Tips on making up alkaline zinc concentrate
– 3/17/25

Feed & Bleed System for HCl Tanks
– 3/10/25

Bus Bar vs. Cable for 2-Step Electrolytic Coloring
– 2/17/25

Making Dummy Cathodes for a Plating Bath
– 2/17/25

Can we have a clean silver plating plant without acid?
– 2/6/25

Learn more about automatic electroplating production lines
– 12/28/24

617/79. Ideas for heating an alkaline zinc bath?
– 11/25/24

599/93. Exhaust method & calculations for plating tanks
– November 18

391/55. Stripping plastisol from plating racks
– November 12

617/57. Ideas for heating an alkaline zinc bath
– October 21

114/65. Sludge buildup on heating coils in phosphating tank
– October 10

123/73. Zinc oxide production by French process?
– September 19

617/33. Heating Chrome tanks with Hot Water in Lieu of Steam
– September 16

435/15. Air Agitation of HCl Pickle Tank
– August 14

61697. Shop suddenly plagued with process problems RFQ: Florida
– July 31

61685. Plating Is Thinner at Same Amp-Hours than Historically. Current Leak to Ground?
– July 8

  2077. Alternate cathode materials for anodizing tanks
– June 28

27638. Production of silver potassium cyanide from silver nitrate
– January 23

17769. Long parts bend during barrel plating
– November 21 Inquirer often helps others, so especially deserves our help

61606. Ampacity & sizing of Aluminium busbar
– November 21

61586. Will the low conductivity of Titanium be a problem?
– October 18

  3254. Need 20 Liter divided electroplating tank with an Anion membrane
RFQ open to all, Palm Springs, CA – October 16

  2995. Chilling of temporary anodising bath on the cheap
– September 18

61573. Chem supplier for small biz
RFQ open to all, Alpine, CA – September 15

• Heating open-top tanks Q&A
– September 2

• Does DM water have lesser heat transfer properties?

• Manganese Phosphate Bath Heating and Sludge Control

• Titanium Steam Coil in lead lined Anodic tank

• FRP to protect “tub” from hot temperatures, pressure, rust and leaking?
– June 28

• Avoiding Tank Overflows in Plating Shop
– June 28

• Sprinklers required for powder coating?
– June 25

• Build hard chrome plating plant for rifled barrels
RFQ: Bangalore – May 23

• Shot Blasting – Dust Collector Problems

• Electroless nickel plating tanks: Protection of stainless steel from plate-out

• Exhaust methods & calculations for plating tanks

• Passivating electroless nickel tanks; anodic protection systems
– March 1

• Chemical cleaning of boilers and inhibitors

• Concrete tank for zinc phosphate?
– February 23

• Designing a Copper Refining Plant

• Hydrogen “Explosions” in Plating, Anodizing

• Titanium anode baskets get copper buildup in Rochelle Copper Plating
– February 3

• Need design assistance on French process zinc oxide furnace
RFQ: So. Africa – January 16

• 2% sulfuric Acid in 316SS tank is turning green & smutty during Aluminium pickling
– November 15

• Best way to remove lining from Chrome tank
– October 14

• Need Anode Baskets for Silver Plating
RFQ Watertown TN – September 7

• Looking for small custom titanium anode baskets
RFQ Guatamala – June 7

• Sludge buildup in phosphating piping
– June 3

• Heating/cooling coil material for chrome plating
– May 20

• Sodium hypochlorite (bleach) piping problems
– May 19

• Maximum safe watt density for zinc plating solution heating
– May 10

• Passivating electroless nickel tanks; anodic protection
– May 3

• Heating and Cooling of Chrome Plating Tanks RFQ: SP, Brazil – May 2

• Ideal Sequence for Alkaline Zinc Plating – May 2

• Hard Anodize Tank Design – March 25 Inquirer often helps others, so especially deserves our help

• Sodium Dichromate Seal Tank Liner Materials and a compatible filter (February 9) Inquirer often helps others, so especially deserves our help

• Water Evaporation Estimates at Sub-freezing Temperature (February 3)