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Letter 29059
Surface quality of anodized aluminum
plates
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I am the process engineer for a manufacturing company in
California. I am trying to find a solution to my damaged anodized (
Mil-A-8625 [link is to spec at TechStreet] E/1 Type III
Class I) aluminum plates (58"x110"x.062"). The surfaces of these
plates appear to have been damaged with random pits, dents,
scratches, and debris that have built up over the 3 years of their
life. I clean them occasionally, but it is time cosuming and
expensive considering the man hours. I am trying to decide if
stripping, re-processing the metal, and re-anodizing the plates is
the best way to go or if buying new plates altogether and anodizing
them is the way to go. after that I need to find a way to keep them
clean and be efficient in doing so. Does anybody have any thoughts?
Thank you for your time in reading this.
Sean
electronics mfgr - Lake Forest, CA, USA
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If you send the parts out to be cleaned, stripped and re-anodized,
there will be a slight dimensional loss (the removal of the original
oxide layer plus the forming of the new out of the existing
aluminum), but if your tolerances allow for that it would certainly
be cheaper than buying new plates and paying for the anodize on those
instead.
Of course, any significant pits and dents that exist on your
plates now will still be there after they are stripped and anodized.
What are you using the plates for?
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