Plating

Staining of precious metal-plated surfaces has become a critical concern.

A certain degree of governmental regulation is necessary in a civil society. However, the federal government expanded at an alarming rate and created agencies and departments for duties not authorized by the U.S. Constitution.

Fresh out of the University of Washington, I went to Hill Air Force Base in August 1950, where I established the materials and processes laboratories to control metal finishing processes and to provide chemical/metallurgical support to various overhaul shops.

The Connecticut chapter of the National Association for Surface Finishing is accepting applications for its annual scholarship program.

When a fire strikes a metal finishing facility, the devastation goes far beyond damaged equipment and scorched infrastructure.

Scientists at La Trobe University in Australia have developed a conductive polymer material using hyaluronic acid and gold plating that they say could revolutionize smartphones and wearable technologies.

This article explores the issue of surface modification through tumbling and vaporisation of 3D-printed materials, and its impact on the electrolytic deposition of metal coatings on previously non-conductive materials.

Valence Surface Technologies has acquired C.I.L. Metal Finishing and C.I.L. Electroplating, based in Lawrence, Massachusetts.

In plating today, we get caught up in the latest process, power supply, or new environmental technology.

The U.S. House Appropriations Committee approved legislation on July 22 with steep cuts to the Environmental Protection Agency’s program on review of hexavalent chromium.

The NASF Palmetto Southeast Chapter’s 17th Annual Fall Conference is October 1-2 in Charleston, South Carolina.

When it comes time to purchase supplies and equipment, owners of electroplating, anodizing, liquid, and powder coating shops say the more the merrier.

Every quarter in the business cycle presents new challenges, anticipated goals, and other projects, all of which aim to help us progress and make the current operation successful.

It’s a sunny Wednesday morning, and Guillermo Aguilera is as excited as he’s ever been running Metal Chem, his finishing company in Chatsworth, California.

Luca Pizzuto is President and CEO at Accu-Labs, a Chicago-based manufacturer of specialty chemicals for the surface finishing industry.

Micron Industries in Garland, Texas, has acquired a shop for a second location and added a new bus bar plating service.

Chrome deposit stripping is a crucial component of any plating operation.

Christopher Camp described it as “giving employees a voice.” Jeff Stone says, “It changed the entire direction of where we were going” as a company.

A shop contacted me that operated a zinc plating tank and was having trouble with their system for replacing the zinc in the solution.

AZZ announced that it has entered into an agreement to acquire all the assets of Canton Galvanizing, a privately held hot-dip galvanizing company based in Canton, Ohio.