SYNERGIESSYNERGIESW h a t ’s n e w a t G e n e r a l M a g n a p l a t e C o r p o r a t i o nVOLUME 5

Eliminates need for clean-up andoffers quick return on investment.PLASMADIZE® 2139 — the latest in Magnaplate’sNext Generation of Thermal Sprays for bothmetallic and non-metallic tooling — is nowavailable. It creates a surface that eliminatesthe need for toxic silicones or other one-timesprayed, brushed, or dip release agents andrelease additives. PLASMADIZE 2139 also elimi-nates the need to clean demolded parts.

This enhanced, non-stick, permanentcoating is ideal for use with Invar and ferroustooling, aluminum, and other non-ferroustooling such as FRP, plaster, and plastic, as wellas Magnaplate’s patented CMPT toolface.

Manufacturers can select either smooth ormatte surface finishes. The release coating isfield-repairable. Demolded parts “pop off”effortlessly from PLASMADIZE 2139-treatedmolds and are immediately ready for finishing,

including painting. Rejection rates causedby sticking are slashed.

Technical Literature AvailableTechnical Literature, available on request,

includes data which shows that this processsignificantly improves ROI since a reductionof only 10% in the reject rate immediatelypays back the cost of PLASMADIZE 2139 andthen flows right to the bottom line.

Processing time and costs are slashed...even for large, contoured parts

General Magnaplate’s new CMPT™ moldmakingtechnology changes the way layup molds —required to fabricate composite material mold-ed parts — are made. Traditional methods arecostly and time-consuming, taking up to sixmonths. This new, robotically-controlledprocess takes just 3 to 6 weeks, while slashingtooling costs by one-third.

Our patented CMPT process permits the pro-duction of a 0.25" thick, pure metal toolfacethat dramatically reduces the tool’s weight.Despite its thin structure, a 12-foot-squareCMPT toolface is more accurate, more dimen-sionally stable, and frequently more heat resis-tant, than “rapid tools” made with any other

technology. This represents a quantum leap intool quality and a major reduction in cost andtime for fabricators of large, complex-shapedmolded parts, especially those with contours.

Advantages over Existing Technology

Created through a special, multi-directionalmetal weaving process, this “breakthrough”toolface duplicates the properties of a heavy,solid Invar tool and exhibits the excellent sur-face quality previously available only aftermachining. A CMPT toolface equivalent to aGrade 2 casting, for example, is more “dense”and contains fewer oxide voids than those pro-duced by other methods. It makes possible high-temperature tooling from almost any alloy, fromaluminum to zinc — including Invar — for longor short production runs with cures to 750° F.

Older tool-making technologiescreate thin toolfaces that averageonly about 0.100". As a result,they require a composite backingwhich can cause warping andcracking. Their use in long pro-duction runs is generally not rec-ommended. In addition, the newCMPT process permits piezoelec-tronics to be synergisticallyembedded into the toolface.

All five Magnaplate plants cannow create toolfaces with theCMPT process.

Bottom: Layup mold (toolface) created by using new “breakthrough”CMPT™ moldmaking technology.Top: Shaped part, fabricated from composite materials, after removalfrom the CMPT toolface on which it was molded.

Breakthrough!TechnologyCompositeMaterialsLayup Mold

PLASMADIZE® 2139 Series Release Coatings ReplaceSilicones and Other Sprays, Brush-ons, and Dips

FacilityNew CanadianCelebratesOpen House

ofCompletion

Over 200 members of the press, General Magnaplatecustomers, and representatives of businesses fromthroughout Canada recently attended an open housecelebrating the opening of our new plant in Ajax,Ontario. They toured the plant and discussed surfaceenhancement with technical experts from all fiveNorth American Magnaplate plants.

The move from a previous location in Ajax wasneeded to accommodate the company’s increasedbusiness, as well as to house new equipment for theapplication of such Magnaplate coatings as NEDOX®,TUFRAM®, LECTROFLUOR®, and DYNALOY™ —Magnaplate Canada’s proprietary chrome process thatproduces a coating so ultra-thin it eliminates the needfor design undersizing. The last step was creating thespecial section for the application of PLASMADIZE®

— The Next Generation in Thermal Spray Coatings.According to Ed Aversenti, Corporate Director ofOperations, and a co-host, “Now, all of Magnaplate’slatest ‘synergistic’ surface enhancement technologiescan be performed here. We no longer have to sendlarge parts to a US plant.”

Cathy Geddis, co-host and Sales Manager added,“Our state-of-the-art processing equipment includeslarger plating tanks and ovens. The effluent plant’supgraded treatment system protects the environment.”

TUFRAM® BrochureFour page brochure containsengineering data and applicationexamples of harder-than-steel,wear- and corrosion-resistantcoatings for aluminum.

Magnaplate HMF® Data SheetDescribes this super-hard,extremely low COF, mirror-smooth microfinish coating thatresists wear and corrosion inpackaging and other applications.

Thermal Spray FrictionData Slide ChartCompares static and kinetic coefficientsof friction (COFs) for combinations ofmetals and surfaces with either standard

or PLASMADIZE® enhanced thermal spray coatings.

DYNALOY™ BrochureDescribes Magnaplate Canada’sexclusive, proprietary, enhancedchrome process that creates athin, dense, uniform coatingfeaturing superior adherence.

?? ?Who’s Who

For more information, or to request literature on any of our “synergistic”surface enhancement coatings, contact:

Linden, NJ ■ Arlington, TX ■ Ventura, CA ■ Racine, WI ■ Ajax, Ontario, Canada(800) 852-3301 ■ Fax: (908) 862-6110

E-mail: info@magnaplate.com ■ Web Site: http://www.magnaplate.com

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So that SYNERGIES readers may better knowthe people “on the other end of the tele-phone” or E-Mail, we continue our thumbnailreviews of the people at Magnaplate.

Valerie CoriglianoAssistant Vice PresidentMarketing Coordinator

As assistant to “Doc” Covino, Candi andEd Aversenti, and the rest of the corporatestaff in Linden, there’s scarcely a project inwhich Val doesn’t have some input. With hergood-natured enthusiasm, she has become amajor factor in fostering a feeling of unity anda close knit relationship among all our per-sonnel. Her many duties include the handlingof all filings with the SEC, managing share-holder relations, logging in all sales leads,and coordinating all marketing activities.

Rufino P. EsquilloQuality Assurance

Laboratory Director

In addition to being Supervisor of our QCDepartment and our R&D Lab, Rufino is heav-ily involved in both product development andtrouble shooting. He worked closely with “Doc”Covino in creating Magnaplate HCR®, TUFRAM

C-22 and L-4, and NEDOX SF-SB. So when hesays that our “synergistic” coatings will out-last any other surface enhancement by two toten times, his opinion is worth listening to.

Gilbert M. Pereira, Jr.Operations Manager

General Magnaplate Canada

Gil Pereira brings a host of assets to hisjob as Canadian Operations Manager. In hisprevious positions he was responsible forsuch diverse activities as production, pollutioncontrol, marketing, training, and trouble shoot-ing. A graduate of the University of Waterloo(with honors!), Gil is a member of AESF -American Electroplating and Surface Finishers.He is particularly pleased with the recentexpansion of our Ajax plant, permitting him tooffer every Magnaplate surface enhancementcoating to his Canadian customers.

Cathy GeddisSales Manager

General Magnaplate Canada

Although she has responsibility for salesactivities at General Magnaplate Canada,Cathy puts special emphasis on quality controland customer service. She has helped makeour Ajax plant the “biggest and best" surfaceenhancement facility in Canada. A graduateof Durham College, Cathy also has extensivehands-on plating shop experience. She creditsthe company’s “wealth of experience and tal-ent,” as well as our “continuing developmentof new products” as the main reasonsMagnaplate Canada has grown so fast.

@General MagnaplateCalifornians have the reputation of beingvery laid back people. According to conven-tional wisdom, they don’t get excited andthey don’t sweat the small stuff.

If this is true, then the people at GMCalifornia in Ventura aren’t typical Californians.We already knew that they are very detail-oriented and positively hyper when it comesto doing their jobs. Now it’s been officiallyconfirmed that they also aren’t laid backwhen it comes to safety. Recently, theLiberty Mutual Group honored our staff inVentura for its “Commendable SafetyPerformance” in the operation of that facili-ty. The award was based on the fact that itsinjury record was less than half that of ourindustry’s average and its loss ratio was lessthan 60% that of similar companies.

Deborah Aiunas, consultant to Liberty Mutual (left),presents a plaque honoring General MagnaplateCalifornia’s safety record to President Candi Aversenti(center) and Chairman Charles “Doc” Covino (right).

SAFETY RECORDOutstanding

Magnaplate Californiafor

Honored

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