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Cyanide Copper Plating Conversion

Cyanide Copper Plating Conversion. Tim Miller, Sr Exper Chem /Metallurgist. Cyanide Copper Plating. For decades, Allison and most others, used a process for copper plating that utilized cyanide as the metal chelating agent. Cyanide has serious potential health and environmental issues.

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Cyanide Copper Plating Conversion

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  1. Cyanide Copper Plating Conversion Tim Miller, SrExperChem/Metallurgist

  2. Cyanide Copper Plating • For decades, Allison and most others, used a process for copper plating that utilized cyanide as the metal chelating agent. • Cyanide has serious potential health and environmental issues. • Housekeeping and worker safety became major concerns.

  3. Cyanide Copper Plating

  4. Cyanide Copper Plating

  5. Non-Cyanide Copper Plating • Discussions regarding the feasibility and quality concerns of non-cyanide copper plating had taken place for several years. • Several test pieces from small scale users were produced and tested. • New ownership accelerated the plan. • Project was completed in April 2009 with funding from ATI, the military and IDEM’s Partners for Pollution Prevention program.

  6. Non-Cyanide Copper Plating

  7. Non-Cyanide Copper Plating

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