Electroplating
Burton Metal Finishing Rebuilds After Fire
2013 fire took Burton almost two years to get things built back up.
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Thin Multilayer Palladium Coatings for Semiconductor Packaging Applications Part I: Solderability
The 1996 AES Gold Medal Award was given to I.V. Kadija and his co-workers for the Best Paper appearing in Plating and Surface Finishing in 1995. Their work dealt with the use of palladium in electronics finishing in the 1990s. This paper covered the evaluation of such finishes for solderability.
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Electrochemical Assessment of Sn-Pb Solderability
The 1991 AES Gold Medal Award was given to D.M. Tench and D.P. Anderson for the Best Paper appearing in Plating and Surface Finishing in 1990. Their work dealt with a very important concern in electronics finishing in the 1990s - testing for solderability and relating it to real world performance.
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Poly-Plating’s Nickel Plating Process Earns Accepted Status from FDA
Device Master Files (MAFS) available for those seeking a Premarket Application (PMA) or 510(k) approval for medical devices with the Food and Drug Administration.
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Min Zou, Mechanical Engineer and Coating Specialist, Named Arkansas Research Alliance Fellow
Zou holds the fellow for research on nanoscale surfaces like anti-reflective coatings for solar panels, friction-reducing coatings in electronics and coatings.
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January Go-To Guy: Bill Lekki, Precious Plate
Precious Plate says it goes to Bill for solve engineering problems, new product development, quoting, environmental reporting, company-wide engineering support and much more.
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January's Go-To-Guy: Bill Lekki, Precious Plate
Bill Lekki, technical director of Precious Plate, began working for the company 35 years ago and is the Go-To-Guy. Also: Adrian “Sergio” Sanchez and Kally Powell from All-Color Powder Coating.
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Bernard Mitchel Wins NASF California Bright Design
Annual program prompts students to develop “next generation” creative and engineering solutions utilizing surface technology.
Read MorePlating Q&A: Copper Buffing Prior to Nickel-Chrome Plating
What are some options to reduce plating time and increase my throughput?
Read MorePlating Q&A: Preventive Measures for Expansion
What should we focus on as we implement our expansion plan so that we don’t see unexpected delays or high fall out from the faster cycle time?
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