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New Antireflective Coating Increases PV Conversion Efficiency - Posted 7/20/08

July 20, 2008
XeroCoat, Inc., a pioneering Silicon Valley startup, has entered the solar energy market with a high-performing antireflective coating for solar energy systems. Applicable across all solar energy technologies, the antireflective
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Inspection and Deposition Tools Improve Solar Panel Manufacturing - Posted 7/20/08

July 20, 2008
NexTech Solutions, Inc. and FAS Holdings Group, LLC, jointly doing business as "NexTechFAS," have developed two new products for use in the manufacture of solar panels. The PVScan, an automated optical inspection (AOI) tool, and the PVAdvantage, an extrusion deposition (ED) tool, are designed to decrease the costs and improve production yields in the manufacture of photovoltaic (solar) products.
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Portable Polymer Powder Coating Shows Promise in Oil Field - Posted 7/20/08

July 20, 2008
Tests of Xiom Corp.'s portable polymer powder coating technology at Tengiz, one of the world's richest oil fields, have shown positive results. Tengiz is being developed by TengizChevroil, a joint
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Greening the CARC System

July 18, 2008
Continued innovations in materials and formulations are improving the performance of CARC systems while reducing their environmental impact.
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Xiom Expands Coating Line - Posted 7/18/08

July 18, 2008
Xiom Corp., developer and manufacturer of a portable polymer powder coating spray system, has introduced four new coatings for use with its system. The coatings are all environmentally friendly and designed to protect structures against the elements.
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Hardide Enters Chrome Replacement Test Program with Airbus - Posted 7/18/08

July 18, 2008
Hardide Coatings Ltd., which has developed a tungsten carbide-based coating for chrome replacement programs, has embarked on a three-year coatings approval test program with Airbus. The technology is also being
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A Meter-Mix Solution for 3K CARCs

July 01, 2008
How can you accurately a mix and meter a three-component (3K) water-based CARC primer and Type I topcoat? An electronic meter-mix system designed specifically for 3K waterborne CARCs is helping one military vehicle manufacturer meet quality and environmental requirements.
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Automated Camouflage

July 01, 2008
An estimated 95 to 99% of all military ground vehicles are spray painted manually. Painting military vehicles using automated robotic systems can save millions of dollars, improve quality, protect workers and open up the most problematic bottleneck defense contractors face, thereby allowing them to get vehicles to the soldiers as quickly as possible.
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AN FT ONLINE EXCLUSIVE: RadTech 2008: Advances in UV & EB

July 01, 2008
More than 2,200 attendees gathered in Chicago’s McCormick Place to learn about advances in UV and EB raw materials, formulations, equipment and processing, both from the RadTech 2008 technical program and from the 116 suppliers on the exhibit floor. This article presents some of the highlights of the event.
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Advances in Robotic Finishing

July 01, 2008
Think you can’t afford robots? Think again. Today’s flexible, high-performance paint robots can quickly pay for themselves through material and labor savings.
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