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Anodizing for Mic-6 and C-250




Q. We use both alloys C-250 or MIC-6 depending on availability for our products. The plates are about 30" x 24" x 0.5". The plates go thru a process of Hard anodizing and then black impregnating. We receive different shades of black (which is easily seen due to the large size of the plates). What can we do (process wise) to achieve better consistency in the black color?

Gad Igra
Ekectronics - Israel
2006


A. The problem is that MIC-6 is a cast aluminum tooling plate that was / is designed as a replacement or alternative to 7075 alloy.

On occasion, finding hotspots in the material would not be unheard of to me. It's been awhile since I had a part of MIC-6 in the sizes you note (and some larger), but I've seen it before, and repeating the process, stripping and re-anodizing does not solve the situation. It's very much a material sourcing issue that can't be resolved reasonably in a finishing operation most of the time.

Matthew Stiltner
plating company - Toledo, Ohio
2006



Q. Will appreciate further info regarding hard coat for MIC-6 and C-250

Gabe Stone
- Tel Aviv, Israel
December 31, 2009


A. HELLO,

IF YOU CAN GIVE A GOOD FINISH YOUR PLATES THAT LEAVE NO uniforms DEPENDS ON TEMPERATURE DIFFERENCE IN THE COLORED BATH, TE Good Holiday MECHANICAL AGITATION IN COLORED.

GREETINGS

VICTOR SOLIS
- GUADALAJARA, JALISCO, MEXICO
January 10, 2014


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Ed. note: Victor's posting appears to be a machine translation. If a reader out there knows more Spanish than we do, and more English than the machine, we'd appreciate your help in editing this posting. We can't quite follow it. Thanks! :-)




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