If your monthly samples of high-phosphorus electroless nickel (HPEN) deposit pass more than 200 hours of exposure to neutral salt spray testing (NSST) per ASTM B117, but are failing customer specification requirement of providing greater than 10.5 percent phosphorus in the deposit, there is a remedy to correct this predicament.
For ChromeTech of Wisconsin, communication is the key to the success of its operation.
The NASF Palmetto Southeast Chapter is hosting a free metal finishing training course on June 2 in Greenville, SC, followed by a group trip to a minor league baseball game afterward.
Matthew Pankow is the founder and president of Plating International, a global supplier to the electroplating and metal finishing industry.
Bill McNabb and David Book both clearly remember the day when a premium threading company was about to put their plating shop to the ultimate test.
Metal finishers in California are in a fight for their business lives as regulators are planning to shut down most of the industry based on proposed new rules that affect the use of hexavalent chromium in the state.
AeroDynamics finishing facility in Seabrook, NH, was paid a visit by U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo and New Hampshire Senator Jeanne Shaheen on April 26 as the government officials discussed the importance of the American Jobs Plan in helping to strengthen domestic manufacturing.
CRC Surface Technologies, a ChemResearch Company, has received recertification for their AS9100D/ISO 9001:2015 qualifications.
The market share of automotive aluminum brake components and the quality requirements for their related elements are increasing.
To meet growing demand and better serve new markets, Pioneer Metal Finishing is expanding capabilities for its proprietary Optical Black™ finish.
Ling Hao, Ph.D., is a Master Surface Finisher (MSF) and Principal Scientist in the Advanced Technology Group at Lacks Enterprises in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
Astro Electroplating in Bay Shore, New York on Long Island has always had a knack for being a step or two ahead of the trends when it comes to its finishing lines.
Gloria Da Ros is CEO of Tecnoplast USA in Anderson, Indiana, which manufactures manual plating, pickling, anodizing and galvanizing systems.
Ten years ago, Tracy Boetsma and James Davis took a chance on owning their own finishing operation and named it Highpoint Finishing Solutions in Zeeland, Michigan.
If your facility is troubleshooting bright nickel processes, it is best to narrow the scope of the issue to identify the root cause of the problem.
Kerry Behnke is Zinc Business Team Manager at Professional Plating in Brillion, Wisconsin.
When it comes to wooing prospective customers, most finishing and coating operations don’t usually start by showcasing their fixturing capabilities, but not U.S. Chrome.
Diane Buhrmaster, Coatings Technology Team Lead for the Air Force Research Laboratory's Materials and Manufacturing Directorate, was awarded the 2020 Brigadier General Wilma Vaught Visionary Leadership Award in the Civilian Category.
The history of electroplating is a curious mixture of mistakes, observations, serendipity and experimental development, enmeshed and entwined with the discovery of electricity in the late 18th century.
As a psychosomatic union, body-soul composite, I possess an ancient, almost antiquarian, traditionalist imagination that pervades my perception and discernment of everything, including my professional life.
Joe Dudenhoeffer is president of Klein Plating Works in Erie, PA, the fourth-generation family owner who took over the company in 2013. The company is 106 years old in 2021.
