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To Engineers’ Surprise, Radiation Can Slow Corrosion

Radiation nearly always degrades the materials exposed to it, hastening their deterioration and requiring replacement of key components in high-radiation environments such as nuclear reactors.

EPA Publishes Finalized PFAS Significant New Use Rule

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on June 22, 2020, released the prepublication version of final regulations establishing “significant new use rules” for long-chain perfluoroalkyl carboxylate (LCPFAC) chemical substances, a subset of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS).

SHOP PROFILE: Master Finish’s 3rd Gen Adds 3rd Line to Increase Capacity

How apropos that a third-generation finishing operation in Grand Rapids, Michigan, is celebrating the installation of its third line. That is the case at Master Finish, which was founded by John Mulder in 1959, the son of immigrants from the Netherlands who started Master Finishing and Deburring company to help local stamping and casting facilities with the automatic removal of flash and burrs from the products they produced.

Nadcap Meetings are Oct. 19-22 in Pittsburgh

Nadcap will hold its Nadcap Management Council (NMC) and Task Group meetings for finishers, coaters and others from the manufacturing sector from Oct. 19 to Oct. 22 in Pittsburgh, PA. 

SHOP PROFILE: Oshkosh Plating Improving Systems, Talent

Aaron Johnson was just a few years out of college and working hard in the chemical industry when he spied an opportunity that he just couldn’t pass up. The now-president of Oshkosh Plating Technologies in Wisconsin heard the owner of the shop was retiring, and in 2013 took a quick leap into business ownership.

20 Questions: John Sullivan, Plating International

John Sullivan is National Sales Manager at Plating International, a one stop shop for chrome plating chemicals and equipment in North America where they manufacture both liquid and dry materials, as well a high speed blends.

SHOP PROFILE: Staying ‘Top Dog’ is Great Lakes Metal Finishing Goal

When Dennis Hartwig was looking for a business opportunity to invest in back in 1994, one of his financial advisors told him that getting back into the electroplating business wasn’t a wise move.

20 Questions: Chrissy Pullara, MacDermid Enthone

Chrissy Pullara is the decorative business development and product manager for the Americas at MacDermid Enthone, and is recognized as an industry expert in decorative finishes throughout the automotive supply chain.

Vision helps Foresight Finishing Grow Business

Foresight Finishing has been granted Nadcap heat treating accreditation following the successful conclusion of audit 204272. The Tempe, Arizona-based shop specializes in plating connector contacts, RF components and loose piece contacts.

EPA, Michigan Find that PFOS Suppresants Work

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy (EGLE) has completed a study of 11 surface finishing plants in the state and determined that suppressants used to reduce perfluorooctane sulfonic acid (PFOS) were, in fact, PFOS-free.

SHOP PROFILE: Plateco Seeks Plating Perfection

The folks at Plateco in Reedsburg, Wisconsin know they can’t hide from the truth. In fact, in their “pursuit for plating excellence,” they stick their return rate at the very top of their website for all the world to see.

Hard Chrome vs. Electroless Nickel: The Differences Explained

Using plating for a finish for a wide range of metal machinery and parts has many benefits that are well known. Plating helps protect that component from wear and damage from corrosion, increases the performance of that part or component, and even increase/decrease the conductivity of a part, too.