ENPLATE® EN-806 Electroless Nickel to the Rescue!

WEST HAVEN, CT, USA February, 2, 2009 --- On January 15, 2009 US Airways Flight 1549 was en route from LaGuardia Airport in New York City to Charlotte, North Carolina and forced to make an emergency water landing shortly after takeoff. A solenoid valve manufactured by long time Enthone customer G.W. Lisk Company Inc. of Clifton Springs, New York, USA played a critical role in triggering the emergency power backup system of the aircraft. The critical, inner workings of the solenoid valve (the plunger and the shaft) were plated with Enthone’s ENPLATE® EN-806 electroless nickel process.

G.W. Lisk was one of the very first customers to install ENPLATE EN-806. The ENPLATE EN-806 coating is used by G.W. Lisk to provide corrosion protection and lubricity to the solenoid valves. In 2002 Mark Zitko, Enthone Research Chemist and the inventor of the process, along with Greg Eck and Rob Collin, Enthone Technical Service Engineers, joined Gary Burton, Enthone Performance Coatings Sales Engineer to install the process during the busy Thanksgiving and Christmas timeframe.

Gary Burton, has been working with the account for over 30 years. In addition to ENPLATE EN-806, G. W. Lisk also uses ENTHOBRITE® CLZ-941 zinc process., as well as ENPREP® and ACTANE® surface preparation processes.

The news story as published by the Messenger Post, may be viewed at  http://www.mpnnow.com/news/x716052912/Clifton-Springs-firm-key-in-splash-landing

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