by Coating Technologies | May 3, 2017 | News & Editorial
By Ken Mantle CEF-2 Industries in the United States are subject to a variety of regulations from federal, state and local agencies. Certain industries inherently attract more regulation than others. Manufacturing and in particular, metal finishing, are subject to...
by Coating Technologies | Mar 13, 2017 | NP3 / Electroless Nickel PTFE
By Ken Mantle, CEF-2 Electroless nickel plating, is a plating process in which a chemical replaces electrical current to reduce nickel ions to metallic nickel. This technique is actually called auto-catalytic plating. The plating of metallic nickel from an aqueous...
by Coating Technologies | Feb 20, 2017 | Blackening of Stainless Steel
Stainless steel alloys are used extensively for the manufacture of components for a variety of industries including; aircraft, firearms, automotive and architectural. Stainless steels inherent characteristics of strength and corrosion resistance make this metal an...
by Coating Technologies | Feb 12, 2017 | Uncategorized
As a follow up to our recent article on the CEF Designation for Metal Finishers we are posting a three part article on the history of training programs for the metal finishing industry. The article was written by Master Surface Finisher and AESF Fellow, Mr. Frank...
by Coating Technologies | Feb 6, 2017 | Uncategorized
As a follow up to our recent article on the CEF Designation for Metal Finishers we are posting a three part article on the history of training programs for the metal finishing industry. The article was written by Master Surface Finisher and AESF Fellow, Mr. Frank...