of deionised water. 56 MecWash resommended by leading machine tool manufacturers. 62 FILTER CARTRIDGES PRE-TREATMENT, SURFACE PREPARATION, PRODUCTS & PROCESSES ALL TYPE, ALL SIZES CARBON (BLOCK OR IMPREGNATED) PLEATED HIGH FLOW ABSOLUTE RATED OR NOMINAL DEPTH WOUND SPUN BONDED *variety of bags, anode bags and baskets. FROM 0.2 µm TO 500 µm RE-USABLE &WASHABLE Bodyshop myths - Time for the truth. 64 Boxford BFM110 Fibre Laser Marking Machine. 66 Gallito fit-out finishing studio. 70 The Wheel Specialist and Gema go pro. 76 New quicker cleaning process for ceramic components. 78 WORLD SERVICES 81 Surface World Magazine is supported by: ANY SIZE ANY GRADE SIEBEC UK LTD 01 785 227 700 - [email protected] - www.siebec.com read online: www.surfaceworld.com OCTOBER 2019 1