We're 100% devoted to making sure we bring to your manufacturing process only the safest and most tested solutions. To ensure you're working in the cleanest and safest environments, we've developed a wide variety of blogs- written by our industry experts- for use in the every day administration of your plant. Let's look at a few of the most useful resources we've created so you'll have a quick, one-stop catalog of topics to pick from: How to Keep Your Shop Clean One of our more recent posts, this blog walks you through the common mishaps and dangers a dirt plant can present. It includes … [Read more...]
March 25, 2014 By
How to Keep Your Shop Clean
Cleaning the floors and tables in your shops is a chore you should not continue putting off and putting off until it feels like the space will never be clean again. The fact that you are able to produce good parts in a messy work space doesn't justify anything. Dirty shops will cost you in several ways: The mess can cause accidents causing employees to miss work. The dirt can contaminate parts prior to and following plating which affects the baths and ultimately the final product. Create negative opinions of your business as potential clients evaluate you and your ability to take … [Read more...]
February 7, 2014 By
Rinsing
Many processed chemicals are not compatible and may cause contamination if mixed. If your process uses chemicals which are not compatible, rinsing is required between steps in the process. For example, alkaline cleaners must be thoroughly rinsed before entering acid activation to ensure no solids are formed causing adhesion issues in plating. The main purpose of rinsing between chemical processes is to protect the subsequent chemical process from contamination by the previous chemical process. Rinsing may also be used as the final step step to remove chemical residues prior to drying. … [Read more...]
January 15, 2014 By
Electrolytic Stripping – a “Greener” Alternative to Immersion Stripping
With the environmental pressures being placed on metal finishers today, finding “greener” technologies that are more environmentally friendly and cost effective is a big focus. The solution chemistry (or pH) can be of alkaline (> 7.0), acidic (< 7.0) or neutral (= 7.0) in nature. Although chemical immersion strippers are most widely used today, electrolytic stripping is gaining more popularity. Chemical immersion strippers have a limited bath life. Acidic strippers, such as mineral acids (i.e.- nitric acid, etc.) are tenacious on racks, causing dehydration of the plastisol coating … [Read more...]
January 7, 2014 By
How to Choose the Right Cleaner
We all want the best least expensive cleaner to do our cleaning job. The question is: What cleaner works and meets all my needs on my nickel plating line? When comparing cleaners you need to make sure that you are doing a complete and thorough comparison. Several things must be evaluated to determine a complete picture. First you must understand and know what you are cleaning: The base metal Soils to be removed Time allowed Temperature allowed Rack or barrel Concentration Waste treatment requirements Makeup and dump schedule Makeup investment Use … [Read more...]
December 1, 2013 By
Basics of Alkaline Cleaning
Cleaning is the most important phase of metal working, fabricating and finishing. A clean surface is the critical foundation for subsequent operations. Alkaline cleaning is the mainstay of industrial cleaning. Cleaners are many in number and vary in type and formulation. Working solutions of alkaline cleaners may employ both physical and chemical actions. Proprietary alkaline cleaners are specifically formulated chemical blends. These products typically consist of alkaline builder salts, surfactants, emulsifiers and chelators. … [Read more...]
November 7, 2013 By
Simple Comparison for Cleaners
We all want the best least expensive cleaner to do our cleaning job. The question is, what cleaner works and meets all my needs on my nickel plating line? When comparing cleaners, how do you make sure that you are doing a complete and thorough comparison? Several things must be evaluated to determine a complete picture. First, you must understand and know what you are cleaning: The base metal, soils to be removed, time allowed, temperature allowed, rack or barrel, concentration, waste treatment requirements, makeup and dump schedule, makeup investment, and use investment. Following the basics … [Read more...]
October 21, 2013 By
Effective Manufacturing Parts Cleaning
Parts washing and coating pretreatment is an integral part of many manufacturing operations across the U.S. today. Typically if the part is going to be welded, coated, assembled, or shipped "as is," the greases, lubricants, coolants, and oils from the previous step must be removed to ensure effective future process success. Sometimes the pretreatment step is an afterthought, or an effective full assessment has never been performed to determine what is the best pretreatment chemistry for your process. How do you choose the best pretreatment chemistry? Many times the existing cleaning … [Read more...]
September 17, 2013 By
Benchbrite NI-545 S
BENCHBRITE NI-545 S is an index based single additive process for bright nickel plating of both ferrous and non-ferrous metals. This nickel process will produce bright deposits with excellent leveling, ductility, and receptivity to hexavalent chromium plating in low current density areas. BENCHBRITE NI-545 S is a single additive process normally maintained with one addition agent and operates effectively over a wide solution composition range. This nickel process is ideal for the day to day high volume production yet you have a simple operation and control of the nickel plating … [Read more...]
September 9, 2013 By
Prepicilin, The Cure for Platitosis!
No more ugly blisters, telltale peeling or adhesion failures. This advanced process ensures you will have the pretreatment system to run clean parts through your finishing system. Call 1.800.428.0719 for Prepicilin Therapy! … [Read more...]