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OUR ON-LINE REFERENCE MATERIALS

Anodizing

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

 

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

Drew Nosti

ASF Anodizing vs. Voltage,

 

Welding vs. Bolting of Aluminum Cathodes    by Drew Nosti

Let's Talk Cathodes    by Drew Nosti

Charles A. Grubbs

Anodizing by Constant Current Density

 

Coloring of Metals

Goran Budija

Collection of formulas for chemical, electrochemical & heat colouring, cyanide-free immersion plating and electroplating.

 

Corrosion

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

 

Electroforming

Understanding, Measuring and Controlling Stress in Electroformed Metals, by Berl Stein, CEF

Electroplating for Electronics

Paul Stransky

• Flux Basics • Nickel Diffusion Barriers • Copper Plating of High-Aspect-Ratio Plated-Through-Holes

Rudy Sedlak

• Ammoniacal Etching of Copper • Resist Lifting in Gold Plating

Electroplating (Commercial)

Plating on Aluminum [in Swedish],    by Anders Sundman

Introduction to Barrel Plating,    by Frank R. Zemo

Chrome Control,    by Geoffrey P. Whitelaw

Chrome Plating [in Swedish],    by Anders Sundman

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

Formulae of surface areas and volumes of simple shapes, May we strongly recommend that you calculate the surface area of everything you finish.    by Thomas J. Pullizzi

Improving your Chloride Zinc Plating Operation, by Stephen Schneider.

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

Nickel Plating [in Swedish],    by Anders Sundman

Environment & Safety

Chart of pH vs. Residual Concentration of Metals

Rudy Sedlak

• What Chelates Are and Why We Use Them • Modern Liquid Cleaners • Dry Acid Salts

 

Mike McDonald

Liquid Cleaners vs. Dry ... the choice is easy

Hot-Dip Galvanizing

Dr. Thomas H. Cook

• Dynamic Flux Tests for Hot-Dip Galvanizing. • Lower Zinc in Hot-Dip Galvanizing. • ACNV Test

 

Metals

Metallic Materials [in Swedish],    by Anders Sundman

 

Nostalgia

Illustrated trouble-shooting guide in rhyme from 1955.

Proceedings of the American Electroplater's Society, 1960

Everyone knows Wiss scissors, shears, etc. Don Wiss has collected incredible memories of J. Wiss & Sons Co from 1848-1976 (external website)

 

Painting & Powder Coating

Ron Joseph

• Maintaining Brightness in Spray Booths • Keeping an HVLP Spray Gun in Compliance with Regulations • Transfer Efficiency

 

Ken Green

Spraybooth Problems: Air, Filters, Exhaust

 

Mario S. Pennisi

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

 

Passivation of Stainless Steel

	Effective Methods for the Testing of Stainless Steel Passivation by Wolf Koslow
	Passi-pipe Explorer by Wolf Koslow

 

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.
	Ammonium Bifluoride Equivalency to Hydrofluoric Acid in the Presence of Strong Acids for Metal Pretreatment    by John Barrows, MSF Goad Co., Independence, MO.

 

Plant & Process Engineering/Construction

• Plating Shops for the New Millennium, 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.

 

Pretreatment

Pretreatment & Activation [in Swedish],    by Anders Sundman

The Pretreatment Trouble Shooter by Dave Wright (dec.), in Finishing Touch Newsletter, courtesy of CCAI.

Cleaning & Rinsing for Powder Coating by Bob Utech

 

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

 

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