General Magnaplate Explained
| General Magnaplate |
| Type: | Private |
| Foundation: | 1952 |
| Founder: | Dr. Charles P. Covino |
| Location City: | Arlington, Texas |
| Locations: | Arlington, Texas,Linden, New Jersey,Ventura, California
Ajax, Ontario, Canada |
| Key People: | Candi Aversenti, CEO
Edmund Aversenti, COO |
| Industry: | Aerospace, Chemical processing, Electronics & Semiconductors, Food, Manufacturing, Medical & Pharmaceutical, Oil & Gas, Packaging, Plastics & Rubber Molds, Powder Bulk Solids, Printing, Space |
| Products: | Coatings for metals |
| Homepage: | http://www.magnaplate.com |
General Magnaplate is a company that researches and produces surface coatings for metals.
One of its products, Hi-T-Lube, is recognized by the Guinness Book of World Records as the "world's most slippery solid".[1]
Timeline
- 1952 — Magnaplate Metal Finishers is established in Hoboken, New Jersey.[2]
- 1967 — Tufram, Inc. opens in Linden, New Jersey to produce cookware, which is ranked Number 1 in the U.S. two years in a row by Consumer Reports.[3]
- 1968 — Canadize is invented, a coating that augments surface hardness for titanium and titanium alloys.[4]
- 1969 — The first man walks on the Moon, and thanks to General Magnaplate he was able to drill into the Moon's surface. A Canadize treatment on both the inside and outside of the titanium core sample drill tubes prevented samples being contaminated by titanium particles from the drill.[5]
- 1970 — Nedox was invented, a coating that significantly increases metals' corrosion resistance and wear life.[6]
- 1980 — General Magnaplate opens its Ventura, California facility.[7]
- 1982 — General Magnaplate's Texas facility upgrades to its new Arlington location, and Candida Covino joins the company.
- 1985 — Ed Aversenti joins the company
- 1986 — Candida Covino becomes president of General Magnaplate and Magnaplate SNS is invented.[8]
- 1989 — Plasmadize is invented, a coating which combines the advantages of thermal spraying with controlled infusion of dry polymers, dry lubricants or other materials to provide an entirely new composite with improved properties.[9]
- 1995 — Hi-T-Lube is recognized by the Guinness Book of Records as the solid with the lowest coefficient of friction in the world.[10]
- 2002 — General Magnaplate celebrates its 50th anniversary
- 2002 — General Magnaplate obtains ISO 9001 certification [11]
- 2004 — General Magnaplate plays a critical role in the Mars rover landing by providing coatings for the landing mechanism.[12]
- 2007 — Founder Dr. Charles P. Covino dies.[13]
Notes and References
- Web site: New Jersey Inventors Hall of Fame to Induct Six on February 18 at New Jersey Institute of Technology . NJIT . 27 May 2010 . 1999-02-03 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20100628173140/http://www.njit.edu/v2/News/Releases/3383.html . 28 June 2010 .
- http://www.magnaplate.com/company/50th_handout.pdf New Jersey Daily Press, May 16, 1952: Magnaplate Makes History
- http://www.globalspec.com/FeaturedProducts/Detail/GeneralMagnaplate/Tufram_Protective_SurfaceEnhancement_Coatings/74041/0 GLOBALSPEC
- Web site: Machine Design . 2010-04-29 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110714013155/http://productsearch.machinedesign.com/FeaturedProducts/Detail/GeneralMagnaplate/The_Canadize_Coating_For_Titanium_and_Alloys/67395/0 . 2011-07-14 . dead .
- http://www.magnaplate.com/coatings/canadize/index.shtml Magnaplate website: Canadize
- http://www.globalspec.com/FeaturedProducts/Detail/GeneralMagnaplate/Nedox_Protective_Coating_for_Most_Metals/74039/0 GLOBALSPEC
- http://www.macraesbluebook.com/search/company.cfm?company=1179450 MacRae's Blue Book
- http://www.magnaplate.com/facility_capabilities/new_jersey.shtml Magnaplate website: Products and services
- https://web.archive.org/web/20121104010636/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-80300652.html "Plasmadize [R] prevents metal wear and corrosion". Global Design News: October 1, 2001
- http://www.thefreelibrary.com/EXECUTIVE+WINS+FIGHT+TO+CORRECT+ERROR+IN+GUINNESS+BOOK+OF+RECORDS%3B...-a015880427 The Free Library By Farlex
- http://www.magnaplate.com/facility_capabilities/accreditations.shtml Magnaplate website: Accreditations
- http://machinedesign.com/article/high-friction-coating-puts-the-brakes-on-descent-to-mars-1211 Machine Design
- http://media.www.mcquadrangle.org/media/storage/paper663/news/2006/02/01/News/Manhattan.Colleges.Own.MiniMuseum.The.Charles.P.Covino.Room-1594843.shtml Manhattan College Quadrangle
