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Anodizing

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

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

Coloring of Metals

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

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)

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.    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.

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.

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

Dr. Thomas H. Cook ACNV Test

 

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

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.

Cleaning & Rinsing for Powder Coating by Bob Utech.

 

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.

 

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]

 

 

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