NASF SUR/FIN Committee Announces Technical Presentations

The National Association for Surface Finisher’s SUR/FIN Technical Advisory Committee has released the list of presentations to be given at this year’s conference in Chicago June 7-9.

Bill NebioloBill Nebiolo, the 2022 NASF SUR/FIN TAC Chairman, says 84 presentations will be offered for educational enrichment in 12 discrete sessions over two days, including a new session on light metals processing.

“It is an outstanding assemblage of metal finishing expertise,” says Nebiolo from REM Surface Engineering. “Our slate of speakers will be covering all aspects of current, relevant, metal finishing topics.”

Dr. Tim Hall from Faraday Technology served as Vice-Chair of the committee, which also included Brad Wiley, Rolls Royce; Adam Blakeley, MacDermid Enthone; Fernando Carminholi, Hubbard Hall; Dr. Ling Hao, Lacks Enterprises‎; Dr. Dan Hooks, Los Alamos National Laboratories; Dr. Alan Rose, Corrdesa; Dr. Jim Lindsay, NASF Technical Editor; Dev Massimi, American Plating Power; George Milad, Uyemura; Caleb Morrison, Atotech; Rob Pawson, Haviland; and Mike Ware, Boeing Co.

Nebiolo says the completed a difficult task to cull through the applications, as the recent two-year bout with the COVID-19 virus caused the 2020 conference to be canceled, and the SUR/FIN 2021 conference was postponed for six months until last November.

“There is an entirely new session in light metals processing, as well as multiple presentations on zinc/nickel and PFAS/PFOA abatement,” Nebiolo says. “The TAC Committee has compiled numerous experts on Cr6+ replacement, advancements in Cr3+, as well as chrome-free topcoats and corrosion inhibitors.”

While every topic that will be presented may not be pertinent to an attendee’s needs, Nebiolo says every attendee will find a plethora of sessions that will be valuable for their particular metal finishing requirements, needs, educational value, and desires.

“It’s an assemblage of some of the finest talent available,” he says. “They will be sharing with all gathered to help you solve problems and increase the finisher’s expertise.”

The conference will be June 7-9 in Rosemont, IL, near O’Hare Airport in Chicago. For additional information, visit https://www.nasfsurfin.com.

Tuesday, June 7

Session 1: Aerospace/Defense Response to REACh

Session Chairs Brad Wiley, Rolls Royce, and Mike Ware, Boeing Co.

8:30 – 9:00: Development of a Novel Hexavalent Chromium-Free Aluminum Sacrificial Paint — Bruce McMordie, Coatings for Industry
9:00 – 9:30: Hex-Chrome-Free Aluminum Sacrificial Paint Qualification Results (Success!) — Brad Wiley, Rolls Royce
9:30 – 10:00: Direct Electrodeposition of Ni/Ni Alloys Onto Aluminum After One Step Surface Pretreatment — Dr. Rajeswaran Radhakrishnan, Faraday Technology
10:00 – 10:30: The Effects of Low Temperature Carbon Diffusion on Stainless Steel — David Cummings, Bodycote
10:30 – 11:00: Corrosion Resistant Boegel as a Non-Hexavalent Chromium Pretreatment — Waynie Schuette, Vivek Kapila, Boeing Corp.
11:00 – 11:30: Cr-Free Superhydrophobic Topcoat and Primers — Fred Laguines, Engineering and Software System Solutions (ES3)
11:30 – 12:00: Plating of Titanium and Titanium Alloys for Aerospace Applications — Edgardo A. Reyesbrondo, The Boeing Co.

Session 2: Metal Finishing: Past, Present and Future

Session Chairs Caleb Morrison, Atotech USA, and Fernando Carminholi, Hubbard-Hall

8:30 – 9:00: The History of Electroplating and NASF — Bill Nebiolo, REM Surface Engineering
9:00 – 9:30: Understanding the Key Process Variables of Hydrogen Embrittlement in Chemical Processes — Skylar Conn, Rolls-Royce
9:30 – 10:00: The Effects of Low Temperature Carbon Diffusion on Stainless Steel — Skylar Conn, Rolls Royce
10:00 – 10:30: Using Surface Analytics for Determination of Aged Cleaner Baths —Bill Buschle, BTG Labs and Mike Valenti, Hubbard Hall
10:30 – 11:00: Integration of Sustainable Scale Removal Processes for a Complete Finishing System — Brian List, Atotech USA
11:00 – 11:30: NASF Surface Finishing Roadmap — Stephen Gaydos, NASF Technical Consultant
11:30 – 12:00: Say ‘No’ Cyanides to Electroplate Busbars — Subrata Chakraborty and Ashok Nalawade, Grauer and Weil India

Session 3: Advances in Research

Session Chairs Dr. Jim Lindsay, NASF, and Dr. Tim Hall, Faraday Technology

8:30 – 9:00: Electrochemical Finishing of Mo Feedhorn Arrays — Dr. Timothy Hall, Faraday Technology
9:00 – 9:30: A Job Shop Adopts Safe Chrome — Doug Morrison, Trion Coatings
9:30 – 10:00: Chrome Deposition from a Reach Compliant Trivalent Chromium Chemistry — Dr. Andrew Moran, Faraday Technology
10:00 – 10:30: New Revolutionary Buffer/Brightener System for Bright Watt’s Nickel and Sulfamate Nickel — Eric Olander, EPI
10:30 – 11:00: Fabrication of Cermets Using Electroplating of Metal Into Ceramic Scaffold — Majid Minary, Arizona State University
11:00 – 11:30: Nanostructure of the Anodic and Nanomaterials Sol-Gel Based Materials, Nonparticles in Polyelectrolyte, Multilayer Layer-By-Layer — Xavier Albort Ventura, University Politechnic Barcelona
11:30 – 12:00: Role of Each Layer of the Bolt Coating on the K Factor of Zinc-Plated Bolts — Juan (Jenny) Ma, Pavco

Session 4: Advancements in Automotive Finishing

Session Chairs Ling Hao, Lacks Enterprises, and Adam Blakeley, MacDermid Enthone

1:30 – 2:00: How to Navigate Your Future Product Finishing Business Planning to Prepare for the EV Revolution — Darrick Gula, Atotech USA
2:00 – 2:30: Decorative Plating: Identifying Testing Standards — Mark Schario, Columbia Chemical
2:30 – 3:00: High Throw, High Levelling, Low Stress Acid Copper Electroplating Process — Dr. Michael Lipschutz, DuPont Electronics and Industrial
3:00 – 3:30: Maximizing Performance of EV’s Through Material Selection and Quality Control — Ranier Venz, ESI Automotive
3:30 – 4:00: Colored Aluminum Surfaces as Automotive Fashion Finish — Sascha Wegner, MacDermid Enthone
4:00 – 4:30: Next Generation Silver Alloys with Improved Properties for Automotive and Industrial High Power Connectors — Richard DePoto, Robert Ziebart, Umicore Galvotechnik GmbH/Uyemura International
4:30 – 5:00: Waste Water Treatment in Today’s World — Jim Collins, Brenntag Mid-South

Session 5: Advancements in Metal Finishing Technical Improvements

Session Chairs Rob Pawson, Haviland USA, and George Milad, Uyemura

1:30 – 2:00: In-House Chemical Paint Removal – the Ideal Choice for Hook and Rack Cleaning — Brian List, Atotech USA
2:00 – 2:30: Impact of Transformation Technologies 4.0 in the Surface Finishing Industry — Pedro Castillo, Therma-Tron-X
2:30 – 3:00: Lessons from the Field for Process Control of the Acid Zinc-Nickel Plating Operation — James Flesch, Dipsol of America
3:00 – 3:30: From Manual to Automation Within the Surface Finishing Industry — Mike Shappell, Norton/Saint-Gobain Abrasives
3:30 – 4:00: State of the Electroless Nickel Industry — Michael Feldstein, Surface Technology
4:00 – 4:30: New Triplehard Coating – A Cost Efficient and Sustainable Alternative to Cr(Vi) and Beyond — Osmo Jahkola, Savroc.
4:30 – 5:00: New Approach in Surface Coating Production Lines — Hagi Friedman, Enwize T.W.

Session 6: Responses to PFAS/PFOA

Session Chairs Fernando Carminholi, Hubbard-Hall, and Tim Hall, Faraday Technology

1:30 – 2:00: A Non-PFAS Conversion Case Study — Ryan McBath, Atotech USA
2:00 – 2:30: Implementable Water and Waste Reduction Strategies — Brielle Cash, Loureiro Engineering Associates
2:30 – 3:00: 7 Things I Wish I Knew About Wastewater Treatment —Robin Deal, Hubbard Hall
3:00 – 3:30: Effects of Electroplating Wastewater Composition on the Electrochemical Destruction of PFAS Using a Reactive Electrochemical Membrane — Dr. Brian Chaplin, Univ. of Illinois at Chicago
3:30 – 4:00: Electrochemical Remediation of PFAS-Contaminated Aqueous Waste Streams — Katherine Lee, Faraday Technology
4:00 – 4:30: Treatment of Wastewater Containing Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances By Foam Fractionation and Electrooxidation — Jack Huang, University of Georgia
4:30 – 5:00: Advanced Waste Treatments for Alkaline and Acid Zinc-Nickel Waste — Laurens Wessels, MacDermid Envio Solutions

Wednesday, June 8

Session 7: Decorative Automotive Considerations

Session Chairs Ling Hao, Lacks Enterprises, and Dan Hooks, Los Alamos Nat’l Labs

8:30 – 9:00: Molecular Surface Alteration to Allow for Plating on Plastics — Björn Atthoff, Cuptronic Technology AB
9:00 – 9:30: Plastic Article Surface Preparation for Subsequent Metallization to Achieve Adequate Adhesion to Substrate — Mark Wojtaszek, MacDermid Enthone
9:30 – 10:00: Frequently Contemplated and Never Fully Answered Questions Regarding Plating on Plastics — Joe Arnold, Atotech USA
10:00 – 10:30: Cirrus Paint-Free Colour: Robust Coloured Coatings on (Light Metal) Alloys — Chris Goode, Cirrus Materials Science
10:30 – 11:00: Building a Sustainable Future in Decorative Systems — Doug Lay, MacDermid Enthone
11:00 – 11:30: Liquid Crystal Polymer Metallization — Dr. Michael Lipschutz, DuPont Electronics and Industrial
11:30 – 12:00: Novel Surface Finishing on Magnesium Alloys — Chris Goode, Cirrus Materials Science

Session 8: Innovations for Improving Productivity

Session Chairs Dr. Jim Lindsay, NASF, and Dev Massimi, American Plating Power

8:30 – 9:00: Maintenance Trends in DC Power Supplies for the Metal Finishing Industry — Remington Schieffer, Dynapower
9:00 – 9:30: Technology Assessment for Sustainability Performance Improvement of Metal Finishing Facilities — Abdurrafay Siddiqui, Wayne State University
9:30 – 10:00: Using Six Sigma to Save on Maintenance: a Better Pm Program — Remington Schieffer, Dynapower
10:00 – 10:30: Unleashing Significant Savings in Alkaline and Acid Zinc-Nickel Finishing with Membrane System Solutions — Tony Oriti, MacDermid Enthone
10:30 – 11:00: Chromium Recovery and Recycling from Surface Finishing Wastewater — Dr. Aziz Gherrou, Chembrains
11:00 – 11:30: Prevention of Effluent Exceedances Through Clarification Optimization — Steven Buday, Haviland Products
11:30 – 12:00: Advances in Environmental, Health, Safety, Regulatory Compliance and Performance of Electroless Nickel-PTFE Coating — Michael Feldstein, Surface Technology

Session 9: Aerospace/Defense/Military Zinc Nickel Advancements

Chairs Dr. Alan Rose, Corrdesa, and Brad Wiley, Rolls Royce

8:30 – 9:00: Zinc Nickel Plated Structure: Key Process Variables and DoE — Anoplate
9:00 – 9:30: Direct Brush-Plating Electrodeposition of ZnNi Coatings on Al 2219 By One-Step Pretreatment — Dr. Andrew Moran, Faraday Technology
9:30 – 10:00: Naval Aviation Transition of Zinc-Nickel Electroplate for High Strength Steel Applications — John Benfer, Naval Air Station Jacksonville
10:00 – 10:30: Selective Aluminum Anodize and Zinc-Nickel Surface Finishing Technology — Kenny Rowe, Naval Air Systems Command
10:30 – 11:00: Advanced Brush ZnNi and Sulfuric Acid Anodize Processing — Beth Randolph, Engineering and Software System Solutions (ES3)
11:00 – 11:30: Chromate-Free Primer Using Ecosky Pigment for ZnNi Plated High-Strength Steel — Dr. Marilea Manzini, Collins Aerospace
11:30 – 12:00: Alternate Method of Surface Activation of High-Strength Steel for Electroplating — Chad Hogan, U.S.A.F.

Session 10: Light Metals Processing

Session Chairs Rob Pawson, Haviland USA, and Brad Wiley, Rolls Royce

1:30 – 2:00: Development of Coating Process for Photon Collector in Space — Bradley Carpenter, Los Alamos National Laboratory
2:00 – 2:30: Brush Anodizing for Equipment Repair — Dr. Alan Rose, Corrdesa
2:30 – 3:00: Analysis of Type II Multi-Component Dye Batchs Using Cielab and Reflectance Spectrophotometry — Jacqueline Cook, Reliant Aluminum Products
3:00 – 3:30: The Benefits of Cold Sealing Anodized Aluminum — Kevin Janis, Reliant Aluminum Products
3:30 – 4:00: Novel Approach for Anodizing of Difficult Aluminum Alloys for Higher Sustainability — Dr. Can Akyil, MacDermid Enthone
4:00 – 4:30: Surface Finish Options for Light Metals in An EV World — Stefan Lenzer, MacDermid Enthone
4:30 – 5:00: Know Your Water: Guide and Improvements to Wastewater Testing and Analysis — Steven Buday, Haviland Products

Session 11: Corrosion and Wear Deposit Coatings

Session Chairs Caleb Morrison, Atotech USA, and Adam Blakeley, MacDermid Enthone

1:30 – 2:00: A New Level of Corrosion Resistant High-P Electroless Nickel — Collin Peters, Atotech
2:00 – 2:30: XRF for Conversion Coating Thickness Measurement — Zach Dismukes, Bowman XRF
2:30 – 3:00: Corrosion and Wear Resistant Cold Spray Coating for Dimensional Restoration — Casey Jones, Engineering and Software System Solutions
3:00 – 3:30: Electrolytic Nickel-Phosphorous Alloy Deposition with High (>100%) Phosphorous Content — Rob Schetty, Technic
3:30 – 4:00: Electrochemical Desposition of Aluminum and Aluminum-Manganese Alloys in Ionic Liquids — Dr. Adriana Ispas, Technische Universitaet Ilmenau
4:00 – 4:30: Agriculture and the Stricter Demands for Increased Corrosion Resistance — Sabine Sengl, Atotech
4:30 – 5:00: Properties of PVD-Deposited Chromium Oxide Films to Solve Mold Die Problems in Plastic Molding — Chikara Matsuda, Yuken Industry

Session 12: Advances in Surface Finishing

Session Chairs Dan Hooks, Los Alamos Nat’l Labs, and Mike Ware, Boeing Co.

1:30 – 2:00: Application of Schiff Base Chemistry to Surface Passivation of Plated Steels — Wayne Schuette, Boeing Corp.
1:00 – 1:30: Pixelated Nickel-Copper Scintillator Screens with Improved Efficiency for X-Ray Computed Tomography — Dr. Donald Johnson, Los Alamos National Laboratory
2:30 – 3:00: Understanding Metal Additive Manufactured Surfaces — Dr. Daniel Hooks, Los Alamos National Laboratory
3:00 – 3:30: Laser Cleaning for Decon for Nuclear Radiation Facilities and Hazardous Coatings — Tyler O’Neill, Adapt Laser Systems
3:30 – 4:00: Arrow Space Anodizing Rinsewater Recycling Options — Steven Ward, Water Innovations
4:00 – 4:30: Ammonia-Free Electroless Nickel Strike — Douglas Hughes, MacDermid Enthone
4:30 – 5:00: Enhancing Corrosion Protection with the Development of a Clear Cr (III) Passivate for Aluminum Alloys — Dr. Jacob Weingart, Columbia Chemical