The success of any association depends on its members’ involvement. A great place to start in getting involved with The Powder Coating Institute is to serve on a committee. It is the perfect place to have your voice heard within the industry. Where do you fit? Where can you make an impact? PCI’s committees met at our annual meeting in September. Take a look at the summaries below to see where you might fit best. Then, call us at 800-988-COAT to get started. We need you. And when our members benefit, the entire industry benefits!

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Extending the useful life of your finishing system and preventing annoying equipment breakdowns is the primary function of preventive maintenance. The alternative choice is to operate the equipment without prudent and timely intervention making emergency repair a reality instead of just a feared rare occurrence. Trusting the reliable operation of your powder coating equipment to luck is not only a poor business practice, it can also make profitability impossible.

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This Mentor, Ohio-based custom coater originally was founded to finish its parent company’s products. The job shop now runs two complete finishing lines to keep up with their customer demand as a custom powder coater.

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Today's nomenclature lesson is all about looking good. Powder coatings not only need to provide a durable, high quality finish but also have to conform to the aesthetic expectations of the finisher and their customer

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Some things just go together. Abbott and Costello, peanut butter and chocolate. In the finishing industry, the same can be said about zinc plating and powder coating.

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When products are used outdoors in all 50 states, Canada, Central America and the Caribbean, it’s important that they be powder coated tough&mda...

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Nearly everyone in this industry knows that properly curing the powder coating on a part is important. However, cooling the part is equally important ...

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To offer its customers the most complete range of integrated metal working processes, this New York-based custom sheet metal fabricator either brought...

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Business on the powder side of Spectrum Metal Finishing’s coating line has been growing over the years. In 1993 when the shop first opened, the ...

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Transporting racks just got easier.  Engineers design carts for mobility of racks and parts throughout the plant or paint shop. Racks and carts engineered  for both light and heavy duty parts up to 600 pounds.  For use with powder coating, e-coating, wet spray or submersion. Magic Rack/Production Plus Corp. offers a full suite of racking solutions to increase line density, minimize waste and maximize profits.

 

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