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Nov 7, 2024 | 
focusonthefamily.com | Julie Holmquist |Carol Cuppy
When RG and Karen Yallaly of Branson, Missouri, first started mentoring other married couples 25 years ago, they were a little worried. What did they know about how to be a marriage mentor? “We were thinking, We want to help them, but how?” Karen explains. They had narrowly escaped a divorce themselves, a crisis precipitated by a lack of communication and neglect of their marriage.
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Oct 21, 2024 | 
pcimag.com | Julie Holmquist
Applying protective plastic to a metal or glass surface no longer requires perfectly aligning and smoothing cling film by hand. VpCI®-372 offers a water-based acrylic paint that inhibits corrosion and can be easily discarded after removal. Paint On, Peel OffThis product looks and smells like paint when poured from the drum. It can be sprayed directly onto non-porous surfaces to achieve a smooth coat of clear or tinted paint at a thickness of 2.0-10.0 mils (50-250 μm) dry film thickness.
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Oct 13, 2024 | 
qualitymag.com | Julie Holmquist
Corrosion prevention is an important piece of the quality assurance puzzle for manufacturers of metal goods. Without it, manufacturers face interrupted WIP cycles and customer complaints due to components that have rusted in-process or during shipment.
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Aug 28, 2024 | 
pgjonline.com | Julie Holmquist
August 2024, Vol. 251, No. 8
Features
[To explore the full digital edition, including the Page Raft version of this article, click here.]By Julie Holmquist, Cortec Corporation (P&GJ) — It is often the most difficult to reach areas that carry the largest corrosion concerns, primarily because they are inherently harder to protect and inspect and more likely to trap corrosives.
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Jul 5, 2024 | 
buildingenclosureonline.com | Julie Holmquist
Corrosion is the Achilles’ heel of reinforced concrete, an otherwise extremely durable, widely used building material. Once corrosion starts, it introduces a vicious cycle: corrosion products expand and put pressure on the overlying concrete, eventually causing it to crack and spall, allowing more corrosive materials to enter and continue the process until a repair is made to preserve structural integrity.
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Jul 5, 2024 | 
buildingenclosureonline.com | Julie Holmquist
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This is a comprehensive manual that goes beyond codes and standards, providing expert guidance in design, detailing, material selection and troubleshooting for plaster and drywall.
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Jul 3, 2024 | 
esmagazine.com | Julie Holmquist |Scott Bryan |Jim Holden PE
Health care and technology are two mission critical priorities in today’s world. While health care is more often viewed as a life and death issue, society’s increasing digital dependence has turned technology into much more than a convenience. At the same time, seemingly insignificant issues, such as corrosion and scale, can seriously interfere with mission critical operations at hospitals and data centers if left unchecked.
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Feb 23, 2024 | 
pfonline.com | Julie Holmquist
Fast-paced manufacturing applications require quick-drying coating solutions — coatings designed for force-dry applications can reduce the risk of parts sticking together. Source: Cortec Corp. Q: What coatings are recommended for meeting force-dry, high slip or high temp requirements? A: In addition to good adhesion and rust prevention, a metal coating must be equipped to meet force-dry, high slip, or high temp requirements in certain applications.
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Jan 1, 2024 | 
chemengonline.com | Scott Bryan |Julie Holmquist
Understanding that viable strategies exist to protect essential cooling and heating systems from corrosion is a crucial step in ensuring proper asset protectionSeveral years ago, a manufacturing plant was forced to unexpectedly shut down one of its main production lines for several weeks. The cause: a rusty vacuum pump that pulled water through the cooling loop had corroded to the point of failure.
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Oct 23, 2023 | 
focusonthefamily.com | Julie Holmquist |Jim Rusnak
Estimated reading time: 6 minutesMany couples wonder if marriage is really worth it. What is the difference between being married and living together? What can saying wedding vows do for your relationship? And is living together before marriage really a sin? If there is no power behind a marriage vow, then there is no point in a marriage. But vows do hold power.
