Plating

Brass components are widely used in heat dissipation and thermal emission devices due to their high thermal conductivity and ease of processing.

When representatives from Boeing arrived at 3P Processing in Wichita, Kansas, several years ago, they delivered a message that left Terry Karst both surprised and humbled.

Thinking about succession can be overwhelming for many owners, and the pressure to get it right can make it easier to put off than to face.

For many finishers, electrical consumption is one of the largest expenses in a facility, and older rectifier systems can consume significantly more power while also taking up valuable production space.

A paradigm is a standard model or framework for how something should be done. It’s a focus or a set of shared assumptions that shapes how you perceive things and solve problems.

Plating on Plastics (PoP) requires specific surface pre-treatment steps to enable metallization.

The Metal Finishing Association of Southern California’s annual golf outing on May 11 brought together the region’s surface finishing community for a day focused on networking, advocacy, and industry support — while also generating a record amount of fundraising revenue for the association.

A shop manager wrote to me about an issue with their electroless nickel plating process, in which a localized stain occurred.

To achieve superior interfacial bonding between carbon fibers and an Al matrix, this study employed a simplified electroplating system to deposit Ni coatings on carbon fibers using an additive-free electrolyte.

Finishers will be seeing more than a 40% rise in the cost of hexavalent chromium chemicals after the U.S. Department of Commerce issued a preliminary affirmative ruling in its antidumping investigation.

For Tammy Speal, one of the most powerful advantages of being part of Valence Surface Technologies isn’t just scale—it’s connection.

As finishers continue searching for ways to improve efficiency, reduce downtime, and increase throughput, one piece of equipment is drawing renewed attention on plating lines: the rectifier.

Most owners we meet do not immediately decide to sell.

The porous pot was designed to purify hard chrome plating baths by supposedly removing iron, copper, and other tramp metals.

IGCS International, a provider of mission support and maintenance, repair, and operations supplies to the U.S. Department of War and federal agencies, says that Lacks Enterprises has acquired an equity stake in the company.

High-frequency and high-current pulse plating, as well as ultrasonic agitation, have been used to improve the smoothness and microhardness of copper coatings produced by electroplating from a sulfate bath in the absence of brightening agents.

A reader needed some help with a corrosion issue, as it seems that one of their competitors was able to deposit nickel and chromium onto their parts, achieving a significantly higher level of corrosion resistance than the finish they are applying.

Cerberus Capital Management says they have agreed to an investment in S+S Industries, a Houston-based metal finisher and provider of solutions and services for data center infrastructure.

The purpose of using electroplating is to reduce the high cost of corrosion of metal equipment. However, the dangers of this process are the basis for using industrial hygiene control methods in this industry.

The Colorado Air Quality Control Commission has adopted measures to control emissions of five priority air toxic contaminants, including hexavalent chromium compounds from finishing and coating operations.