Electroplating
AES Research Project #16: Final Report (1965) On the Mechanism of Metal Electrocrystallization
Under Research Project #16 of the American Electroplaters’ Society, the mechanism and kinetics of metal electrocrystallization were studied at the University of Pennsylvania from 1955 to 1965. What follows is the final summary paper of the project work. In these studies, electrochemical techniques are combined with the continuous observation in situ of the growing electrodeposit on various crystal planes of copper.
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Direct Copper Metallization of Aluminum: Elimination of Zincate
This article discusses the development of a new copper plating bath that can deposit high ductility copper metal directly on a wide range of aluminum alloy substrates. The process is particularly important for general metal finishing companies looking to plate aluminum parts for aerospace industry.
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Houston Plating and Coatings Celebrates 30 Years
HPC has over 1,500 active customers and processes over five million parts annually, and has been named a Products Finishing magazine Top Shop for both plating and spray coating processes.
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Tri-Mer Offers Dust Collectors for Dry Processing
Machines perform at exceptionally high efficiencies, about 99+ percent range for a broad variety of soluble and insoluble particulate.
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Anoplate Celebrates 1 Millionth Job Order
All 220-plus employees were treated to lunch prepared by the leadership team, led by Anoplate President Jim Stevenson.
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Hemco Offers CCS Controlled Containment System
CCS is engineered to safely contain and control airborne particulate from sampling procedures.
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Alpha Metal Finishing Adds Stainless Passivation
The new line enables the company to provide chemical passivation of customers’ parts in conformance with ASTM A967 and ASTM A380.
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Imagineering Finishing Technologies Adds Stainless Steel Passivation
The South Bend, Indiana, facility also is registered to ISO-9001, AS9100, IATF16949 and Nadcap certified for chemical processing and non-destructive testing.
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Reliant Aluminum Products Hires Technical Sales Rep
Laura Moore has more than 18 years’ experience in the metal finishing industry, having served in a variety of project management positions, including vice president of operations.
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