Electroplating
How Scanning Jet Engine Thermal Coatings Can Increase Engine Lifetime
A collaboration between Rolls-Royce and researchers at Heriot-Watt University to test jet engine turbine blades.
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Read the Interview: Uyemura's Tony Revier
Revier, who was attending IPC — Association Connecting Electronics Industries gathering in Washington, D.C. for IMPACT Washington, D.C. 2017 to advocate for a pro-growth, pro-advanced-manufacturing policy agenda.
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NASF Michigan Seminar Draws Technical Experts, Inspiration
Event draws finishers from across the state to hear technical experts and inspirational speakers, including highly decorated retired Navy Seal Robert J. O'Neill.
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Making Contact with Your Plating Line
Picking the right electrical contact system is important for proper plating line optimization.
Read MoreWhat’s Suddenly Causing a Cleaner’s Short Bath Life?
Q. My cleaner is suddenly experiencing a short bath life. Did something change? Plating expert Jake Fisher from Asterion tackles this question.
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Electronic Plating: OutREACH or OverREACH?
U.S. chemical companies can benefit from compliance with the European regulation.
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Platform Specialty Products Separates MacDermid Into Own Unit
MacDermid Performance Solutions encompasses acquisitions it has made over the years, including Enthone and OMG.
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California Enacts New Air Quality Law to Shutter Platers
New law gives local pollution control officials the power to issue immediate orders to stop polluting operations when violations pose an “imminent and substantial” danger.
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Automated Selective Plating Takes Off With Safran Project
Sifco ASC has partnered with Safran on various surface finishing projects for more than 20 years, including recent work to increase wear resistance on an aircraft’s axles.
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The Systems View in Automotive Finishes: Essential, but Overlooked - The 38th William Blum Lecture
This article is a re-publication of the 38th William Blum Lecture, presented at the 84th AES Annual Convention in Detroit, Michigan on June 23, 1997. This lecture reviews a number of works in automotive finishing R&D in which understanding of the overall system was absolutely essential to success, from classical nickel-chromium plating to work in vacuum/electroplated hybrids for plated plastics, electrogalvanized zinc and hard chromium in stamping dies.
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