Organic dye is the most common method of coloring anodized aluminum. Unfortunately, all dyes fade to some extent when they are exposed to ultraviolet light. The good news is that there are steps that an anodizer can take to minimize this unwanted effect.
David Vaughn doesn’t just want to know that his customers are happy with the services that his company, Ace Anodizing and Impregnating, are providing them; instead, the president of the shop wants to know if his customer’s customers are happy.
Observations conducted by the Murikabushi Telescope of Ishigakijima Astronomical Observatory confirmed that dark coating can reduce satellite reflectivity by half.
Iowa Economic Development Authority approved tax credits for In Tolerance Contract Manufacturing to build a new automated anodize line in Cedar Rapids.
Tej Patel and Archana Sonejee from Techevon present this Video Webinar on Anodizing Seal Additives.
Fred Le Friec was a mechanical engineer working in the Spokane, Washington area in the 1990s building dot matrix printers when he realized the area was void of enough finishing services to handle the work he needed to be done.
Ace Anodizing and Impregnating Inc. has increased its capability within its hard coat process to keep up with current day market demands.
What’s in a name? If you’re 3P Processing in Wichita, Kansas, it’s fairly simple to explain what their name implies: processing, performance, problem-solving.
Valence Seattle has successfully completed its recent expansion and is now offering hard anodizing services for the aerospace and defense supply chain in the Pacific Northwest.
A research team led by Dr. Joong-Kee Lee of the Center for Energy Storage Research used a new anodizing method to develop a next-generation secondary battery that uses zinc metal as an electrode without any risk of explosion or fire.
The Nadcap advisory demanding “dimensional inspection” of all anodize parts in lieu of thickness checks has been rescinded, in a dramatic slap to the Performance Review Institute (PRI) after widespread industry backlash.
A typical type III aluminum process has about five different types of tanks for cleaning, etching, deoxidizing (or desmutting), anodizing and rinsing.
Deoxidizing solutions are widely used as a subsequent treatment after etching aluminum. However, the inherent properties of deoxidizing solutions allow for a wide range of applications from enhancing the activity of the substrate to removing chemical film.
After a year of construction on a 50,000-square-foot expansion, Pries Enterprises in Independence, Iowa opened its new anodizing line in the end of 2019.
Matt Roberts is in the corrosion business — corrosion that is meticulously controlled and measured against the highest standards in the aerospace industry.
Northern Indiana Anodize (NIA) has opened an anodizing facility located in Fort Wayne, Indiana.
Completed in the 7th century CE, the Hwanryongsa Temple’s Wooden Pagoda remains an important symbol of the heritage of the city it once looked over, Gyeongju City, North Gyeongsang Province, South Korea.
