Electroplating
Plating Electrolytic Nickel on EN
We have adhesion problems when plating nickel over electroless nickel. The bath analysis for both solutions is within the required tolerances. We are not using a nickel strike prior to the electrolytic nickel plating step. Do you have any suggestions?
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We have a problem with our EN (high-P): after two to three turnovers, we have nickel balls (about 50-100 microns) forming on our parts; after one to two more turnovers it’s OK again.
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Brazilian coating economy starting to slow
ABRAFATI director says growth to fall form 10% to 4%
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Global Finishing Solutions announces $10 million expansion
Osseo, Wisconsin corporate offices will grow
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A Mighty Wind for Finishers
Here in the U.S., the wind energy market grew by about 60 percent from 2009 to 2010, and with more than 40,000 installed megawatts, we rank second to China. Those numbers have caught the attention of finishers, who see a new market to plate parts, e-coat or powder coat turbines, or paint and anodize the hundreds of necessary components.
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Measuring the Surface Area of Fasteners
How do you measure the surface area of a threaded fastener? How much coating would you put on it? How thick of a coating? What about non-threaded fasteners? The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Forest Service, of all people, may have come up with the solution for those pondering how to coat sometimes-difficult small pieces using computer imaging and software to compute the area.
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10 Years After Sept. 11: Platers recall tragic day
AC Plating’s Bob McBride knew he was juggling too much when he made plans to go to Washington, D.C., for the 2001 National Association for Surface Finishing’s Washington Forum, an annual government-relations symposium scheduled for September 11, 2001.
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