The study aimed to study the formation and characteristics of commercial zirconium conversion coatings referred to as MAVOMcoat MC1300 (Zr-Cr-based coating) and MC1700 (Zr-based coating) on chemically pre-treated aluminium alloy 3003.
Industry veteran Frank Aguilar was recognized for his more than 50 years of service to the finishing industry by the Metal Finishing Association of Northern and Southern California.
For over six years, Doug Orantes was president of an electroplating and anodizing shop that didn’t exist anywhere except in his mind. But that wasn’t for a lack of trying.
Jackson Tumble Finish of Jackson, Michigan, has been sold to VSP Ventures of Ferndale, Michigan.
A plating shop was having issues with its high-temperature black oxide process, as their parts were not meeting salt spray requirements.
A new podcast takes a look at how the U.S. Army’s Corpus Christi Army Depot and multiple field-maintenance locations around the world are using new approaches when it comes to corrosion protection.
In the expansive hangars of Corpus Christi Army Depot, the process lines of Letterkenny Army Depot, and multiple field-maintenance locations, the U.S. Army is rewriting the rules of aviation and missile maintenance.
We investigated the electrochemical properties of compounds and chlorides in the films formed on the surfaces of Mg alloys using cavitation for phosphating.
The U.S. Department of Defense’s Secretary of Defense Environmental Awards winners for 2024 are honoring a move to remove hexavalent chromium coatings from F-35 aircraft.
Aluminum alloys are extensively used in space programs for both structural and nonstructural applications.
Automotive conversion coatings consist of layers of materials that are chemically applied to the body structures of vehicles before painting to improve corrosion protection and paint adhesion.
Zinc alloy-plated steel (ZS) is widely used in various industrial applications because of its excellent resistance to corrosion1,2.
Imagineering Finishing Technologies was recognized for its dedication to the NASA Space Launch System (SLS), Orion spacecraft, and Exploration Ground Systems programs that support the Artemis missions.
The California Air Resource Board (CARB) has promulgated Airborne Toxic Control Measures (ATCM) for several source categories that are codified in the California Code of Regulations (CCR).
An aircraft MRO required a non-hexavalent chromate as a replacement for an aluminum treatment to comply with environmental issues.
Q: I was a student in one of your recent classes on aluminum finishing, and I work for a major aerospace manufacturer, and we are having a rash of salt spray failures on our chem film test panels. Advice from numerous sources has made some improvement, but we are not totally out of the woods yet. Can you provide guidance as to what variables we should be focusing on?
The work of the Imagineering Finishing Technologies team was on full display with the launch of the Artemis 1 Space Launch System moon orbiting mission conducted by NASA.
Hubbard-Hall has expanded its product offering and customer resources by acquiring the assets of Torch Surface Technologies, a specialty chemical company based in Whitmore Lake, MI.
The applications of paints and powder coatings have become more pronounced over the years.
Chemical processing steps for chromium conversion coatings are well defined and have been used in the metal finishing industry since first developed in 1946.1
The metal additive manufacturing industry tends to show elaborate, complex geometries—often pictured as printed or maybe even machined.
The first Wednesday of March is National Surface Finishing Day. To mark the occasion, CHEMEON is launching “The Surface Report” podcast on March 2.
Automotive isn’t the only industry that has been slow to make the formal transition from hexavalent chromium to trivalent.
