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Plasma Electrolytic Oxidation vs. other aluminum treatments

I want to know exactly what "Plasma Electrolytic Oxidation" is all about. I would also like to know its Hardness in units of Ha, Surface finish in RA value, and its cost per m2 in Indian Rupee. I would also like to know what technical assistance can we get to put a unit at our place, and its cost approximately. Please do provide me a comparative study of a product out of PEO with a product of hard anodizing, All for aluminum surface

Tomsy M [last name deleted for privacy by Editor]
Textile - Surat, Gujarat, India
2003

October 16, 2008

Hi, Tomsy. I believe this is also called spark discharge anodizing. I do believe that it has some real advantages over conventional anodizing, but I haven't seen any writeups in technical journals which compare the technologies, so I think you'd have to go to the suppliers for such case studies. There are two or three suppliers who specialize in this process. Good luck.

Regards,

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

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