2020 is a year that will live in infamy for many industries. We haven't even seen the full effect of Covid-19 on economies, which inserts a heap of uncertainty into decision making for...
Adhesion Process, Aerospace, Surface Preparation & Treatment
October 2020 | Pierce Geary
2020 is a year that will live in infamy for many industries. We haven't even seen the full effect of Covid-19 on economies, which inserts a heap of uncertainty into decision making for...
Aerospace, Automotive, Cleaning Processes
August 2020 | Pierce Geary
Even though we look around us and see plastic everywhere, in every shape and imaginable application, metals are still a more commonly used raw material in machined products. Metals are the legacy...
Aerospace, Surface Treatment, Surface Preparation
February 2020 | Pierce Geary
Adhesion problems don’t have a preference when it comes to the kind of damage they cause. Whether the end result is structural or cosmetic, headaches for manufacturers abound; although there are...
February 2020 | Pierce Geary
When an aircraft is manufactured, every single portion of the plane or jet is designed to be able to be serviced and repaired for the next 20-30 years. Aircraft manufacturing OEMs are building...
Adhesion Process, Aerospace, Surface Preparation
January 2020 | Lydia Supinger
At BTG Labs, it's a daily occurrence for us to have a conversation with a customer who, when explaining the reasoning behind using a particular cleaning method or surface preparation material,...
Aerospace, Composites, Surface Preparation
December 2019 | Pierce Geary
A lot goes into painting an aircraft. This massive, multi-stage process begins long before that final, shiny topcoat you see on the wings and tail is applied. The components are molded, then...
Aerospace, Automotive, Composites
December 2019 | Pierce Geary
One of the most pressing questions on the minds of manufacturing engineers is how to take a load off. Lightweighting, or shedding pounds on assembled vehicles and machinery, is a critical puzzle...
Aerospace, Surface Treatment, Thermoplastics
November 2019 | Pierce Geary
The Aerospace and Defense Industry is experiencing a market boom right now. Investments in the aerospace industry are an increasingly significant part of the world economy. Last year, almost $1...
Material Science, Adhesion Process, Aerospace, Automotive, Surface Treatment, Surface Preparation, Surface Preparation & Treatment, Surface Testing
April 2019 | Pierce Geary
There are times when trying to discern if adhesion in manufacturing will succeed seems like a deeply mysterious and opaque puzzle. The water break test is a simple and fairly straight-forward...
Material Science, Adhesion Process, Aerospace, Automotive, Consumer Goods, Electronics, Film & Flexible Packaging, Renewable Energy, Surface Treatment, Surface Preparation, Surface Preparation & Treatment
March 2019 | Pierce Geary
When adhesion failure plagues a manufacturing process it can be particularly disruptive. A production process may be humming along just fine and then it suddenly becomes clear that a coating is...
Material Science, Adhesion Process, Aerospace, Automotive, Consumer Goods, Electronics, Film & Flexible Packaging, Renewable Energy, Surface Treatment
February 2019 | Pierce Geary
Manufacturers are constantly fighting against adhesion problems. Surfaces not sticking and adhesives not working is the daily reality facing manufacturers looking to make high quality, reliable...
Every adhesion problem is unique. The path to understanding your solution will be too. It all starts with us walking your production line to identify your Critical Control Points that affect adhesion; the first step in constructing your Adhesion Process Roadmap to diagnose the root cause of failures
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