Articles

Surface Finishing in the 2000s - As Predicted in 1992

In the December 1992 issue of Plating and Surface Finishing, a series of articles was published, predicting the future of the global surface finishing industry in the 21st century, then due to arrive in less than a decade.

Makeover Reaps Rewards for New Mexico Plating Shop

Manufacturing Extension Partnership gave Theta Plate a blueprint for its manufacturing process and helped it see where efficiencies could be introduced, in a process called value stream mapping.

Electrolytic Versus Electroless Nickel Plating

Electroless and electrolytic nickel platings are effective at significantly improving a part’s strength and durability, but the differences between the two processes are important to distinguish.

Solving the Challenge of Carbonate Buildup in Zinc-Nickel Plating Baths

Plating shop designs a refrigerated drum crystallization method with a flow-through tank that treats a continuous flow of plating bath rather than separate batches.

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Pavco Opens New Headquarters, Labs and Pilot Center

North Carolina facility has 40,000 square feet that expands its research and customer service departments.

Book Review: Jahrbuch Oberflἂchen Technik Volume 74

A review of Leuze Verlag Surface Finishing Yearbook for 2018, which has just been published.    

Noble Aerospace Now Parent Company of Embee, All Metals

Embee Processing and All Metals Processing were named Products Finishing Top Shops in 2019, and have become leaders in the aerospace finishing industry.  

California AG Settles with Companies Selling Lead- and Cadmium-Tainted Jewelry

Five jewelry distributors sold jewelry containing excessive levels of lead and cadmium.

Alpha Metal Finishing's Tyler Baxter Excels at Special Olympics

Baxter won medals in bowling at the Special Olympics World Games held in Abu Dhabi in March.