Topics: Casting, Molding, Machining : Plating and Metal Finishing
This category and its subcategories cover the wide range of services involved in giving metal and non metal surfaces, products, and components a protective, decorative, or, in some cases, specially required finish. It embraces a variety of plating, coating, polishing, and special purpose processes, the providers of which are indexed under whichever heading can be seen (or at least considered) to best reflect each company's business focus. Note: There are some fine distinctions among the variety of plating, coating, and finishing processes and end results, with companies offering all (or most) of them or limiting themselves to some -- or even a single one -- of them. To best sort out the differences, sites are allocated in one of two ways. On the one hand, a company's obvious emphasis on one type of process (e.g. Anodizing or Chrome or Galvanizing) will put it into an appropriately specific category. On the other hand, a company that runs the gamut of several processes (as, in fact, the greater number of firms do) will place it in either this main category (to reflect involvement in both Plating and Coating, for example) or the main Plating one (in recognition that the capabilities are wide rather than narrow ranging).
Anodizing
This category covers sites related to anodizing, an electrochemical process primarily applied to provide aluminum surfaces and products with a variety of protective finishes and properties.
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Chrome
Hard chrome is a popular form of plating and is usually available in a variety of thicknesses and for a wide range of surfaces and products.
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Galvanizing
This category covers sites concerned with providing steel surfaces and products with a protective zinc coating, usually through a hot dip process.
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Plating
This category covers the wide range of plating services designed to provide protection against corrosion, an increase in physical properties (such as hardness), and some kind of decorative finish to metal and nonmetal products.
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Polishing, Buffing and Grinding
This category covers the range of finishing obtained by such processes as grinding and buffing.
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