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A Guide to Anodizing and Electroplating Masking

On July 27, 2017
Anodizing or electroplating masking is an accessory of metal finishing where a specific area of a surface can be covered to ensure that it is not exposed during an anodizing or electroplating process. What ...
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A Guide to Metal Hardening and De-Embrittlement

On June 20, 2017
De-embrittlement is the process of hardening metal, specifically hydrogen-susceptible metals that have been unintentionally introduced to hydrogen. This exposure to hydrogen makes the metal brittle and fracture; a disaster for high strength steel and ...
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A Guide to Alkaline Zinc Nickel

On May 15, 2017
Alkaline zinc nickel is a metal alloy formed by a zinc nickel plating process. Its properties make it perfect for a plethora of industrial and everyday uses. Here is metal finishing company Dorsetware’s brief ...
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A Guide to Hard Anodising

On April 15, 2017
Hard anodising is the best way to ensure a metal becomes corrosion and wear resistant. Stronger than the similar sulphuric anodising, the hard anodised finish of metal is the perfect way to ensure your ...
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A Brief Guide to Chrome Plating

On March 21, 2017
Chrome plating is the process of electroplating a thin layer of chrome onto a metal or plastic object for decorative or practical purposes. Dorsetware are one of the leading suppliers of chrome plating in ...
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A Guide to Stainless Steel Passivation

On March 15, 2017
Stainless steel passivation involves the removing of free ions contaminants which have been left on the stainless steel from fabrication. With these contamination sites likely to cause metal corrosion, it is recommended to use ...
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Everyday Anodising

On February 28, 2017
Anodising is an incredibly popular metal finish and is one of the most popular metal finishing services that we provide at Dorsetware. A popular metal to anodise is aluminium due to its flexible characteristics ...
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The Dorsetware Process

On February 14, 2017
Whatever we are commissioned to do: metal polishing, metal plating, or metal finishing, at Dorsetware we make sure that our work process is thorough on all levels. As the leading electroplaters in Dorset we ...
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6 Ways to Improve the Quality of Metal

On January 28, 2017
Improving the quality of metal is to improve the efficiency of your product. Almost all metal products you use in everyday life will have been submitted to a metal finishing process in order to ...
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A Guide to Silver Electroplating

On January 3, 2017
Silver plating has been used since the invention of coins and metal smithing, and has the most applications compared to any other types of plated metal. A silver finish is used in almost all ...
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