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What is the Average Thickness for Urethane Coating?

Urethane (or more formally polyurethane) is an artificial polymer. As a protective coating on metal baskets, it is durable and very protective under UV rays. It is not great at inhibiting rust, but that is less a factor when coating rust-resistant

What is the Hardest Shape in Wireforming?

Wire forms with compound bends typically are the most challenging. A compound bend is a feature within the wire form that has two adjacent bends or generations with no straight length tangent to the beginning and end of those radii.

The ultrasonic cleaning challenge

The client, a major manufacturer of metal fabricating equipment, needed baskets for ultrasonic cleaning. Among the issues: they wanted a basket with the durability of steel but without metal-to-metal contact with sensitive parts that could scratch.

How we make baskets for precision cleaning systems

Chemical Resistance Properties for Metals, Plastics, and Elastomers

The resistance of metals, plastics and elastomers can be affected by concentration, temperature, presence of other chemicals and other factors. So this information is presented as a

What is the best way to send 3D files?

3D file types that can be opened in Mastercam are: IGES Files (*.IGS;*.IGES) PARASOLID Files (*.X,_T;*.X_B;*.XMT_TXT) Pro/E Files (*.PRT;*.ASM) SAT Files (*.SAT;*.SAB) STEP Files (*.STP;*.STEP)

Manufacturing's Past, Manufacturing's Future

Marlin Steel Chief Engineer Tony Witt (left) and Director Marshal (Mickey) Greenblatt (second from left) lead tour of Marlin

Marlin Steel in Baltimore Sun on why U.S. Senate must Fight Cyberthreats to Business

Letter to the editor May 5 in the Baltimore Sun