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• Powder Coating and Metal Finishing
• Passivation of Stainless Steel
• Sandblasting and Glass Beading
• Metal Stripping
• Consultation and Engineering
• Final Inspection and Certification
• Labeling and Stenciling
• Final Packaging and Drop Shipping

PACCAR / AAMA / FDA / DOT / MIL-SPEC
Preparation: When your equipment or product arrives at Advanced Finishing U.S.A., we pre-inspect it to make sure no damage occurred in shipping. Before coating, we can prepare your parts using several methods. This preparation will maxize the performance of the specified coating system.

Burn-Off: To ensure the maximum cleanliness of the surface, we may place your parts in one of our DEP Approved burn-off ovens. This will remove any previous coating, machining oils or greases that may have accumulated during fabrication or machining.

Grinding: We may also prep parts by radiusing edges, grinding welds, and cleaning off weld spatters.

Shot Blast or Glass Beading: For more aggressive pre-treatment we can sandblast using aluminum oxide to provide an SSPC-SP 5 white metal finish for maximum coating adhesion.

Chemical Stripping: For thin gauge, aluminum die cast, or parts that cannot withstand the heat of the burn-off oven, we can chemically strip the part to bare metal. This is especially important for parts requiring rework.

Cleaning: To achieve maximum coating performance for your product, we clean parts using a cleaning method most suitable to the part according to the metallic make-up and surface condition. We clean aluminum parts to AAMA standards. Our wash lines use heated alkaline cleaners, heated iron phosphate pre-treatment, water rinses (using reverse osmosis filtered water), and bi-metal sealers. For product too large for our line we have a high pressure steam cleaner that uses the same chemistry as our wash lines.

Powder Coating: Powder coatings are precision-applied by electrostatic spraying or by fluid-bed dipping. Our automated coating lines and large batch coating areas allow us to process thousand of components and parts each day. After coating, each piece is heat-cured in an oven, where the tough plastic film is permanently fused to the metal. Our ovens are calibrated by an outside, independent contractor once a year to ensure accurate temperatures. We also have Datapaq™ technology for monitoring individual part temperatures while curing.

Consultation and Engineering   -   -  If no one else can do it, we'll find a way!"
We pride ourselves on finding coating solutions for our customers where others have failed. We can advise you on the correct pre-treatment, coating resin and application process to use to enhance the quality of your product depending the product’s base metal and application.

We design creative masking techniques using plugs, tape, and magnets to eliminate coating where it’s not needed. We design innovative fixtures and hooks to avoid contact points and ensure complete coverage.

Throughout all phases of the coating process, our experts are ready to work with you and your engineering/design teams to meet your exact requirements from cleaning, pre-treating, coating and curing, to final assembly and just-in-time delivery.

Final Packaging and Drop Shipping
We offer to ship coated product from our plant to your final customer to eliminate excess freight and administrative charges for our customers. If this includes special packaging or wrapping, we can do it. If it requires special labeling, we can do it. If it requires final paperwork, we can do it. We want to help you be efficient and look good for your customer. Ask how we can help.

Final Inspection and Certification
Throughout the finishing process, coatings are thoroughly checked (up to three separate inspections) with state-of-the-art testing equipment to ensure proper coating thickness, adhesion, gloss and cure. Daily titration tests of our wash lines ensure proper cleaning of your parts. Sandblast profiles can also be tested. When required, all parts with corrosion resistant finishes are spark tested to ensure a pinhole-free coating. All materials used by Advanced Finishing U.S.A. are backed by world-class suppliers, who are ready to provide consulting, testing, and support for unique and challenging applications.

Advanced Finishing U.S.A. is PACCAR Approved, uses FDA and DOT approved coatings, and can meet most AAMA, Military and automotive specifications. We are always willing to achieving the quality certifications necessary to comply with our customer’s needs.

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The optimal time to assembly many products is as the finished product is coming off the coating line. This reduces handling costs, intermediate packaging and shipping costs, and reduces the potential for damage.

Advanced Finishing USA is capable of most assembly operations so we can assemble your parts and ship them to your final customer, saving a trip back to your shop. We will also assemble kits, load Kan-Bans, stencil, label and provide final documentation if required.

If final assembly of components or equipment is required, Advanced Finishing U.S.A. can bolt, rivet, glue, staple, or subassemblies to ready them for your immediate use upon delivery. We will apply stencils and labels as required. Finished parts also can be packaged and shipped directly to your customers, saving additional handling and freight charges.