Why We Need Bold, Long-Term Innovation Strategies

Why We Need Bold, Long-Term Innovation Strategies
October 16, 2018

Smart Manufacturing Magazine posted an article that Keox Technologies strongly believe in. We have been advocating similar concepts with industry colleagues, partners, and customers. This article articulates very well the less obvious, yet very significant, facts of how manufacturing innovation is crucial in driving the market and economy.   I have been taught by my mentor that whatever location manufacturing go, all other industries follow even if they are related to factory production or not. This article confirms that idea.   Manufacturing and Innovation are highly linked together – both sequentially and as a feedback cycle. Manufacturing implements the discoveries
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There’s a Black and a Darker Black – Controlling Color

There’s a Black and a Darker Black – Controlling Color
March 20, 2018

Keox Technologies was given an application by a client where they needed to differentiate colors of powder coated metal.  The challenge is that some powder being Electrically Spray Deposited (ESD) were very similar in color such that the human eye cannot easily distinguish the coating result.  Additionally, natural process variability of the powder coating process, such as varying film thicknesses, baking temperature variation, and even contamination of the chamber, also affected the final color result. With the subtle wrong color used, it caused product variations and gave the perception of lesser quality control, especially when parts are placed next to
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