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Technical Articles
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Technical articles written by NASF member companies are accessible from this page. This is an opportunity for member companies to showcase their technical expertise. The articles will focus on technical, scientific, regulatory, and practical issues for the finishing industry. Example topics include new chemistries, processes or equipment; regulatory compliance (e.g., pollution prevention, wastewater treatment, OSHA); sustainability; and maintenance/best practices to promote efficiencies.. For more information or to submit an article, contact: Jeff Hannapel (jhannapel@thepolicygroup.com). |
Check the boxes in the Topics table below to access all existing articles relevant to the selected topics.
A chronological list of all technical articles appears below the topics list.
Topics
List of all available articles
July 2020
A Case Study of the Wastewater Treatment Methods for Alkaline Zinc-Nickel.Mark Andrus and Brad Durkin, Coventya, Inc, Brooklyn Heights, OH.
April 2020
Avoiding Salt Spray Failures and Double Handling of Parts. Mark Adams, CEF, CFS, Columbia Chemical Corp., Brunswick, Ohio.
November 2019
The Care and Feeding of Alkaline Non Cyanide Zinc and Zinc Alloy Generators. Steve Kocka, Atotech USA, LLC
September 2019
Intentional Over-Plating. Felipe Atti, KraftPowercon Inc, USA, Pensacola, Florida, USA
August 2019
Maximize the Service Life of your Process Tanks. PVDF Liners stand the test of time in harsh thermal and chemical environments by Averie Palovcak and Gary Dennis, Arkema Inc. & Tyler Goad, The Goad Company
July 2019
Environmental Pressure to Convert from Hexavalent to Trivalent Chromium. Shane Moore, Pavco, Inc., Charlotte, NC
June 2019
Examining Yellowing in A Blue Trivalent Passivate. Chad Murphy, Technical Account Manager with Columbia Chemical
May 2019
Increasing Productivity in your Metal Finishing Operation.Mark E Norton CEF, CAF, Vice President of Sales, Director of Operations, and President and Owner of Walgren Company in Grand Rapids, MI.
February 2019
Organic Metal for Corrosion and Oxidation Protection. Andy Lesko, Ph.D., Technical Service Engineer, MacDermid Enthone, Inc., Waterbury, Connecticut
November 2018
Reduced Ion Electroless Nickel to Meet a Sustainable Future. Ambrose Schaffer, CEF, Coventya, Inc., Rome, New York, USA
Phosphorus Copper Anodes for Acid Copper Plating. Andre Depew. Andre has many years of experience in metal finishing, machining, and heat treating. Andre has successfully serviced customers throughout the Midwest and Southeast for Enthone, KKSP Precision Machining, Heatbath, and DuBois Chemicals. Today, Andre is the Eastern Regional Sales Representative for Univertical LLC.
October 2018
Best Practices & Energy Efficiency in Surface Finishing. Peter Gallerani & Nic Gallerani – Integrated Technologies, Inc.
September 2018
Pumped Eductor Agitation. Melissa Mitchell, SERFILCO
Designing Process Lines to Minimize Energy Costs and Risk. Kyle Hankinson, KCH Engineered Systems
August 2018
Stop Kicking the Can Down the Road. Rich Held, MSF, Laboratory Manager, Haviland Enterprises, Inc., Grand Rapids, Michigan
July 2018
High Current Density Barrel Zinc Electroplating: Staying Competitive in a Global Market. Matt Stauffer, PAVCO, Inc., Charlotte, North Carolina
June 2018
The Impact of Rectification from a Metal Finisher’s Perspective. Fredrik Walldal, Managing Director of KraftPowercon, Inc & Felipe Atti Dos Santos, Industrial Manager of Cromofix Cromo Duro Ltda.
Passivation of Zinc-Nickel Surfaces: An optimal process control is essential to achieve a high corrosion protection and decorative appearance. Peter Hülser, Sabine Sengl, Atotech Deutschland GmbH
May 2018
Maximizing the Capacity of Existing Finishing Lines. Mark E. Norton CEF, CAF, PriceWalgren a division of George Koch Sons. A Production Capacity Tool is a downloadable file associated with this article.
Adhesion. Matt Schario, Director of Technical Services, Columbia Chemical
April 2018
Preventing Tank Catastrophes. Curtis Goad, Goad Company
March 2018
Nickel Anode Forms and Their Use. Jeff Brassard, GM Palm Commodities International, LLC.
February 2018
The Technical History of the Metal Finishing Rectifier.George Viola BSEE from American Plating Power
January 2018
Tri-Chrome in Hard Chrome. Adam Blakeley, MacDermid Enthone.
