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Ask the Expert: Techniques For Copper And Tin Plating

Q. I am new to plating and want to learn more about the various processes used in our plating department. Please suggest some techniques for copper and tin plating and good plating techniques in general.

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Electroplating

Unstable Decorative Chrome Bath

Our decorative chromium plating tank is giving me fits! We have heavy chrome burning on the high-current-density areas and frequent staining. The chromium burning does not occur all the time. Can you suggest some things for me to investigate to solve this problem?

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Powder Coating

Ask The Expert: Streaks in Powder Coating

Q: We apply a medium-gloss gray powder on our parts at around 3 to 4 mils thickness. Sometimes our operators leave streaks on the parts when they apply the powder.

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Electroplating

College Pilot Plating Study

What are the requirements for college students to start a pilot study to conduct experiments on a laboratory scale? We also need process flowcharts for various plating baths on different base materials and information on how to use a Hull cell.

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Electroplating

New to Plating

Please suggest some techniques for copper and tin plating and good plating techniques in general.

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Liquid Coating

Spraying Small Parts

What would be the recommended spray gun equipment for applying coatings per MIL-PRF-22750, DOD-P-15328 and MIL-DTL-53022 specifications to our components and subsystem for military applications?

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Parts Cleaning

Ask The Expert: Clean Paraffin Wax Die Lube

Q. We are a general purpose coating house. Our cleaning line consists of an alkaline cleaner, city water rinse, iron phosphate, sealer, RO rinse then RO halo.

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Liquid Coating

Corrosion Data on Galvanneal Steel

Do you have any data comparing corrosion performance between galvanneal and pickled hot-rolled steel?

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Liquid Coating

Mil-Spec Paint Color

A customer requires painting with MIL-PRF-23377, Type 1, Class N, but with a specific color requirement. The stock colors my paint supplier has found are green, aqua green and yellow, but we need a primer that can be tinted to meet FED-STD-595 color 24424, since Type 1 specifies that it be the natural color of the corrosion-inhibiting compounds used. Is the natural state the above-specified colors or a milky-white color that can be procured and tinted by any paint house?

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Powder Coating

Sherwin-Williams Picked By SERDP To Lead R&D For CARC Powder Topcoat

$1.4 million project to develop a topcoat for use on military vehicles and support equipment

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