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electrostatically sprayable liquid; a capillary structure, which comprises a hollow tube having a convoluted inner surface and being formed of a polymeric material impermeable to the liquid; and means for applying high voltage to the liquid in order to cause the liquid to be projected from the atomization tip as one or more ligaments and t h e r e a f t e r to br e a k up into a p l u r a l i t y of e l e c t r i c a l l y charged droplets. PREHEATER FOR THERMAL OXIDIZERS
U.S. Patent 5,810,581. Sept. 22, 1998 G. Martin and D. Chiles, assignors to Smith Engineering Co., Ontario, Calif. A m e t h o d for processing one or more gas s t r e a m s containing pall u t a n t s using a t h e r m a l oxidizer employing a h e a t e x c h a n g e r and an oxidation chamber, comprising mixing a m b i e n t air with a h e a t e d gas s t r e a m from the oxidation c h a m b e r to form a cooler i n t e r m e d i a t e gas s t r eam ; mixing t h e i n t e r m e d i a t e gas s t r e a m with an inlet gas s t r e a m to be p r o c e s s e d by t h e o x i d i z e r , to fo rm a r e s u l t i n g gas s t r e a m , which has a t e m p e r a t u r e sufficient to s u b s t a n t i a l l y el i m i na t e the condensation of organic or inorganic compounds prior to directing the r es u lt i ng gas s t r e a m into th e t h e r m a l oxidizer; and directing a t r e a t e d gas s t r e a m exiting t h e t h e r m a l oxidizer for f u r t h e r processing or releasing it to atmo s p h er e. ACTIVATING SOLUTION FOR ELECTROLESS P L A T I N G
U.S. Patent 5,810,913. Sept. 22, 1998 O. Kanoh and A. Senda, assignors to Muratct Manufacturing Co. Ltd., Kyoto, Japan A hydrophilic activating catalytic solution for electroless pl a t i ng comprising copper oxalate, palladium salt, and an alkaline solution.
METAL BRIGHTENING COMPOSITION
U.S. Patent 5,810,9,38. Sept. 22, 1998 D.P. Murphy, assignor to Heake! Corp., Plymouth Meeting, Pa.
A process of brightening an unpainted dulled metal surface, which is in a fixed spatial position with respect to at least one glass surface, by contacting with an aqueous liquid brightening composition t hat comprises water and H F 2 ions not provided directly by hydrogen fluoride or it,s aqueous solutions; and a component of acid(s) with a higher ionization constant, t h a n H F 2 ions, said aqueous liquid brightening comp o s i t i o n not c o m p r i s i n g m o r e t h a n 10c~ of hydrochloric acid. STEEL P I C K L I N G P R O C E S S
U.S. Patent 5,810,939. Sept. 22, 1998 C. Angel eta/., assignors to EKA Chemicals AB, Babus, Sweden A method for pickling steel comprising spraying pickling solution onto steel, the pickling solution containing Fe 2~ and Fe :~ ions from a conduit; collecting t he s p r a y e d pickling solution in a vessel connected to t he conduit; and continuously circulating the collected pickling solution to reg e n e r a t e the pickling solution by oxidizing at least a portion of the Fe ~ ions in the collected pickling solution to Fe :~'~ ions by supplying hydrogen peroxide to the collected pickling solution in the conduit.
undissolved materials; adding zinc metal to form a second product solution; and adding hydrochloric acid and one or more compounds selected from the group c o n s i s t i n g of NH4C1, NH:~, or NH4OH to the second product solution resulting in the formation of zinc a m m o n i u m chloride complex salts for use as zinc ammonium chloride galvanizing fluxes. C O B A L T S P U T T E R I N G TARGET
U.S. Patent 5,810,983. Sept. 22, 1998 Y. Shindo and T. Suzuki, assignors to Japan Energy Corp., Tokyo
A high-purity cobalt s p u t t e r i n g target wherein Na content is 0.05 ppm or less; K content is 0.05 ppm or less; Fe content is 1 ppm or less; Ni content is 1 ppm or less; Cr content is 1 ppm or less; U
GALVANIZING FLUX
U.S. Patent 5,810,946. Sept. 22, 1998 M.W. Cadal, y and A.S. Myerson, assignors to Metals Recy('lb~g Technologies Corp., Atlanta A method tbr the production of zinc a m m o n i u m chloride galvanizing fluxes from waste materials comprising zinc compounds comprising t reat i ng with an ammonium chloride solution to form a first product solution, which comprises (NH:,)2ZnC12 and a first Circle 009 on reader information card
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content is 0.01 ppb or less; Th content is 0.01 ppb or less; C content is 50 ppm or less; and O content is 100 ppm or less, the balance being cobalt and unavoidable impurities. ELECTHOPHORnlC C O A T I N G OF S M A L L I T E M S
U.S. Patent 5,810,987. Sept. 22, 1998
C. Opitz, assignor to SEP Gesellschaft fur technische Studien Entwicklung Planung mbH, Munchen, Germany
A method for electrophoretic dip coating of items having an electrically conducting surface, which comprises placing the items to be coated in a single layer onto a support, in the form of a single conveyor belt; immersing the support and the items to be coated into an aqueous electrodip bath and electrodepositing a surface coating on the items; at least once during the immersion changing the surface contact locations between the items to be coated and the surface contact locations; removing the coated items from the bath; rinsing the coated items; and baking the coated and rinsed items. PLATING AND FINISHING A C Y L I N D E R BORE
U.S. Patent 5,810,990. Sept. 22, 1998 H. Ikegaya, assignor to Yamaha Hatsudoki KK, Iwata, Japan
A continuous method for plating and finishing a cylinder block having at least one cylinder bore, comprising the steps of plating s u b s t a n t i a l l y only the cylinder bore of the cylinder block by flowing plating liquid across the surface of the cylinder bore and applying an electrical potential t h e r e b y generating h e a t in the cylinder block to raise its temperature substantially above atm o s p h e r i c t e m p e r a t u r e , force cooling the cylinder block immediately after plating to substantially atmospheric t e m p e r a t u r e s and finish honing the plated cylinder bore immediately after the plating and cooling steps and in substantially the same area that was plated, said continuous method being carried out on an assembly line. Z I N C - E L E C T R O P L A T E D STEEL SHEET
U.S. Patent 5,810,991. Sept. 22, 1998 T. Urakawa et al., assignors to NKK Corp., Tokyo
A :method for producing a zincelectroplated s h e e t comprising depositing tin, as a tin layer, in an a m o u n t of from 0.5 to 8 mg/m ~ on a steel sheet by pickling the steel sheet with a tin containing pickling solution; and zinc-electroplating the pickled steel sheet.
E L E C T R O P L A T I N G OF IRON-COBALT ALLOY ONTO ALUMINUM
U.S. Patent 5,810,992. Sept. 22, 1998 S. Troup-Paekman, assignor to Hughes Electronics Corp., El Segundo, Calif.
A method of increasing hardness and minimizing brittleness of an iron-cobalt alloy plating on an aluminum alloy s u b s t r a t e comprising plating on the aluminum alloy substrate a layer of nickel from an electroless nickel bath, said nickel layer having a thickness within a range of 0.00002 to 0.00004 in.; and electroplating a layer of iron-cobalt alloy from an iron-cobalt electroplating bath, said iron-cobalt alloy layer having a thickness within the range of 0.0005 to 0.002 in., said ironcobalt alloy electroplating bath comprising an aqueous solution of 300 to 400 g/L of ferrous methanesulfonate, 40 to 50 g/L of cobalt(II) methanesulfonate, and 1 to 3 g/L ascorbic acid. A P P A R A T U S FOR ELECTROSTATIC POWDER COATING
U.S. Patent 5,811,158. Sept. 22, 1998 S. Yasuda et al., assignors to Kao Corp., Tokyo
An electrostatic powder coating method performed by use of an electrostatic powder coating apparatus that has a body, plural
Anodic Coating Defects - Their Causes and Cures
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This book provides guidelines and e xa mpl e s for troubleshooting defects in anodic coatings. 1tere one finds a photo a nd description of each defect (for instance, fine pitting) with a remedy for curing it; a simple and straightforward approach to problem-solving. S e n d O r d e r s to: METAL FINISHING 660 White Plains Rd., Tarrytown, NY 10591-5153 For faster service, call (914) 333-2578 or FAX your order to (914) 333-2570 All t×,~k orders must be prepaid. Please include $5.00 shipping and handling for delivery of each b(x~k via UPS in the U.S., $10.00 for each b(x)k shipped express to Canada; and $20.00 for each b(x~k shipped express to all other countries.
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U.S. Patent 5,810,581. Sept. 22, 1998 G. Martin and D. Chiles, assignors to Smith Engineering Co., Ontario, Calif. A m e t h o d for processing one or more gas s t r e a m s containing pall u t a n t s using a t h e r m a l oxidizer employing a h e a t e x c h a n g e r and an oxidation chamber, comprising mixing a m b i e n t air with a h e a t e d gas s t r e a m from the oxidation c h a m b e r to form a cooler i n t e r m e d i a t e gas s t r eam ; mixing t h e i n t e r m e d i a t e gas s t r e a m with an inlet gas s t r e a m to be p r o c e s s e d by t h e o x i d i z e r , to fo rm a r e s u l t i n g gas s t r e a m , which has a t e m p e r a t u r e sufficient to s u b s t a n t i a l l y el i m i na t e the condensation of organic or inorganic compounds prior to directing the r es u lt i ng gas s t r e a m into th e t h e r m a l oxidizer; and directing a t r e a t e d gas s t r e a m exiting t h e t h e r m a l oxidizer for f u r t h e r processing or releasing it to atmo s p h er e. ACTIVATING SOLUTION FOR ELECTROLESS P L A T I N G
U.S. Patent 5,810,913. Sept. 22, 1998 O. Kanoh and A. Senda, assignors to Muratct Manufacturing Co. Ltd., Kyoto, Japan A hydrophilic activating catalytic solution for electroless pl a t i ng comprising copper oxalate, palladium salt, and an alkaline solution.
METAL BRIGHTENING COMPOSITION
U.S. Patent 5,810,9,38. Sept. 22, 1998 D.P. Murphy, assignor to Heake! Corp., Plymouth Meeting, Pa.
A process of brightening an unpainted dulled metal surface, which is in a fixed spatial position with respect to at least one glass surface, by contacting with an aqueous liquid brightening composition t hat comprises water and H F 2 ions not provided directly by hydrogen fluoride or it,s aqueous solutions; and a component of acid(s) with a higher ionization constant, t h a n H F 2 ions, said aqueous liquid brightening comp o s i t i o n not c o m p r i s i n g m o r e t h a n 10c~ of hydrochloric acid. STEEL P I C K L I N G P R O C E S S
U.S. Patent 5,810,939. Sept. 22, 1998 C. Angel eta/., assignors to EKA Chemicals AB, Babus, Sweden A method for pickling steel comprising spraying pickling solution onto steel, the pickling solution containing Fe 2~ and Fe :~ ions from a conduit; collecting t he s p r a y e d pickling solution in a vessel connected to t he conduit; and continuously circulating the collected pickling solution to reg e n e r a t e the pickling solution by oxidizing at least a portion of the Fe ~ ions in the collected pickling solution to Fe :~'~ ions by supplying hydrogen peroxide to the collected pickling solution in the conduit.
undissolved materials; adding zinc metal to form a second product solution; and adding hydrochloric acid and one or more compounds selected from the group c o n s i s t i n g of NH4C1, NH:~, or NH4OH to the second product solution resulting in the formation of zinc a m m o n i u m chloride complex salts for use as zinc ammonium chloride galvanizing fluxes. C O B A L T S P U T T E R I N G TARGET
U.S. Patent 5,810,983. Sept. 22, 1998 Y. Shindo and T. Suzuki, assignors to Japan Energy Corp., Tokyo
A high-purity cobalt s p u t t e r i n g target wherein Na content is 0.05 ppm or less; K content is 0.05 ppm or less; Fe content is 1 ppm or less; Ni content is 1 ppm or less; Cr content is 1 ppm or less; U
GALVANIZING FLUX
U.S. Patent 5,810,946. Sept. 22, 1998 M.W. Cadal, y and A.S. Myerson, assignors to Metals Recy('lb~g Technologies Corp., Atlanta A method tbr the production of zinc a m m o n i u m chloride galvanizing fluxes from waste materials comprising zinc compounds comprising t reat i ng with an ammonium chloride solution to form a first product solution, which comprises (NH:,)2ZnC12 and a first Circle 009 on reader information card
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content is 0.01 ppb or less; Th content is 0.01 ppb or less; C content is 50 ppm or less; and O content is 100 ppm or less, the balance being cobalt and unavoidable impurities. ELECTHOPHORnlC C O A T I N G OF S M A L L I T E M S
U.S. Patent 5,810,987. Sept. 22, 1998
C. Opitz, assignor to SEP Gesellschaft fur technische Studien Entwicklung Planung mbH, Munchen, Germany
A method for electrophoretic dip coating of items having an electrically conducting surface, which comprises placing the items to be coated in a single layer onto a support, in the form of a single conveyor belt; immersing the support and the items to be coated into an aqueous electrodip bath and electrodepositing a surface coating on the items; at least once during the immersion changing the surface contact locations between the items to be coated and the surface contact locations; removing the coated items from the bath; rinsing the coated items; and baking the coated and rinsed items. PLATING AND FINISHING A C Y L I N D E R BORE
U.S. Patent 5,810,990. Sept. 22, 1998 H. Ikegaya, assignor to Yamaha Hatsudoki KK, Iwata, Japan
A continuous method for plating and finishing a cylinder block having at least one cylinder bore, comprising the steps of plating s u b s t a n t i a l l y only the cylinder bore of the cylinder block by flowing plating liquid across the surface of the cylinder bore and applying an electrical potential t h e r e b y generating h e a t in the cylinder block to raise its temperature substantially above atm o s p h e r i c t e m p e r a t u r e , force cooling the cylinder block immediately after plating to substantially atmospheric t e m p e r a t u r e s and finish honing the plated cylinder bore immediately after the plating and cooling steps and in substantially the same area that was plated, said continuous method being carried out on an assembly line. Z I N C - E L E C T R O P L A T E D STEEL SHEET
U.S. Patent 5,810,991. Sept. 22, 1998 T. Urakawa et al., assignors to NKK Corp., Tokyo
A :method for producing a zincelectroplated s h e e t comprising depositing tin, as a tin layer, in an a m o u n t of from 0.5 to 8 mg/m ~ on a steel sheet by pickling the steel sheet with a tin containing pickling solution; and zinc-electroplating the pickled steel sheet.
E L E C T R O P L A T I N G OF IRON-COBALT ALLOY ONTO ALUMINUM
U.S. Patent 5,810,992. Sept. 22, 1998 S. Troup-Paekman, assignor to Hughes Electronics Corp., El Segundo, Calif.
A method of increasing hardness and minimizing brittleness of an iron-cobalt alloy plating on an aluminum alloy s u b s t r a t e comprising plating on the aluminum alloy substrate a layer of nickel from an electroless nickel bath, said nickel layer having a thickness within a range of 0.00002 to 0.00004 in.; and electroplating a layer of iron-cobalt alloy from an iron-cobalt electroplating bath, said iron-cobalt alloy layer having a thickness within the range of 0.0005 to 0.002 in., said ironcobalt alloy electroplating bath comprising an aqueous solution of 300 to 400 g/L of ferrous methanesulfonate, 40 to 50 g/L of cobalt(II) methanesulfonate, and 1 to 3 g/L ascorbic acid. A P P A R A T U S FOR ELECTROSTATIC POWDER COATING
U.S. Patent 5,811,158. Sept. 22, 1998 S. Yasuda et al., assignors to Kao Corp., Tokyo
An electrostatic powder coating method performed by use of an electrostatic powder coating apparatus that has a body, plural
Anodic Coating Defects - Their Causes and Cures
Goodnature Dewatering Presses are B E T T E R than filter presses! • • • •
Less expensive! Higher cake solids! Shorter cycle times! Lower disposal costs!
• Discharges all cakes at once! • Handles varying batch sizes!
Typical electroplating installation results in weight and volume reductions of over 80% in a fraction of filter press cycle times.
Call or write today for your FREE catalog/
~ ) G o o d n a t u r e ProductS, Inc. PO Box 866, Dept. MF, Buffalo~NY 14240 Ph: 716-855-3325 Fx: 716-855-3328 www.goodnature.com
by A.W. Brace
168 p a g e s
$150.0(I
This book provides guidelines and e xa mpl e s for troubleshooting defects in anodic coatings. 1tere one finds a photo a nd description of each defect (for instance, fine pitting) with a remedy for curing it; a simple and straightforward approach to problem-solving. S e n d O r d e r s to: METAL FINISHING 660 White Plains Rd., Tarrytown, NY 10591-5153 For faster service, call (914) 333-2578 or FAX your order to (914) 333-2570 All t×,~k orders must be prepaid. Please include $5.00 shipping and handling for delivery of each b(x~k via UPS in the U.S., $10.00 for each b(x)k shipped express to Canada; and $20.00 for each b(x~k shipped express to all other countries.
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