Electroplating
Bright Lights, Big Finish for Electronics Plater
Wisconsin manufacturer of printed circuit boards for the LED lighting industry and others in the electronics sector has seen business boom in the past few years.
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Book Review: Modern Aspects of Electrochemistry Band 57
Every electrochemist will be familiar with the book series initially edited by professors John O’M. Bockris and Brian Conway, two of the most distinguished electrochemists of the 20th Century.
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UK’s Nasmyth Group Acquires California-based Technical Metal Finishing
Nasmyth TMF will offer a range of metal surface finishing capabilities including precision masking, anodizing and chemical film coatings, passivation, painting and non-destructive testing.
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NASF: Senate Panel Approves Changes To Chemical Facility Rules
The Senate Committee on Homeland Security approved legislation to reauthorize and extend the Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Standards Program (CFATS) for four years.
Read MoreGroups Merge to Form NASF’s Michigan Chapter
Grand Rapids chapter of the National Association for Surface Finishing and the Detroit-based Michigan Association of Metal Finishers have merged to form the NASF Michigan Chapter
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SIFCO ASC Flies High With Added Seal Of Approval From Nadcap
Company receives Nadcap AC7108 Rev F accreditation for chemical processing for the aerospace sector at its Cleveland and Connecticut facilities
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Rightech Fabrications Earns ISO 9001:2008
Illinois company makes of range of racks, baskets and coils for the finishing industry,
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The Elimination of Whiskers from Electroplated Tin
When RoHS lead-free regulations began to take hold globally, tin and its alloys were the first choice as alternatives to eutectic tin/lead. On the solder side, the transition to using these alternatives has moved forward, but on the surface finish side, replacing tin/lead has posed greater challenges. This paper discusses two approaches to dissipating the internal stresses in and external stresses on the deposit that are known to initiate whisker formation.
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Chromium-free Etching and Palladium-free Plating of Plastics
Plastics are replacing metals in the manufacture of many parts, and quite often there is a need for metallic coatings on the plastics and other non-conductors. This paper will describe new processes of preparing ABS plastic substrates for subsequent metallization.
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