Electroplating
Zinc Plating and Crystal Growth Revisited
In the February issue, I answered a question regarding formation of excess crystals in a potassium chloride zinc plating bath. I recently received additional information from one of the plating shops regarding its problem.
Read MoreIs It Real Gold? What is Carat Gold?
At a recent party, I was asked what the difference is between “gold filled” and “gold electroplate.” I told them, but I want to verify the answer I gave them. What is the difference?
Read MoreThe Peeling Gold Problem
We are a decorative plating company with gold over bright nickel being one of our specialties. We continue to have problems with gold peeling from the bright nickel layer.
Read MoreBrighteners and Solder Failure
A customer claims that brightener and grain refiner concentrations in a plating bath will affect the solderability of the plated surface.
Read More2020 Vision: Electroless Nickel
Electroless nickel is a very mature product and continues to find new applications, but has stayed fairly consistent in North America over the last decade.
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2020 Vision: The Future of Coatings
The year 2020 will be here before you know it, signaling the beginning of a new decade and bringing changes to the world as we know it.
Read More2020 Vision: Plating
With my company’s feet firmly planted in the zinc plating industry, my perspective mostly relates to the protection of steel parts.
Read MoreA Conversation with Kyle Hankinson, KCH Services
The vice president of KCH Services in Forest City, NC—a company started by his father, Ken, back in 1979's -- is getting prepared for military deployment to Iraq as a helicopter pilot.
Read MoreStripping Silver From Copper and Copper Alloys
How does one go about stripping silver plate from copper and copper alloys?
Read MoreEPA may require “financial assurances” in plating industry
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is currently mulling what industries to invoke new clean-up rules as part of the Comprehensive Environmental Recovery and Liability Act.
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