Anodizing
Anodizing provides aluminum parts with a hard abrasion and corrosion resistant oxide film formed from the aluminum substrate.
Unlike many other metal finishing operations, anodizing is typically unique to aluminum. Additionally, anodizing forms an excellent paint base and helps insure adhesion of organic coatings such as zinc chromate primer, paints, and lubricants as well as providing electrical insulation, increases resistance to scratching and wear, and tends to minimize galvanic corrosion where aluminum is in contact with other metals. Anodizing coatings are integral to the substrate: they form by "growing down" into the metal (about 1/3) and by superficial depost (about 2/3).
Southwest United Canada offers the following types of Anodize:
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