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Corrosion protective coatings for diverse applications

Corrosion generates billions of dollars in losses every year around the world. Many metallic components are exposed to this accelerated oxidation process, which rapidly shortens their functionality. For centuries we have tri...

Finishing technologies
June 29, 2022

Troubleshooting with SEM

Our eyes are useful for many tasks. They can see a bright blue finish on parts fresh out of the passivate, a smooth, satin finish coming out of a nickel tank, or those obnoxious specks of mystery material adhered to an otherw...

Plating methods
June 23, 2022

Top 10 Troubles in a Functional Plating Shop

There is a vast list of things that can go wrong in a typical functional plating process. Most platers find ways to keep that list as short as possible. For now, we are mainly talking about alkaline zinc or zinc nickel, as we...

Finishing technologies
June 17, 2022

Past and future of passivates

When you think of a passivate (or chromate as they used to be), what comes to mind? For some it’s a deep orange-yellow hex-chrome tank where in goes a brilliant, metallic finish and out comes a beautiful iridescent yellow or ...

Plating methods
June 14, 2022

Is steel without a coating safe from the environment?

Steel is a metal that is used in many different industries worldwide. Steel can easily be stamped, welded, and carved into various shapes depending on the type of part needed in the industry. Steel without any type of coating...

Finishing technologies
June 13, 2022

Hexavalent vs Trivalent Chromium

Chromium readily comes to mind when we think of things that shine. We know of course that not all that shines is chrome. Chrome is applied by an electroplating process and depending on the chemistry of the plating bath, we ca...