Southern California Platers Facing Lower Air Emission Standards
MFASC meeting with the South Coast Air Quality Management District over proposed lower emission levels for hexavalent chromium.
#management #pollution control
NASF Palmetto Southeast Chapter Helps 'Stick it to Cancer'
The chapter felt led to donate to something organic and close to its roots where many members reside within the Greenville area, and where many meetings and events take place.
#nasf
Different Course, Same Strokes for Asterion's Vandivier
Blair Vandivier, president and CEO of Asterion, reflects on his recent experience as a committee chair of several hundred volunteers for the BMW Championship on his company blog.
Anoplate Welcomes STEM Students for Plant Tour
The students listened to the benefits that surface engineering can provide, took part in a hands-on demonstration and gained insight into the little known—and much less appreciated—technical vocational career opportunities in metal finishing.
Titanium vs. Lead Anodes in Hard Chrome Plating
Platinized anodes optimize dimensioning and construction for hard chrome plating.
Goad Company Wins New Product Excellence Award
Company has solved a major problem with large vinyl containment systems by eliminating hand welds to seal their massive number of lining seams, which often resulted in leaks and costly downtime repairs
#pollution control
Arresting Indoor Air Quality Criminals in Metal Finishing and Chemical Tanks
These so-called ‘criminals’—indoor air quality criminals, that is—can escape from open surface tanks causing irritation or harm to operators.
#pollution control
Atotech Acquires Pegastech Plating on Plastics Technology
Pegastech has developed a technology for plating on plastics that does not use hexavalent chromium or palladium compounds for the pretreatment of polymers prior to electroplating.
#masking
Study Shows Gallium Nitride Almost as Durable as Diamonds
Four Lehigh engineers report a previously unknown property for GaN: its wear resistance approaches that of diamonds and promises to open up applications in touch screens, space vehicles and radio-frequency microelectromechanical systems.
#vacuum-vapor #automotive
2017 Hall of Fame Inductees
Frederick Gumm, John Horner, Dr. Leslie Lancy, John Lindstedt and Milt Stevenson Sr. were elected by a panel for their contributions to the surface finishing industry.
#finishinghalloffame #masking #pollution control