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网页FenderBender is the resource dedicated to helping owners, operators, and managers work smarter and grow their collision repair businesses. Through real world shop stories and expert advice, collision repair professionals learn about the latest business management strategies, issues, and motivation that leads to success in this rapidly evolving ...
A look at alternative refrigerants to R-134a - FenderBender and …
网页2022年2月4日 · R-744 is the refrigerant name for carbon dioxide (CO 2) and has been in use as a refrigerant since the mid-nineteenth century reaching its peak use in the 1920s.With the introduction of CFCs that operated at much lower pressures, the use of CO 2 as a refrigerant declined. While many automotive manufacturers are using R-1234yf in new vehicles, German brands like Volkswagen, Porsche, Audi, and ...
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网页Our Mission. FenderBender is the leading progressive media brand exclusively serving collision repair shop owners and operators. It examines in-depth real-world struggles, successes and solutions from the industry, providing our readers and users the inspiration, tools and motivation to help them succeed in the collision repair industry.
The facts on feather, prime and block | FenderBender and ABRN
网页2020年1月1日 · Fact No. 1: Repair work ends at 150 grit. When you replace a welded-on panel, for example, the labor time clearly includes finishing only to 150 grit. Fact No. 2: Paint times are for new, undamaged panels. A panel finished with 150 grit is not the equivalent to new and undamaged. To get to that level requires finishing to 320 grit.
The future of hybrid vehicles | FenderBender and ABRN
网页2019年1月1日 · Future hybrid technology will offer increases in efficiency for electric motors, batteries and gas- or diesel-powered engines. Another early hybrid vehicle was the diesel/electric submarine that came about in 1929. A diesel engine was used to propel the submarine and to charge large batteries.
Improving efficiency through better bay management
网页2020年1月1日 · Improving efficiency through better bay management. Jan. 1, 2020. Better designed bays can significantly improve a shop’s capability, without increasing its capacity. Al Thomas. In collision repair, there are many factors that are not within the company’s sphere of control. They may be part of our sphere of concern, and yet we may not have ...
Diesel NOx sensor technology | FenderBender and ABRN
网页2020年1月1日 · This signal (along with the NOx sensor signal) is used by the ECM to adjust DEF dosing for maximum SCR catalyst efficiency. Benefits of the Delphi ammonia sensor include optimizing performance of the SCR catalyst, enabling the use of an optimally-sized SCR catalyst, and helping to provide SCR system diagnostics.
Training: Frame Rail Realities | FenderBender and ABRN
网页2020年1月1日 · Notch each corner of the frame rail remaining on the vehicle with a 6mm triangle-shaped notch so that when you bend the 6mm flange down to a taper, all the notched corners close up again. Slide the new rail onto the old rail. It may be necessary to hammer-and-dolly the old rail to accept the new rail evenly.
LKQ Acquires FinishMaster in Deal for Uni-Select Inc.
网页Feb. 27, 2023—LKQ Corporation has acquired refinishing and coatings distributor Uni-Select Inc. and its FinishMaster subsidiary in a transaction with a total enterprise value of $2.1 billion, the companies announced in a press release. The deal brings together one of the aftermarket's largest parts providers in LKQ and Uni-Select, which ...