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Anodizing

Where Do "White Spots" Come From? by Robert Probert.

Why Are My Aluminum Cathodes Red? by Nosti, Ciejka, & Gilbert.

 

Corrosion

Why Apply a Coating? -- Corrosion,    by Mario S. Pennisi

 

Electroplating (commercial)

An Introduction to Barrel Plating, by Frank R. Zemo

Chrome Control by Geoffrey P. Whitelaw

Crib sheet for plating. A periodic table for plating, electrochemical equivalents, troubleshooting nuggets, other little used facts.

Formulae of surface areas and volumes of simple shapes. May we strongly recommend that you calculate the surface area of everything you finish. Think about it, this is SURFACE finishing.

Improving your Chloride Zinc Plating Operation, by Stephen Schneider.

RESEARCH PUBLICATIONS, BOOK CHAPTERS AND U.S.PATENTSby Dr. N. V. MANDICH, CEF (Since 1990 ): 2/04/02.

Troubleshooting Modern Bright Nickel Plating Solutions, by Thomas J. Pullizzi.

 

Electroplating (electroforming)

A Practical Guide to Understanding, Measuring and Controlling Stress in Electroformed Metals, by Berl Stein, CEF

 

Electroplating (electronics)

Paul Stransky has contributed an interesting paper on Flux Basics, some useful references on Nickel Diffusion Barriers and Solder Leveling, and a rather exhaustive review of the literature about Copper Plating of High-Aspect-Ratio Plated-Through-Holes.

Troubles with your PC boards? Rudy Sedlak tells us a little about Ammoniacal Etching of Copper and Resist Lifting in Gold Plating

 

Environment & Safety

Rudy Sedlak tells us what Chelates are and why we use them; and gives us his take on the new technologies of Liquid Cleaners and Dry Acid Salts.

Then another look at Liquid Cleaners by Mike McDonald, CEF, Liquid Cleaners v.s. Dry...The choice is EASY...

The well-known chart of pH vs. residual concentration of metals in wastewater.

 

Hot-Dip Galvanizing

Dr. Thomas H. Cook Dynamic Flux Tests for Hot-Dip Galvanizing.

Dr. Thomas H. Cook Lower Zinc in Hot-Dip Galvanizing.

 

Painting & Powder Coating

Spraybooth Problems: Air, Filters, Exhaust by Ken Green

Maintaining Brightness in Spray Booths by Ron Joseph>

Keeping an HVLP Spray Gun in Compliance with Regulations by Ron Joseph

Transfer Efficiency by Ron Joseph

The Pretreatment Trouble Shooter -- reprints of Dave Wright's column in CCAI's Finishing Touch Newsletter, covering such topics as phosphating and salt spray testing.

Powder Coating -- an introduction by Mario S. Pennisi.

 

Pickling

Chart of pickling time and baumé as a function of acid concentration and iron content    by Barlow Campano, Hidada Co. Ltd., Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. "The Kleingarn Regenerated Spent Acid at Increasing Ferrous (Fe+2) and Ferric (Fe+3) Chloride Content"    by Barlow Campano, Hidada Co. Ltd., Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

 

Plant & Process Engineering/Construction

Plating Shops for the Nineties and Beyond, a design guide by Ted Mooney.

20 Ways to Cut Water Usage in Plating Shops, some tips from Ted Mooney.

Hard Chrome Plating - Materials to consider, by Freeman Newton.

Please Don't Leak on the Job - A guide to cementing PVC Pipe, by Freeman Newton.

 

Replacement Technologies

A possible alternative to Nickel or Chrome plating, the Kolene salt bath quench/polish/quench process.
Closing the Quality Gap on Textured Molds: High Quality Surface Finishes Make the Difference, and Equation for Efficiency: FF + f/P Nearly Eliminates the Need for Polishing --two articles by Midwest Mold and Texture Corporation.

End of Life (Vehicles) European Directive (English language) posted 11/29/00.

 

Stripping

Geoffrey Whitelaw gives us the full procedure and data for economical stripping of gold

Rudy Sedlak tells us about Stripping Resists … and the hell involved in Stripping Tin and Solder from small holes on thick boards.

 

Titanium

Titanium - Why Coat It? by Milt Stevenson, Jr., Anoplate

 

Articles in Swedish (by Anders Sundman)

Plating on Aluminum [in Swedish]

Chrome Plating [in Swedish]

Nickel Plating [in Swedish]

Metallic Materials [in Swedish]

Pretreatment & Activation [in Swedish]

 

 

Nostalgia

Illustrated trouble-shooting guide in rhyme from 1955.

An often overlooked place to search for topics or authors is in conference proceedings. Just open the following pages, use your browser's 'Find' command to search out what you're looking for, then order the conference proceedings from the event's sponsor.

• Schedule of Technical Sessions (partial) from AESF's Aerospace/Airline Plating and Metal Finishing Forum (1996)
• Schedule of Technical Sessions from AESF's Aerospace/Airline Plating and Metal Finishing Forum (1997)
• Schedule of Technical Sessions from AESF WEEK '96, and AESF WEEK '97.
• Schedule of Technical Sessions from AESF's Chromium Colloquium (1996)
• Schedule of Technical Sessions from AESF/NiDI Electroforming Course & Symposium (1996)
• Schedule of Technical Sessions from Interfinish '96
• Schedule of Technical Sessions from Powder Coating '96
• Schedule of Technical Sessions from AESF's SUR/FIN '96, and Sur/FIN '97.
• American Electroplaters Society 47th Annual Convention, July, 1960 Technical Proceedings

OLD PAGES NEVER DIE, THEY JUST FADE AWAY

If you're looking for an article you remember seeing here, but which had to give up it's front page position to make way for newer items, here it is:
Interview with a Vampire--a conversation (out of whole cloth) between an ISO9000 auditor and a client.
An open letter from University of Baltimore's Merrick School of Business regarding new technology of divalent chromates.
CFR438, the proposed Metal Products and Machinery Effluent Guidelines, are serious business for all finishers. Read an Open Letter from the Aluminum Anodizers Council and James N. McClatchey's statement to the EPA from the public hearing of June 28, 1996. (McClatchey is V.P. and Production Manager of Southern Aluminum Finishing Co.)

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