Products Finishing

OCT 2017

Products Finishing magazine is the No. 1 industrial finishing publication in the world. We keep our readers informed about the latest news and trends in plating, painting, powder coating, anodizing, electrocoating, parts cleaning, and pretreatment.

Issue link: https://pf.epubxp.com/i/879533

Contents of this Issue

Navigation

Page 16 of 91

PRODUCTS FINISHING — PFonline.com 15 Classic Plating co-owners Steve and Mike Morgan, with sister and company president Sue Barbret, along with shop mascot Charley. Surface Technology has pushed the One-Plate concept as a simpler way to manage EN baths, with less chance of human error. Feldstein not only makes and sells his own chemistries, but his New Jersey company is also a job shop that has been in business since 1973, when it was founded by his father, Dr. Nathan Feldstein, a Products Finishing Hall of Fame member. For the last two years, Surface Technology has earned a Products Finishing Top Shops status, too. Last year, the shop moved into a new facility and increased capacity by 20 times, with further room to grow. All of these factors were enough for the Morgans to switch to One-Plate, a single-Q component for both the makeup and replenishment of EN baths that Feldstein says overcomes the many shortcomings of the decades-old practice of using three or four different solutions. Optimal Concentrations "It keeps all the ingredients in optimal concentrations," Feldstein says. "More importantly, it avoids mistakes and contamination, and ensures consistently high-quality plating." Classic Plating has been working with Surface Technology for several years, so Morgan wasn't concerned when Feldstein asked him to test out the new product. "We really put it through the ringer," Morgan says. "Surface Technology wanted us to give them honest feedback on how well it performed, and when we finished running the first series of tests, we saw that it did stand up quite well. We were pleased." Classic Plating focuses on EN and tin plating services, and its full line of services includes EN and EN polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) co-deposits, bright nickel, bright acid tin, and satin tri-chrome. The EN PTFE is a composite, high-phosphorous process designed to deposit a uniform, nickel-phosphorous-composite alloy with ultra-fine PTFE particles. According to Morgan, it offers excellent corrosion resistance, and very good lubricity and release properties. He says it can increase mold life and improve release because it has a very low coefficient of friction, especially in applications where sliding wear is present. Prior to switching to One-Plate, Classic Plating was running an additive bath, supplying its own nickel sulfate and sodium hypophosphite, and buying its replenishing additive from Metal Salt (i.e., nickel sulfate) 5%-6% Volume Reducing Agent (i.e., sodium hypophosphite, complexers, stabilazors, etc.) 15%-20% Volume Water 75%-80% Volume Metal Salt (i.e., nickel sulfate) Reducing Agent (Similar to B with different concentrations used in ratio to A) Typical EN Bath Makeup Replenish Bath SIMPLIFYING ELECTROLESS NICKEL

Articles in this issue

Links on this page

Archives of this issue

view archives of Products Finishing - OCT 2017