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There are several factors to consider when choosing between sulfate and chloride-based baths for trivalent chromium plating. Mark Schario of Columbia Chemical discusses the differences and what platers should keep in mind when evaluating options.

Axalta Coating Systems has launched its Strenex industrial product line for general industrial, construction and fabrication to the light and medium industrial markets throughout North America.

New, state-of-the-art finishing shop enables unique mission work.

Measuring the conductivity of your hard chromium plating bath can help to determine how to best optimize its performance.

It is critical to evaluate the viability of replacement solvents and to work closely with your solvent supplier to find the right formulation for an application.

PPG has partnered with Lyft to deliver a retroreflective powder coating for e-bikes to increase cyclist visibility. The company also recently showcased a number of new innovations at its R&D facility in Amsterdam.

Whelen Engineering was among the thousands of OEMs that sourced its printed circuit boards from Asia until increasing costs led the company to build—greenfield and in-house—America’s first new rigid PCB shop in 15 years.

This article is based on a presentation given at NASF SUR/FIN 2022, in Rosemont, Illinois, in Session 6, Responses to PFAS / PFOA.  It follows the case study of three facilities’ conversion from PFAS-containing wetting agents to non-PFAS equivalents, eliminating PFAS and moving forward with a smaller and more sustainable environmental footprint.  The journey of conversion from PFAS-containing wetting agents in both chromic-sulfuric etch and hexavalent decorative plating tanks can be complicated and winding due to deep rooted standard industry practices, as well as state and federal regulations.  Outlined here is a clear course of action that led to eliminating PFAS from the facilities’ wetting agent strategies. 

New system provides improved corrosion protection, paint adhesion and consistent quality at competitive cost.

Proposed regulations set the maximum contaminant level for chromium-6 in drinking water at 10 parts per billion, five times less than the current total chromium standard of 50 ppb, which includes both trivalent chromium (chromium-3) and chromium-6.