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Aerospace manufacturer tries unique approach to meet agency regulations

Surface finishers and others operating in industries highly regulated by federal, state and local environmental protection agencies have seen an increase in the number of violations that have escalated from administrative notices of violations and fines, or even civil penalties, to criminal prosecutions

This NASF-AESF Foundation research project report covers the fourth quarter of project work (January-March 2021) at Wayne State University in Detroit on sustainability in the metal finishing industry.  The success of this project depends on data.  The data needed comes from industry and other stakeholders.  The reader is encouraged to complete the survey form discussed in this report.

In the search for the “next best thing,” some platers are turning to an electroless nickel bath with boron, often with remarkable success and outstanding results. Thus, the reintroduction of NiB as a cost-effective Chrome replacement.

Question: Recently, we had a half-inch SCH 80 CPVC or PVC nipple give way.

Filtration without aggravation is the key to designing any system needed to effectively remove contaminants from a finishing solution.

This article is a re-publication of the 24th William Blum Lecture, presented at the 70th AES Annual Convention in Indianapolis, Indiana, on June 27, 1983. A career retrospective of Mr. Pearlstein’s works, the lecture covered work on electroless plating, chromate conversion coatings, double-layer phenomena and dealing with cyanide wastes.

Opportunism, a fading principle of today's society? Not according to this AES Scientific Achievement Award winner. Fast-rate plating, new processes for alloy deposition, electroforming and several other areas offer potential for opportunists in plating and surface finishing. Mr. Safranek presented this text, the 21st William Blum Lecture, at AES Annual Conference in Milwaukee.

When a fire struck Reliable Plating in Chicago, one person who was instrumental in helping the company gets its feet back on the ground was Joelie Zak, vice president and senior EHS consultant for Scientific Control Laboratories.

Is it possible to be both lean and green in the finishing world? Lean manufacturing says that money spent on resources for any goal other than the creation of value is wasteful and should be eliminated.