Arthur S. Kushner

Arthur S. Kushner Consultant

Electroplating

Plating on Aluminum Revisited

We’re having problems with plating copper and tin on a 6000 series aluminum alloy.

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Electroplating

Corrosion Resistance

What do you recommend for testing of blackened steel surfaces?

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Electroplating

Black Zinc Plate

Recently one of our plating baths started to give a black finish instead of the clear finish after the chromate conversion coating. What’s going on?

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Electroplating

Plating Information

Can you give me some suggestions for sources of basic information about the various processes in the electroplating industry?

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Electroplating

Tool Steel & Electropolishing

Can tool steels be electropolished?

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Electroplating

Zinc Plating Information

Can you recommend a good reference for obtaining more information on these zinc plating processes?

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Electroplating

Find-Pitched Screws

How can we finish the part so that it is wear-resistant, provides smooth movement, and is black in color?

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Electroplating

In The Black

Do you have any suggestions on how we can improve the consistency of our blackened stainless steel products?

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Electroplating

Eliminating Woods Nickel

Our customers will not allow us to use a Woods nickel strike. Is there any other process that you can suggest that would not involve a chloride nickel strike?

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Electroplating

Plating on Leaded Parts

We have to plate leaded steels with zinc. Can you give me a procedure that will work for such substrates?

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Chromium Plating on Aluminum

Can you supply me with a procedure for successfully plating chromium on aluminum?

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Electroplating

Sulfamate Nickel and Aluminum Revisited

We have a sulfamate nickel plating bath that has more than 1400 ppm of aluminum present. Will this affect the quality of the sulfamate nickel deposit? How can we remove the aluminum from the bath?

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