Plating

Due to increasing vehicle greenhouse gas emission regulations across the globe, the automotive industry is facing pressure to improving fuel economy.

An executive with Stellantis made headlines last week when he said the carmaker was eliminating hexavalent chromium in its vehicles, a plan he termed the “Death of Chrome.”

New England Electropolishing owners Amy Prigmore and Luke Almeida have never been into chasing shiny objects.

I sometimes get questions about the basics of a process, and I receive one from a person recently hired by a job shop doing alkaline tin plating. 

Business risks are nothing new, but today’s risks and risk mitigation challenges have evolved. The current risk landscape isn’t your grandpa’s or your dad’s. 

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency says it has fined East Side Plating in Portland, Oregon, $139,505 for violating the Clean Air Act. 

We had a chance to speak with Bobby Haggard and Matt Wood from TrinSoft’s PHTPlus Software about the latest in finishing and coating shop software management.

Almost all surface finishes cause some dimensional change, however small, to the part being finished.

Lamons, a safety sealing and attachment solutions supplier, announced the asset acquisition of ModuCoatings from Modumetal.

Steve Norris of Plasma Technology will team with Pam Nafsinger of Thermo Scientific Portable Analytic Instruments to present “Basics and Demos of XRF Technology” at the June 13 meeting of the Surface Finishers Educational Association (SFEA). 

Most businesses don’t make it to a third generation; Lincoln Industries has taken on that challenge and is thriving.

An alternative electrochemical process to chemical polishing and conventional electropolishing of niobium is discussed in this paper.

Most 50^th-anniversary gifts involve something made of gold, be it a watch, jewelry, or some gilded object to celebrate a half-century of effort.

Corrosion, or the deterioration of a metal surface through oxidation, has always been one of the most harmful and expensive technical challenges within the finishing industry.

A bill introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives will target electroplating and metal finishing operations that discharge PFAS in their wastewater.

A while back, I received a message from the manager of a plating shop at a captive facility that specializes in the production of aerospace components.

Q: We have been experiencing roughness in our cyanide copper solution. What should we be looking at to fix this?

As an owner, leader, or manager of a finishing and coating operation, your ultimate goal should be to maximize the value of your business over the long term.

As he soon becomes a third-generation plating company owner, Matt Fodge knows the odds are stacked against him.

With the increased need for "zero rejects" and improved quality by manufacturers and consumers, there has been a corresponding greater demand for the specification of salt spray tests.