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ABOUT US CONTACT US SPECIALTIES
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Providing decorative aluminum anodized finishes has been the cornerstone of Bowers Manufacturing for
close to 40 years. Our computerized anodize system offers STATE OF THE ART color control
for component and lineal requirements. This system provides a very consistent finish from
run to run.
Bowers also offers mechanical finishes (buff, brush, bead blast, and sanding) not only on extrusions but also
on customer supplied components, plate, and bar stock. Make your product stand out
above the competition, by letting us add a mechanical finish to your parts.
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Bowers Advantages
- Small Parts Anodizing Specialists
- Lineal up to 18 ft long (16 ft typical)
- Comprehensive range of colors
- Brite Dip, Etch, Satin and Clear Finishes
- Buffed, Brushed, Sanded, and Bead Blasted Mechanical Finishes also available
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Bowers's powder and wet coat partners provide a single source solution
for your painted components. Contact us for a complete sample pouch of finishes and colors.
Our trained staff give all orders, large or small, repeat or one time, the attention to detail
that will provide the desired finish, on time and correct every time.
Bowers is one of only a handful of anodizers in the Midwest that brite dips (a.k.a. Bright Dip).
Brite dipping produces a highly desirable reflective surface for your component part. With customer
across the US, Bowers is recognized specialist in anodize.
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Brite Dip
Bright Dip anodizing is a chemical process on metal finishing that can create a bright, shiny surface on aluminum parts.
After brite dipping, a clear or colored dye can be added to the anodized part.
Unlike other plating techniques, brite dipping (aka bright dipping) does not leave a deposit on the surface
of the part. It merely enhances the cosmetic appearance of the parts.
For a complete understanding of the anodize process, especially brite dip, give us a call, and we'll be sure to
give you a complete understanding of the process and send a non-commitally sample of what bright dip can do for your parts.
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Type II Sulfuric Anodizing
(Mil-A-8625) Benefits Your
Parts With:
- Increased corrosion resistance
- Increased surface hardness
- Improved lubricity
- Improved adhesion
- Non-conductive coating
- Allow dyeing (coloring)- Aesthetically pleasing to the eye
- Much lower thermal conductivity and
- Lower coefficient of linear expansion than treated aluminum
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Our Tank Size
Easily allowing part 16' (192") or
longer to be anodized!
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The Aluminum Anodize Process
Aluminum anodizing (anodic) is an electrolytic passivation process used to increase
the thickness of the natural oxide layer on the surface of metal parts.
The process is called "anodizing" because the part to be treated forms
the anode electrode of an electrical circuit. Anodizing increases
corrosion resistance and wear resistance, and provides better adhesion
for paint primers and glues than bare metal. Anodic films can also be
used for a number of cosmetic effects, either with thick porous
coatings that can absorb dyes or with thin transparent coatings that
add interference effects to reflected light. Anodizing is also used to
prevent galling of threaded components and to make dielectric films for
electrolytic capacitors. Anodic films are most commonly applied to protect
aluminum alloys, although processes also exist for titanium, zinc, magnesium,
niobium, and tantalum.
Anodization changes the microscopic texture of the surface and changes the crystal structure
of the metal near the surface. Thick coatings are normally porous, so a sealing process
is often needed to achieve corrosion resistance. Anodized aluminium surfaces, for example,
are harder than aluminium but have low to moderate wear resistance that can be improved with
increasing thickness or by applying suitable sealing substances. Anodic films are generally
much stronger and more adherent than most types of paint and metal plating. This makes them l
ess likely to crack and peel from aging and wear.
Environmental impact
Anodizing is one of the most environmentally-friendly metal finishing processes.
The by-products do not contain heavy metals, halogens or volatiles. The most
common anodizing effluents, aluminium hydroxide and aluminium sulfate, are
recycled for the manufacturing of alum, baking powder, cosmetics, newsprint
and fertilizer or used by industrial wastewater treatment systems.
European Union & RoHS
Every part produced at Bowers fully complies with the European Union’s Restriction
of Hazardous Substances (RoHS). None of the substances on the RoHS list are used in
our facility. We will be happy to provide certification of RoHS compliance.
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Contact us for a free sample packet of aluminum anodized finishes and colors
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