Arthur S. Kushner

Arthur S. Kushner Consultant

Heat Treated Steels and Zinc Plating

Question: What is the best way to zinc plate heat-treated steels?

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Crystals in my Plating Tank, Part II

In my September 2004 column, I answered a question regarding crystals in a Watts nickel bath.

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What is Zinc Anodizing?

Question: I was asked the other day whether our shop could perform zinc anodizing.

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Heat Treated Parts and Oil

Question: How can we clean parts that are heat treated and then quenched?

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Electroplating

A Primer on Filtration

Question: I need some basic information on filtration as it applies to plating baths.

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Electroplating

Chloride Concentration in Watts Nickel

Question: For reasons too lengthy to discuss in this question, one of our Watts nickel plating baths has a very high chloride ion concentration.

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Electroplating

Rhodium Plate and Blisters

Question: Our shop does rhodium plating and recently we have run into a problem when plating rhodium over small flat washer-like copper disks.

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Electroplating

Stripping of Plated Deposits

Question: Where can I find information about stripping electroplated deposits from different base materials?

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Electroplating

Zinc Plating on Cast Iron

Question: We are a zinc plating shop with both cyanide and acid chloride plating lines.

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Electroplating

Plating Room Flooring

Question: I have to learn more about the types of flooring available for the modern plating room.

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Plating Zinc Alloys

This column marks the end of my eighth year of attempting to give straightforward responses to day-to-day issues that arise in the electroplating arena.

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Rectifier Ripple Voltage

This column marks the end of my eighth year of attempting to give straightforward responses to day-to-day issues that arise in the electroplating arena.

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