Technical Support for Implementation of Aluminum Ion Vapor Deposition at Tobyhanna Army Depot.
Abstract
Industrial production and maintenance activities conducted at Army depots typically include metal plating operations. For many years cadmium has been commonly applied as a surface coating using conventional electroplating processes to provide a protective, corrosion-resistant finish. Cadmium is a toxic, carcinogenic metal and cadmium electroplating generates sludges, rinse waters, and spent plating solutions that are hazardous wastes. Alternatives to cadmium electroplating exist. In many cases, aluminum coatings can be substituted for cadmium coating to provide corrosion protection and other functional requirements. Aluminum ion vapor deposition (AIVD) is a process that can be used to plate aluminum on metal parts. This technology, which was originally developed in the 1970s for use on aircraft parts, does not generate the hazardous wastes, rinse waters, sludges, or spent electrolyte solutions that are associated with conventional electroplating. With the exception of a small quantity of waste generated during periodic cleaning of internal components of the system, AIVD coating generates no wastes.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Feb 01, 1996
- Accession Number
- ADA308911
Entities
People
- R. Hoye
- R. Sinha