Wear and corrosion alternatives
Rowan Technology Group provides
technology information, market analysis, and assistance to
companies in the area of advanced materials, coatings and
surface treatments.
Companies are under increasing pressure
from new environmental safety and occupational health (ESOH)
rules, such as OSHA rules on worker exposures to chrome and
European rules on materials allowable in products (WEEE,
RoHS, ELV). While the US EPA and OSHA rules affect
manufacturers, the European rules (and a growing phalanx of
similar rules in other countries, and, of course, in
California) affects any company selling into those areas,
whether a manufacturer or not.
We are frequently asked to help our
clients analyze their operations and products and find ways
to live with all these new rules:
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How do these rules impact my company? What
operations and products are affected?
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What are the options for bringing operations
and products into compliance? Which of the new, clean
processes actually work better?
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Where your existing product or process cannot
meet the new rules, what are the best alternatives, for
performance, cost, customer acceptance, and likely avoidance
of future rules?
Alternatives to older wear and
corrosion coatings, such as chrome plating, cadmium plating,
and chromates can be found in the links from this page and
from the Wear and Corrosion Alternatives button above. |
