Plating

DeKalb Metal Finishing is now offering a wider range of professional development and educational opportunities for employees to finish their degrees through a new partnership with Trine University.

Most quality professionals working with surface texture/roughness are well familiar with the “R” parameters, such as Ra (average roughness). These widely used parameters are derived from 2-dimensional measurements, typically generated by stylus profilers or other 2D measurement technologies.

Alan Henry is the Owner and President of at ChromeTech of Wisconsin, which he has run since 1984.

In the finishing world, no one likes friction when it comes to the corrosion protection of their parts. For William Howard, Jr. of Houston Plating and Coatings, other types of friction rub him the wrong way, too, especially when it comes to logistics.

Lehigh Defense is a U.S. bullet and ammunition manufacturer located in Quakertown, Pennsylvania, and holds 12 patents on bullet design, and currently offering nearly 200 unique machined bullets.

Be candid. Be curious. Be courageous. It’s on the Hubbard-Hall website. It’s throughout their literature. It’s voiced in team discussions. Six empowering words, three of which repeat for greater effect.

Doug Greene is president of Hixson Metal Finishing in Newport Beach, California, a position he has held for over 20 years. HMF is a full service provider offering more than 80 metal finishing, testing, and inspection processes.

Metal Finishing Technologies in Bristol, Connecticut, says it has retained JD Technologies to grow MFT’s business in New England, Texas, and Oklahoma.

On February 16, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) published a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) to amend the Hazard Communication Standard (HCS).

E. Jennings Taylor is Chief Technical Officer and Intellectual Property Director at Faraday Technology Inc., an electro-chemical engineering company that he founded in 1991.

Several years ago, when EMI Quality Plating in Evansville, Indiana, was asked by a manufacturer in the aerospace industry to plate some parts for a project they were working on, its owners took a pause before agreeing to work on the parts.

Organic metal sounds like an oxymoron. Jumbo shrimp, government intelligence and walking dead come to mind, as well known examples that give us a chuckle on one hand but actually describe real things.

The owners of ChemResearch Company in Phoenix, AZ, unveiled their 2021 plan designed to significantly improve the plating company’s culture, better compensate employees, increase talent retention, pro-actively engage customers, expand services, elevate quality assurance, and ensure company safety.

Pioneer Metal Finishing has acquired Electrochem Solutions in Union City, California, a metal finishing company in Silicon Valley.

It’s a new year, and the world is certainly ready for some positive changes. While the future is hopeful, many of the economic challenges that started in 2020 are continuing to impact those in the finishing and coating industry in 2021. 

William Nebiolo is a sales engineer and product manager at REM Surface Engineering and is an active member in the NASF, where he has represented the Connecticut chapter as a national delegate and is 2010, 2014, and 2015 recipient of the NASF National Award of Merit. He has published and presented dozens of technical papers and is the author of the SME Mass Finishing Training Book.

The National Association for Surface Finishing (NASF) is moving this year's SUR/FIN Show and Manufacturing and Technology Conference to November 2-4, but will stay in Detroit.

J.G. Kern Enterprises is a world-class CNC machining facility in Sterling, Michigan that manufactures close tolerance components for drivetrain and powertrain assemblies, chassis frames, and other components, starting from developmental prototypes to full production runs.

The New England Chapter of the NASF is holding a virtual seminar on March 2 that will feature speakers on RCRA, hazmat, wastewater and cyber security.

From bolts to chassis components and on to engine mounts, automotive vehicles incorporate parts made from a range of different materials which, depending on use, need to satisfy numerous requirements with regard to corrosion protection.