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- - - - Process removes the iron contamination and forms a protective, passive film
      - Most common passivation solution is made up with Nitric Acid
    - - Several combinations of Passivation Solutions can be used depending on the type of Stainless Steel
    - - Passivation Solution
      - Nictric Acid
      - Free Iron Removal
  - - - Very ductile
      - excellent solder-ability and electrical conductivity properties
    - - worldwide
    - - Machine shops
      - End users
    - - Used in O&G industry on high allow threaded parts (coating of choice for this application)
      - uses as a base layer for additional plating
      - Used for selective masking before heat treating
    - - After plating, it has bright copper finish yet it can still be easily machined.
    - - Can handle volume production run of coupling to Range III pipe
    - - anti-galling (prevents cross threading from happening)
      - Premium threads/ licenses
        
        Hunting
        
        VAM
        
        Tenaris
        
        JFE Steel
      - Friction reducing
      - cross threading elimination (anti-galling meaning)
    - - 99.5% oil and gas
  - - - Provides very uniform coating
      - good choice for parts with deep recesses and blind holes
    - - US/ major shale plays
    - - Mostly oil and gas
    - - autocatalytic plating process- it relies on a catalytic reaction in the bath instead of a electricity to coat metal (or rather than the application of electrical current)
      - Wide application range
      - good plungers, frac sleeves, valves, internals (because high bearing loads and friction
    - - wear resistance coating
      - corrosion resistance
  - - - excellent electrical and thermal conductivity
      - good lubricity; good solder-ability characteristics
      - High electrical conductivity of all metals
    - - Best suited for engineering purposes for high electrical and thermal conductivity, wear resistance of lead bearing surfaces, good corrosions resistant, good solder-ability, and other applications
      - oilfield uses it on metal seal applications and gaskets
    - - good in high-pressure applications
    - - offers rack and barrel plating (how we process/ apply the plating) of small parts as well as rack (a little more precise process of plating than barrel) (barrel is a little more for the economics plating large parts up to 12 feel in length (high volume production runs))
    - - conductive
      - busbar/bussbar plating (only people within 1000 miles that do it)
      - thrust washers
      - bearing sleeves
      - ring gaskets
      - RTJs
      - Fittings
    - - Power Gen
        
        product line 1
        
        for conductivity; low contact resistance
      - Oil and Gas
        
        product line 2
        
        bus bar plating
      - Widely used in the electrical industry
  - - - connectors
      - printed circuits
      - transistors
      - integrated circuits
      - oilfield (more sealing applications) gold rings for oilfield
    - - offer rack, barrel and vibratory barrel plating
    - - connectors or contact pins
      - metal seals
      - electronic chassis
      - copper nickel gold- three different plating process
    - - electronics industry
      - oil and gas
  - - - Excellent solder-ability characteristics; Ductile metal whose major application is to impart solder-ability; very ductile
      - Allow tin plated metals to be formed into shapes without damage to the plating; General good covering over a wide array of shapes
    - - Useful coating in the food service industry since it is non-toxic
      - historically utilized for its combined corrosion protection and conductivity in electrical/ aerospace applications
    - - Silver colored
    - - offers both bright and matte tin plating processes; acid tin and alkaline tin plating; both bright and matte tin plating process
    - - powergen- busbar
      - electrical
      - conductivity
      - alkaline tin
    - - Power Gen- busbar
      - Electrical
  - - - Extra corrosion protection can be achieved by applying a chromate conversion coating over the zinc plating
    - - soft, decorative, corrosion resistant finish
      - Chromate films are very thin and do not add any measurable thickness to the overall plating
    - - offers rack and barrel plating methods
  - - - Good corrosion protection
      - characteristics of the deposit make it an excellent choice for mechanical applications
    - - Bright nichel plating utilizing the watts formulation
      - Smooth and lustrous finish
      - Bright nickel is widely used as an undercoating for precious metals plating
  - - - Development program of the Clear-Plate anti-galling technology was initially intended to produce a harder, alloy coating which would be more resistant to pin distribution than traditional cooper plating treatments
      - Early versions produced impressive results in the reduction of galling incidence and the product has now been further developed to deliver an ultra-low gall plating which can be run without the use of dope
    - - ZERO OCTG related contamination of down hole equipment
      - ZERO OCTG related contamination of the well/ formation
      - high gall resistance and friction reduction at point of makeup (without dope)
      - Removal of onshore and offshore thread cleaning and preparation time/cost
      - Advanced, connection life-cycle corrosion protection
      - Minimized residual environment impact, maximized component rey-cycling
      - similar properties to copper (anti-galling)
      - 1 of 3 people to do it in the world
      - reduce thichness
      - reduce drag
  - - - Allows a more specialized coating to be selected per application
    - - Usually applied to steel parts to produce a fine crystalline pattern which creates more surface area on the part which provides for a better adhesion of a subsequent coating
    - - Made up of thin crystalline layers of phosphate compounds that adhere to the surface of the metal substrate
      - Phosphate crystals are porous and can be formed from zinc or manganese phosphate solutions
      - Coatings have different properties such as crystal size and coating thickness
      - Coatings are usually applied to carbon steel, low-alloy steel and cast iron
    - - Can handle extremely large parts up to 16,000 Ibs
    - - oil and gas- threading, couplings(for copper, too), pistons
      - zinc phosphate
  - - - High corrosion resistance
    - - A CAD replacement- keyword/alternative to CAD spray metal (CAD is more dangerous and are switching to zinc nickel)
  - - - provides some corrosion protection which can be enhanced by adding a protective oil coating
    - - produces minimal (.0005") change to the part being coated
- - - - Also known as expected life at the bottom of the ocean is well past 20 years
      - Easily applied
    - - can be coated and shipped in a fast timeframe vs. epoxies
      - widely used on risers, bridges, and in petrochemical plants around the world
    - - Can handle production risers, drilling risers, and offer on-site applications
    - - arc spray
      - thermal spray aluminum
      - slame spray
      - TSA
      - M501
      - NORSOK
      - Metalization
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  - - - Xylan
        
        Xylan coatings are especially suited for seal surfaces, threaded connections and sliding surfaces subject to high loads
        
        Xylan provides corrosion resistance and will withstand a wide range of operating temperatures
        
        Lubricity and corrosion resistance
      - Molybdenum disulfide
        
        Molybdenum Disulfide is a sprayed coating applied primarily for the purposes of lubricating threaded steel parts and to keep mating parts from galling
        
        Molybdenum and xylan are for more dynamic/ moving parts; for parts that need lubricity for assembly and disassenbly
      - Epoxy
        
        our 3 coat epoxy system for subsea application provides corrosion protection for steel components, consisting of an inorganic zinc primer with 2 subsequent coatings of a low VOC epoxy
        
        Molybdenum and xylan are for more dynamic/ moving parts; for parts that need lubricity for assembly and disassembly
        
        15-20 times thicker than xylan and moly
    - - licensed to apply SermaGard Coatings
    - - Xylan
      - Whitford
        
        manufacturer of Xylan
        
        has recommended coater program; S+S is a whitford recommended coater
      - NORSOK (would apply for Epoxy)
      - Xylan Series
        
        1010
        
        1052
        
        1070
        
        1400
        
        1391
        
        1420
        
        1424
        
        1425
        
        1014
      - Everslik
        
        1201
        
        1301
      - API 20E
  - - - provides some corrosion protection which can be enhanced by adding a protective oil coating
    - - produces minimal (.0005") change to the part being coated
  - - - Sandblasting is types of abrasives used are glass beads, aluminum oxide, and shot peen; automations- automated pipe blasting line
        
        Shot peen- need to highlight; people look for this solution specifically
    - - HAs a controlled blast room to accommodate all atmospheric conditions
    - - Blasting
      - Sandblasting
      - oil and gas- blasting is done for surface preparation for other processes
        
        but we will also blast equipment to repair equipment/ for cost-cutting measures
        
        For example: fluid ends came in and we blasted them, sent them back to the machine shop, and rebuilt them for use
      - Shot peen
        
        instead of using abrasive material you are actually using steel shot; used when you have a geometry in a part and its used to relieve stress on the part
        
        Stress relief
        
        almen strip
        
        almen intensity
      - Glass Bleed
      - Sugar Blast
      - Peening
      - API 20E
    - - Houston
      - LA (specifically for shot peen)
      - Canada- did have company in Canada sen them parts for blasting because they were sending to GE; no longer getting these parts because they dont have the work
    - - Oil and gas
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- - - - Owns truck for freight (oversize 18 wheelers/ 90 ft trucks)
      - offers inspection services
      - prep to ship
      - Not maximizing their space when they have to service the OEM; only utilizing 60 percent of their truck load
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