Cadmium and the Need for Alternatives in Aviation

As we unpack from MRO Americas, going through our flyers, business cards, and tchotchkes allows us time to reflect on the information we gathered and the contacts we met. Here at SIFCO, the resounding theme, that our team noticed, was that of Cadmium Replacements and the need for environmentally friendly maintenance alternatives in the aerospace […]


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Bus Connections: Why localized silver plated deposits make sense

In the electric industry, optimizing power flow is a primary concern for the generation, transmission and distribution processes. The key is providing and maintaining low resistance conductive joints through silver plated deposits. Field experience and laboratory studies have shown that this is especially true in the case of bus bars and bolted high current connections. […]


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Brush Plating in the Marine Industry

Brush plating is an out-of-tank process used to apply electroplated deposits onto localized areas of worn or damaged shipboard components to resize and repair, or to improve the performance of those areas. This portable plating process provides a unique alternative to repair methods such as flame spray and welding when deposit thicknesses ranging from a […]


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Brush Plating Cad Alternatives

Suitable for a comprehensive array of aerospace equipment, including airframes and engines, electronic housings, landing gear, turbine blades, actuators, bearing journals, bushing bores, flap tracks and axles, the SIFCO Process® can be used for a range of applications, including: • Corrosion Protection. With low hydrogen embrittlement and no baking required, repairs can be made in […]


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Anodizing for Aerospace

The aerospace industry is a demanding market. Requiring advanced deposits which are applied consistently for each repair or OEM application. Many times, a critical area of the component is the inside diameter (ID). During tank anodizing, the inside and outside diameters (OD) do not build at the same rate. Often, the OD will meet thickness […]


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Alternatives to Hard Chrome Plating

Hard chrome plating has been the go-to solution for manufacturers for more than six decades for the aerospace industry. However, the health and environmental concerns of this commonly-used deposit are well known – and with legislation in Europe bringing the reign of hard chrome plating to an end – engineers and site managers need to […]


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Advancements in Brush Plated Metal Matrix Composites

Finding safer, eco-friendly alternatives to hard chrome plating has been a main driver of brush electroplating research for the last decade. Brush plating, or selective plating, is a localized electrodeposition technique that does not require the use of tanks and is characterized by the use of a brush to deliver solution to the cathodes. Alternative […]


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A day in the life of a SIFCO ASC Plating Technician

At SIFCO ASC our engineers are at the heart of what we do, and for them, no single day is ever the same. To really understand what it’s like to be a SIFCO ASC engineer, we caught up with Tom Gregg, Jr. who shared insights about his role and why he’s so passionate about his […]


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6 Reasons Why Shipyards Should Consider Selective Plating

Derek Vanek,Technical Manager at SIFCO ASC, explains how shipyards can put key technologies in the dock which offer speed, portability and efficiency. For those in the shipbuilding industry, salt water and generally harsh operating conditions make repairs a constant and inevitable fact of marine life. Causing corrosion and damage to critical components such as pumps, […]


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10 Things You Need to Know About Cadmium Replacements

For years, cadmium has been the solution of choice for corrosion protection and repairs in the aerospace sector. However, as the industry knows, it’s damaging to the environment and toxic to humans, and so it is slowly being phased out. But when will it happen, and what will take its place? We conducted a survey […]


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