Electroplating

Permit for New Plating Line

Question: One of our customers is considering setting up a new bright nickel plating line that has been developed to replace chrome plating at its new location in Virginia.

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Parts Cleaning

Preparation Before Ion Implantation

Question: I would like to ask what preprocessing has to be done in order to prepare the steel surface before ion implantation of mould?

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Electroplating

Chlorinated Paraffins in Cutting Oil

Question: I have discovered that our largest customer uses chlorinated paraffins in its cutting oils.

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Determining the Passivation

Question: What test methods are available in determining the passivation of stainless steel?

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Parts Cleaning

Rubber Cleaner

Question: I am looking for a rubber cleaner that can be used on EPDM and not cause any drying or glazing of the surface.

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Parts Cleaning

Cleaning Very Small Parts

Question: How are very small sheet metal parts cleaned with an aqueous solution?

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Parts Cleaning

How to Clean Galvanized Steel Before Painting

Question: I need to clean galvanized steel mir- ror bases prior to painting.

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Parts Cleaning

Cleaning Molybdenum

Question: We have been trying to figure out how to clean molybdenum.

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Vacuum Vapor

Removing Plating Wax from Aircraft Parts

Question: I am currently using PCE vapor degreasing to remove plating wax from aircraft parts.

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Selecting The Right Machine Size

The choice of mass finishing processes includes vibratory finishing, centrifugal barrel finishing, centrifugal disc finishing and barrel finishing.

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Allowable Limits for Phosphate Waste

Question: We are about to incorporate a batch powder-coating system into our production and intend to phosphatize a very small amount of bare steel sheet prior to coating.

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Delisting Plating Waste

Question: Several months ago, we changed our metal finishing operations so that we are only performing non-cyanide zinc plating on carbon steel followed by chromating.

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