Metal Finishing

Metal Improvement Company performs metal finishing services that enhance operating characteristics of metal components. Our facility in Bensalem, PA has over 180,000 square feet of processing space to provide a wide range of metal finishing and surface treatment services

The newest addition to our anodizing services portfolio is a boric-sulfuric acid anodizing (BSAA) line that utilizes tanks measuring 40 feet long by 5 feet wide by 12 feet deep. BSAA is an environmentally friendly anodizing replacement for chromic acid anodizing (CAA.) that has been approved for use on aluminum by the major aerospace OEMs.

MIC’s boric-sulfuric, sulfuric and chromic acid anodizing tanks are the largest on the Eastern United States.  The processing lines have been designed to handle large parts as well as high quantities of small parts.Flexible racking systems, combined with this processing equipment, enable us to pretreat, anodize and coat parts ranging in size from one inch to 40 feet long in the same metal finishing facility.

Our fully automated, plc-controlled phosphoric acid anodizing (PAA) line can handle parts nine feet long by four feet wide. From any of these anodizing lines it is a short distance to a clean room that contains a dedicated adhesive primer booth and curing oven.

Our fully automated processing lines help ensure repeatability and compliance to customer specifications. We establish processes by referencing customer metal finishing specifications and then apply the proper process to the corresponding part number. Specific parameters are computer controlled and, for quality assurance, a report of the processing is produced upon completion.

The following Aluminum chemical surface treatments are available: Boric-Sulfuric Acid Anodizing per BAC 5632 Phosphoric Acid Anodizing per BAC 5555, SS8482 and ASTM 3933-98 Sulfuric Acid Anodizing per MIL-A-8625 TYPE II Chromic Acid Anodizing per MIL-A-8625 Type 1, BAC 5019, MPS 160-010, PPS32.01, DPS11.01 and SS8483 Alodine Chemical Conversion Coating per MIL-DTL-5541F, BAC 5719, MPS 160-20, CSFS027, PPS32.01, MIL-C-81706 and SS8486

In addition, our metal finishing facility is Nadcap approved for chromic and phosphoric acid anodizing, Alodine, passivation, priming, painting and fluorescent penetrant. For additional chemical treatments, engineered coating applications and titanium etching capabilities and approvals contact us.

We complement our metal finishing with high quality painting capabilities that include:

• Clean room with adhesive primer paint booth and oven measuring 45 feet long x 12 feet wide x 18 feet high, and
• Two finish paint booths and one oven measuring 45 feet long x 12 feet wide x 14 feet high

Metal Improvement Company's metal finishing facility has all major aerospace quality approvals and boasts some of the finest testing and inspection equipment in the metal finishing industry.

Our inspection capabilities include:

Complete Fluorescent Dye Penetrant Inspection Services per BAC5423, BPS4089, SS8806, MIL-I-6866, MPS-176-2, DPS4.707, CSTI-002, ASTM E1417-99 and PPS 60042 Laboratory Capabilities (salt spray) Solution Analysis (chemicals, etch rates) Coating Weight & Thickness Measurement Coating Strength Testing

As an extension of our metal finishing capabilities, we also apply Fluoropolymers from Everlube Products, DuPont and Solvay-Solexis in addition to Solid Film Lubricants, Kynar 500 and powder coatings.

The Metal Improvement Company metal finishing facility is conveniently located one mile off Interstate 95, just minutes north of Philadelphia and 70 miles south of New York City.

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