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The Brush Plating Repair Approval Process in Aerospace: A Review
Every day the skies host thousands of flights consisting of aircrafts both small and large carrying up to 800 passengers to their desired destinations. As the fleet size increases, the need for regularly scheduled overhaul, repair and OEM maintenance skyrockets. For several decades, selective brush plating has been an approved process in aircraft maintenance by […]
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Tank Chromium Part II: What are my alternatives?
Do you used hard chromium? Did you know certain brush plating deposits have similar deposit properties of hard chromium and if properly matched with the right type of application, can serve as viable alternatives. Applications specifying hard chromium plating should be evaluated on a case by case basis to determine if hard chromium is absolutely […]
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Taking the Mask Off of Labor Rates
When completing selective plating repair applications, each component may have multiple areas to mask. In a recent engine block repair in the Automotive industry, 200 components needed .002” of nickel to re-size oversized cylinder bores. While the bores needed minimal plating, each area needed layers of masking material to catch the solution and direct it […]
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Taking Off: Fully Automated Selective Nickel Plating
Demanding aerospace operating conditions present continual surface finishing challenges for manufacturers. Components need to be able to withstand friction, extreme temperatures and corrosive environments while continuing to operate at optimum levels. For Safran Landing Systems, one particular challenge came in the form of a landing gear bogie beam design. Landing gear design includes a stop-pad […]
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Surface Engineering for Sustainable Manufacturing and Remanufacturing
Component restoration through surface engineering prolongs service life, improves part performance, reduces investment, saves energy, conserves materials and reduces environmental impact. Brush plating is a surface engineering technology that promotes sustainable manufacturing by reducing waste production, materials and energy consumption, and also provides an economic benefit. Join us at 12pm on Wednesday, June 6 at […]
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Strong Bonds: Mechanical vs. Atomic
In honor of Valentine’s Day, we’ve re-posted last year’s article on bonds. “Love is the bond of perfection.” – John Winthrop Fortunately, since we can’t seem to get 2 adjacent surface materials to love one another; a surface bond can be achieved 2 other ways: mechanically and atomically. And the quality of the bond is […]
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Stop Losing Steam Over Prolonged Downtime
Derek Vanek, technical manager at SIFCO ASC, looks into how the marine industry can decrease costs and reduce downtime using selective plating methods as an alternative to disassembling components for repair. Typical component problems and issues can include; fretting or wear on bearings fits and flanges due to continuous vibration, extensive wear on bearing cap […]
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SIFCO ASC to present on automated plating systems at SUR/FIN®
SIFCO Applied Surface Concepts (ASC), the world’s leading supplier of selective plating technology, will be presenting its automated plating systems at the SUR/FIN® Manufacturing & Technology Trade Show & Conference. The team will be exhibiting its automated system’s ability to improve production efficiency, increase process control and reduce costs in surface finishing operations. With automation […]
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SIFCO ASC Receives Certificate of Product Design Assessment Confirmation by the American Bureau of Shipping
SIFCO Applied Surface Concepts has received an American Bureau of Shipping (ABS) Product Design Assessment (PDA) for its SIFCO Process® of selective plating. This designation indicates that a technical evaluation of the SIFCO Process® has proven to be in accordance with the ABS Rules and specified, acceptable standards. An ABS PDA reduces the turnaround time […]
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SIFCO ASC Builds Hands for Those in Need
In the spirit of the holidays, like most companies, SIFCO ASC holds an annual luncheon to celebrate to our employees and our yearly accomplishments. But this year we decided to do something different. We not only wanted to celebrate the season, but we also wanted to give back to those in need. SIFCO ASC partnered […]
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