MMS Blog

The Power of One

Plated component at the heart of Flight 1549's miraculous splash landing.

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Involving Your Significant Other in Estate Planning

How one couple worked together to leave their business to their children.

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aerospace

A Conversation With ... Tom Captain

Vice Chairman, Global and U.S. Aerospace and Defense Industry Practice, Deloitte Consulting

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Electroplating

Magnesium Applications Abound

Direct EN plating makes it possible

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Parts Cleaning

Productive Plastic Painting

Upgrades improve paint system flexibility, application characteristics

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Parts Cleaning

Passivation (Times Four!)

1) I would love to be able to get my hands on a book that can teach me a great deal more on the passivation process. Is there such a book out there? 2) We rinse parts in a closed-loop bath that is not controlled for pH or any other content parameters. Under what conditions do you need to take the acid bath step? 3) I am setting up passivation and chem film lines in a shop and am wondering what are some good resources for getting started? 4) Are there biocompatibility issues with passivating stainless steel?

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Reality Check

Is this the end of U.S. manufacturing? Hardly.

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New Approach to Internal Deburring and Cleaning

Opposing blast nozzles put turbulence to work.

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Liquid Coating

Tradin’ Paint

Plastic films are replacing paint in some Automotive applications  

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Improved Automation

For robotic painting, the key word is density

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Cost-Effective Internal Deburring

We have improved the mass finishing over the years, but we continue to be challenged by internal burrs. Some of the internal deburring processes will work under one set of conditions but not another, and most processes either involve a substantial capital investment or very high costs by outside contractors.

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Going Low-Temp

What to Consider when choosing ambient-temperature metal pretreatments

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