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The Fine Art of Working With Metal
Fabtech’s Paley-James project aims to honor those who work with metal.
Read MoreInstalling an Anodizing Line that Fits Your Needs
Q: Can you suggest the best process or processes that will give us the capabilities to meet as many customer requirements as possible? Anodizing expert Larry Chesterfield answers this question.
Read MoreLean Manufacturing in Anodizing Operations
Here’s how one company applied lean manufacturing principles in its anodizing plant.
Read MoreMedical Coatings That Fight Back
A University of Georgia researcher is developing technology that helps medical implants resist infection and clotting.
Read MoreReading a Type II Dry Film Thickness Gage
Q: What should I look for when comparing gages? Testing and measurement expert Rob Weber from Fischer Technology provides this answer.
Read MorePowering Metal Finishing Operations
Water-cooled switchmode power supplies offer less ripple and more efficiency.
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Nordson, PCI Award BUILDS/PCI Scholarship
$5,000 Nordson BUILDS/PCI Scholarship to college student Benjamin Whipker, who attends the Rochester Institute of Technology and is studying electrical mechanical engineering technology.
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Combining 3D Printing and Electroplating for Replicable Experimentation
Andreas Osterwalder calls his office a museum: what looks like a collection of small machines are 3D printed and partially electroplated parts that the scientist has been creating for his experiments.
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Can Electroplated Fe-C be an Environmentally Friendly Alternative to Hard Chromium and DLC Coatings?
Electroplated FeC is an efficient surface treatment based on non-aggressive chemicals with a deposition rate of ~20 μm/h at a process temperature of 50°C. The FeC coating is carbide-free and temperature stable up to ~250°C with a hardness of 750 HV, which is comparable to frequently applied hardened steels. The FeC coating has reasonable friction properties and have high affinity towards lubricants because of incorporated amorphous carbon. Hence, for certain applications, the FeC coating might be an interesting wear-protective alternative to hard chromium and to PVD-deposited low-friction diamond-like carbon coatings (DLC’s), which are rather difficult and costly to deposit on larger items.
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Michigan Anodizer Hopes to Build New Facility, Add 90+ Jobs
The plant would be comprised of a 68,850-square-foot building on 27 acres in the Fort Custer Industrial Park and employ 50 workers in the initial two years, then 44 workers in the third year.
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