When making up a brand-new sulfuric acid anodizing bath (Type II & Type III), it is important to have at least a small amount of dissolved aluminum in the bath to act as a buffer to help prevent the burning of the parts.
Abrasion resistance of anodized aluminum is an important property that is often required for material performance and quality control.
Business has probably never been better for owner Scott Penner’s Automatic Anodizing.
The purpose of the salt spray test is to validate the “health” of an anodize process line.
All Metals Processing of Orange County in Stanton, California, has obtained approval to process Boeing BMS 10-85 Aluminum Pigmented Coating and NAS 4006 coating.
For decades industry has used aluminum in the development and fabrication of a wide variety of products and finished goods.
A protective oxide film of aluminum is only stable in a pH range of 4.5 to 8.5.1 Chemical operations for the metal surface of aluminum include many process solutions that intentionally exceed this pH range for cleaning, metal removal, and subsequent smut removal.
Getting current efficiently to the anodizing tank is a must for all anodizing operations.
Numerous metals are subjected to anodic oxidation. As a result, one can obtain amorphous barrier-type oxides, crystalline barrier-type oxides or amorphous nanoporous oxides.
An explosion at Quick Turn Anodizing and Black Oxide Coatings in Guthrie, Kentucky Jan. 18 killed one person and injured four others.
Surface Finishing that makes use of tanklines should consider the use of rinsing alternatives when in design or as an effort for process improvement.
Die castings pose some of the most challenging problems in anodizing.
When you own a finishing operation in Wichita, Kansas — as Paragon Services President Brock Elliott does — you are assumed to rely heavily on a certain well-known airplane manufacturer.
The ultraviolet stability of anodic coatings is assessed based on lightfastness/colorfastness testing.
Brett Cummings isn’t a doctor, but he often plays one with his medical know-how as the owner of Industrial Anodizing in Hyrum, Utah.
Recently, demand for energy efficiency, reduced carbon emissions, and improved performance has driven development of lighter automotive and aerospace components.
Techevon Metal Finishing Solutions’ Tej Patel received the top presentation award at the Aluminum Anodizers Council conference in October.
