BENSALEM, PA - Metal Improvement Company (MIC) has expanded its metal finishing operations at its Bensalem, PA, facility by the start up of a Boric/Sulfuric Acid Anodizing (BSAA) line. BSAA is approved by many aerospace OEMs as an environmentally-friendly alternative to chromic acid anodizing (CAA.)
The MIC Bensalem facility, located in northeast suburban Philadelphia, has more than 200,000 square feet of processing space, and services the aerospace and other specialty industries. The facility utilizes automated chemical processing tanks that are 40 feet long, 12 feet deep and four feet wide. These tanks enable the BSAA of large single components, measuring up to 38 feet long by 10 feet high by two feet wide, or large batches of smaller parts.
Besides BSAA, the Bensalem facility performs a range of other metal finishing services including grit blasting, fluorescent penetrant inspection (FPI), chromic/phosphoric acid anodizing, Alodine, glass beading and shot peening. Coating capabilities include a wide range of fluoropolymer coatings such as PTFE, FEP, PFA, ETFE, PVDF, Xylan, Halar, and Kynar 500.
The MIC Bensalem facility holds multiple approvals from aerospace OEMs, including Lockheed-Martin, Raytheon, Boeing, Bombardier, Cessna, De Havilland, and Sikorsky. The National Aerospace and Defense Contractors Accreditation Program (NADCAP) has accredited the facility's quality system and its FPI capability.
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