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Category: "Plant & Process Engineering, Construction"
61697. Shop suddenly plagued with process problems RFQ: Florida - July 31
61685. Plating Is Thinner at Same Amp-Hours than Historically. Current Leak to Ground? - July 8
2077. Alternate cathode materials for anodizing tanks - June 28
27638. Production of silver potassium cyanide from silver nitrate - January 23
17769. Long parts bend during barrel plating - November 21 Inquirer often helps others, so especially deserves our help
61606. Ampacity & sizing of Aluminium busbar - November 21
61586. Will the low conductivity of Titanium be a problem? - October 18
3254. Need 20 Liter divided electroplating tank with an Anion membrane RFQ open to all, Palm Springs, CA - October 16
2995. Chilling of temporary anodising bath on the cheap - September 18
61573. Chem supplier for small biz RFQ open to all, Alpine, CA - September 15
• Heating open-top tanks Q&A - September 2
• Does DM water have lesser heat transfer properties? open Q. - September 1
• Manganese Phosphate Bath Heating and Sludge Control open Q. - July 29
• Titanium Steam Coil in lead lined Anodic tank open Q. - July 11 Inquirer often helps others, so especially deserves our help
• FRP to protect "tub" from hot temperatures, pressure, rust and leaking? - June 28
• Avoiding Tank Overflows in Plating Shop - June 28
• Sprinklers required for powder coating? - June 25
• Build hard chrome plating plant for rifled barrels RFQ: Bangalore - May 23
• Shot Blasting - Dust Collector Problems open Q. - April 28
• Electroless nickel plating tanks: Protection of stainless steel from plate-out open Q. - April 18
• Exhaust methods & calculations for plating tanks open Q. - April 17
• Passivating electroless nickel tanks; anodic protection systems - March 1
• Chemical cleaning of boilers and inhibitors open Q. - February 26
• Concrete tank for zinc phosphate? - February 23
• Designing a Copper Refining Plant open Q. - February 19
• Hydrogen "Explosions" in Plating, Anodizing open Q. - February 8
• Titanium anode baskets get copper buildup in Rochelle Copper Plating - February 3
• Need design assistance on French process zinc oxide furnace RFQ: So. Africa - January 16
• 2% sulfuric Acid in 316SS tank is turning green & smutty during Aluminium pickling - November 15
• Best way to remove lining from Chrome tank - October 14
• Need Anode Baskets for Silver Plating RFQ Watertown TN - September 7
• Looking for small custom titanium anode baskets RFQ Guatamala - June 7
• Sludge buildup in phosphating piping - June 3
• Heating/cooling coil material for chrome plating - May 20
• Sodium hypochlorite (bleach) piping problems - May 19
• Maximum safe watt density for zinc plating solution heating - May 10
• Passivating electroless nickel tanks; anodic protection - May 3
• Heating and Cooling of Chrome Plating Tanks RFQ: SP, Brazil - May 2
• Ideal Sequence for Alkaline Zinc Plating - May 2
• Hard Anodize Tank Design - March 25 Inquirer often helps others, so especially deserves our help
• Sodium Dichromate Seal Tank Liner Materials and a compatible filter (February 9) Inquirer often helps others, so especially deserves our help
• Water Evaporation Estimates at Sub-freezing Temperature (February 3)