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ELECTROPLATING STAINLESS IN COLOR

Any help would be appreciated here, I am looking for a better process of coding stainless steel surgical tools, I currently use powder coating equipment with nylon powders, they work good but the process is too long, I am looking for a way to electroplate the tools in different colors, I use a wide variety of colors (red, black, blue, orange, pink, brown, green, etc.), Is there such equipment? Outsourcing is not an option.

Thank you,

Vlad Schedrin
- Plantation, Florida, USA
2003

Electroplating does not offer colors. Metal platings are either silvery colored or gold colored. But there are electrolytic (anodization) processes available to color stainless steel. Talk to B&M Finishers / Prismatic Stainless Steel [a finishing.com supporting advertiser] [Kenilworth, NJ] or Russamer Labs [Pittsburgh, PA].

Ted Mooney, P.E.
Striving to live Aloha
finishing.com - Pine Beach, New Jersey
2003

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