The purpose of this paper is to examine how recycling-driven changes in aluminium alloy chemistry, together with alkaline etching bath composition and additive control, influence surface quality and preferential grain etching during anodizing.
The characteristics of aluminum alloys make them the most extensively used material in the aerospace sector.
The electrochemical anodization of stainless steels enables the fabrication of nanostructured oxide layers with high corrosion resistance and tunable functionality.
Nanopores (NPs) grown by anodizing can be partially hidden beneath a relatively compact surface oxide layer, which limits the volumetric surface area of these nanostructures.
This month’s article is a deeper dive into last month’s article about preparation. In fact, preparation and training are kissing cousins. Training helps you prepare effectively.
A 6 VDC tank-voltage difference was observed when comparing the steady-current-at-steady-voltage behavior in two anodizing processes under identical conditions.
The anodization of aluminum is widely used to form an anodic film that endows aluminum with various surface properties beneficial for practical applications.
When we first shared “Rebuilding After the Flames” earlier this year, the story centered on the aftermath—the smoke, the shock, and the immediate scramble after a catastrophic fire inside a plating facility.
The European Association for Surface Treatment on Aluminium (ESTAL) Congress, held in Thessaloniki in October, once again demonstrated the importance and power of European industry exchange.
Before Imran Shamsi joined his family’s finishing business in San Diego, he was working his way through the corporate ladder at a major U.S. company, where things were a bit different than where he is now.
Milt Stevenson, Jr., Vice President and Technical Director at Anoplate in Syracuse, New York, was honored by the National Aerospace and Defense Contractors Accreditation Program at their annual meeting in Pittsburgh.
This month’s topic is a look at something that’s rarely discussed in the business world. It is the role that negative emotions play at work and how they can affect performance.
A fire at a Newburgh, Indiana, manufacturing plant that performed anodizing, plating, and other finishes caused concern among many residents in the area, who were concerned about contamination.
The Aluminum Anodizers Council (AAC) and the Aluminum Extruders Council (AEC) are collaborating to provide their members and industry professionals with business and technical information related to the aluminum anodizing and extrusion industries.
Tartaric-sulfuric acid anodizing (TSA) has been selected by the aerospace industry to replace Cr(VI)-based anodizing treatments of aluminum alloys.
A fire damaged Elite Metal Finishing in Oceanside, California, on July 1.
Businesses can be compared to the human body: they’re organisms made up of various systems, with each system containing numerous components and processes.
