2007-08-25T05:10:35Z PunBB http://www.finishingtalk.com/community/topic424$2.html Bob! Nice to have you as a member on our forums, I'm sure you'll fit right in. Be sure to post any questions if you have some and lend any advice if your able to. I hope to see more of you in the near future. zurv 2007-08-25T05:10:35Z http://www.finishingtalk.com/community/post953.html#p953 As I indicated we are not really doing a lot of aircraft/aerospace work right now. But my understanding is that there is a mandate to eliminate Hexavalent Chromate Conversion Coatings. I think this partly due to the work the Navy has done in the development of the Trivalent Chromium Conversion Coatings. On the commercial side our customers are just about all wanting the Trivalent Conversion Coating to meet the ROHS Compliance Issue. I suspect this will soon be industry wide, Hexavalent Chromium Coatings will become a thing of the past. Since the Trivalent Chromium Conversion Coatings are now meeting the Salt Spray Requirements of Mil-DTL-5541 (Formerly Mil-C-5541) and are now on the QQPL. The only thing I have not figured out yet is how they are going to find a replacement for the Sodium Dichromate Seal for anodize. I don't think there is a good seal to take its place. Bob Davis RobtDvs 2007-08-21T17:45:31Z http://www.finishingtalk.com/community/post937.html#p937 "3" [url="http://www.southernmetalfinishing.com/"][img]http://www.southernmetalfinishing.com/htmlarea/uploaded/Image/smf1.jpg[/img][/url] Southern Metal Finishing 2007-08-21T17:02:43Z http://www.finishingtalk.com/community/post936.html#p936 Hello every one! I am new to this forum, but I like what I have seen so far. I have been in Metal Finishing for 20+ Years. Most of this has been as a Chemist for a small Metal Finishing Company which specialized in the Metal Finishing of aircraft/aerospace hardware. I now work for another small company, Mid West Metal Finishing. We do mostly commercial work for now. But we are a growing company that is planning a major expansion. In the future we plan to add aircraft/aerospace work to our list of work we do. This keeps me busy, since I am now the Quality Assurance Manager. Bob Davis [email]mwmf@fidnet.com[/email] RobtDvs 2007-08-21T16:41:20Z http://www.finishingtalk.com/community/post935.html#p935