Electroplating
February’s Go-To Guy: Jose Lopez, Elite Finishing
Know a guy or gal in the industry who should be recognized? Email Jess Larkin at jlarkin@pfonline.com.
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Ruger's New Coating Weapon
Booming firearm sales require new black oxide line for Ruger, the largest manufacturer of sporting weapons in the U.S.
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Plating Q&A: Reducing Pitting in Thick EN Deposits
Is there anything we can do to reduce or eliminate pitting in thick EN deposits?
Read MorePlating Q&A: Electroless Nickel Deposit Stains
What is the cause of electroless nickel deposit stains and how can we eliminate it?
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A Conversation with…Peter Dority, Coral Chemical
Dority is a fun-loving South Carolinian who spends his time rooting for Clemson University.
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Air Force Research Laboratory's New Non-Chromium Sealer for Landing Gear
Working with aircraft maintainers at the Ogden Air Logistics Complex, AFRL researchers identified and tested a variety of non-chromium sealers to anodize aluminum aircraft landing gear components to reduce and prevent corrosion.
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Precision Coating Acquires Boyd Coatings Research
Precision Coating of Boston, MA, has acquired Boyd Coatings Research, a provider of coating application services based in Hudson, MA.
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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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