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Plating Certification
Question: When you ask for a plating certification what information should be expected?
Read MoreIs Three-Coat Finish Overkill?
Question: We have a potential customer presently coating stainless steel with a three-coat finish system, epoxy zinc/epoxy/urethane.
Read MorePainting Old Galvanized Steel
Question: I am in charge of painting some outdoor galvanized steel structures at our plant.
Read MoreThe Right Process for the Part?
Question: I have recently been offered a job, for powder coating heater coils made out of copper.
Read MoreIron Phosphate Acid Cleaner
Question: Will pretreating chrome moly tubing with an iron phosphate acid cleaner at 150 F and a 4.5 pH for 10 seconds cause any heavy metals to be dissolved into the waste effluent?
Read MoreSpots on Aluminum After Alkaline Cleaning
Question: As of late, I have been experiencing some intermittent spotting on mainly 7000 and 2000 series alloys after immersion in our alkaline cleaner . The company’s lab reports tell me the blackish/whitish spots are actually small particles of silicates and phosphates that are plating onto the aluminum surface.
Read MoreMAYDAY! These Parts Need Hi-Tech Metal Finishing Fast!
Hi-Tech Metal Finishing started as a captive plating shop in 1993, but demand for its high quality, on-time, precision plating of aerospace parts has transformed it from a captive shop to a plating shop where more than 50% of its revenue is generated from outside customers' work...
Read MoreMoldy Nickel
Question: My nickel plating bath seems to have developed a mold-like material on the surface.
Read Moreow THAT I'd Like to See...
At the recent Coatings 2003 Conference and Trade Show, I attended a seminar entitled “Emerging Technologies” which provided an encapsulated look at ten new or developing technologies for the metal finishing industry (several of which we’ve covered right here in the pages of Products Finishing magazine). While all of the technologies displayed seem to have a lot of potential, the session got me thinking about some of the coating technologies that I’d like to see.
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