Electroplating

Electroplating 18 May 2020

2020 Bright Design Challenge Concludes Virtually

The Metal Finishing Association of California has completed the 10th year of the Bright Design Program with the Pasadena College of Design, this year conducting the final presentations online to allow for social distancing during the coronavirus crisis.

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Electroplating 17 May 2020

Filter Pump Creates Custom Pumps, Systems

Product line includes array of custom pumps, including vertical seal-less immersible; horizontal-centrifugal direct drive; magnetic-driven centrifugal; and self-priming.

Electroplating 17 May 2020

Birchwood Technologies Manufactures Range of Metal Finishing Chemicals

Birchwood Technologies makes Tru Temp mid-temperature black oxide, alkaline soak cleaners, rust preventives, Presto Black room-temperature blackeners for iron and steel.

Electroplating 16 May 2020

Elsyca Designs, Optimizes Electrochemical Processes

Elsyca’s processes include electroplating, electropolishing, ecoating, electroforming and anodizing.

surfin 16 May 2020

Arkema's Kynar Flex PVDF Resists Corrosion

These resins are designed to bring chemical resistance and prolonged life to plating equipment.

nasf 15 May 2020

Celebrities Who Once Worked in Electroplating

Over many years, AESF/NASF stalwart Jack Dini contributed a series of fascinating columns to Plating & Surface Finishing, under the title Fact or Fiction?. What follows is a welcome addition to his output for the NASF. Still the prolific writer, Jack discusses celebrities (both scientists and non-scientists) who once worked in electroplating.

nasf 15 May 2020

AES Research Project #41: Plating on Aluminum, Part 2: Morphology

Originally published in 1980, this paper was the second on AES Research Project #41, plating on aluminum, at the National Institute for Science and Technology. A study of the morphologies of zinc and tin immersion deposits on Al and its alloys showed that zinc formed epitaxial deposits on alloys, as noted on pure Al. Similarities exist between the zincate and stannate processes; in particular, the same crystallography orientations are active in both systems. Comparisons between zinc deposits produced from solutions containing ferric chloride and Rochelle salts and deposits from the same solution without these additions show that ferric chloride plays a fundamental role in the deposition process.

Electroplating 15 May 2020

AES Research Project #41: Plating on Aluminum, Part 1: A Literature Review

Originally published in 1978, this paper was the first of several on AES Research Project #41, a study of plating on aluminum, at the National Institute for Science and Technology. A review of immersion pretreatments for the plating on aluminum is presented. The zincate pretreatments dominate the literature, but innovations were reported which offer improved adhesion and corrosion performance. Finally, an updated bio on Dr. Lashmore’s work through the years is offered.