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PF Zone: Chromium Plating

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Sandpaper Finish
5/10/2012 Products Finishing: Our company produces oven racks. The base material is a low-carbon steel (SAE 1006/SAE 1008). The racks are nickel-chromium plated. After the process is completed, the plating has the feel and look of sandpaper, and we must have a bright, smooth finish. Can you give me any suggestions for solving this problem?
Aerospace Drives More Calls for Non-Chrome Passivate Finishes
5/1/2012 Products Finishing: More finishers are warming up to using non-chrome passivation as a way to satisfy customers who don’t want to use hexavalent chromium for corrosion treatment.
NASF Says EPA Chromium Air Rules Have Major Flaws
3/30/2012 Products Finishing: Claims EPA Used Data from 'Phantom Facilities'
NEWS: Water Company Finds Source of Hex Chrome: Itself
2/1/2012 Products Finishing: The Louisville Water Co., which serves about 850,000 residents with water in the Kentucky region, found the source of its hexavalent chromium issues: its own equipment.
Valley Chrome Plating Receives National EPA Award
1/27/2012 Products Finishing: Lead anodes at VCP facility switched for graphite ones and hexavalent chromium replaced with the more environmentally friendly trivalent chromium.