Computer simulation of coating processes has made great strides in recent years. Proper design of plating racks, thickness and property distribution of plating systems and the performance of plated coatings on parts can be predicted with uncanny ac... Article: ExternalPublished: 10/1/2011
In just its second year, the Chemical Coaters Association International’s Finishing Technologies Pavilion and Conference will double in size when North America’s largest metal forming, fabricating, finishing and welding conference and exhibition, Fa... ArticlePublished: 9/22/2011
How do you measure the surface area of a threaded fastener? How much coating would you put on it? How thick of a coating? What about non-threaded fasteners? The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Forest Service, of all people, may have come up with th... ArticlePublished: 9/1/2011
Here in the U.S., the wind energy market grew by about 60 percent from 2009 to 2010, and with more than 40,000 installed megawatts, we rank second to China. Those numbers have caught the attention of finishers, who see a new market to plate parts, e... ArticlePublished: 9/1/2011
The main task of this work was to study the influence of the different parameters on the electrolytic coloring process for aluminum. ArticlePublished: 5/18/2011
Electroless nickel is a very mature product and continues to find new applications, but has stayed fairly consistent in North America over the last decade. ArticlePublished: 5/18/2011
At BASF, we believe the industry will focus on new technologies, new innovations, and products and processes that enable the customer to be more efficient and ultimately more successful.By more efficient we mean ‘no coats’ and ‘par... ArticlePublished: 5/18/2011