TO 1-1-700 - Robins Air Force Base
TO 1-1-700 - Robins Air Force Base
TO 1-1-700 - Robins Air Force Base
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<strong>TO</strong> 1-1-<strong>700</strong><br />
11.13.7.2 Treatment of Corroded Areas on Cadmium or<br />
Zinc Plated Surfaces. Cadmium and zinc platings provide<br />
anodic protection to underlying steel (ferrous) and sometimes<br />
copper base metals. If the plating surface is broken during<br />
normal usage, the cadmium or zinc plate, being anodic to the<br />
base metal, will corrode preferentially and sacrificially protect<br />
the base metal. The removal of corrosion from cadmium or<br />
zinc plated surfaces shall be limited to the removal of the<br />
plating and the base metal corrosion products from the localized<br />
area of the underlying base metal. The directions for the<br />
application and use of chemical removers on these plated surfaces<br />
are found in Table 5-12 in Chapter 5 of <strong>TO</strong> 1-1-691.<br />
NOTE<br />
These procedures are intended only for field level<br />
treatment of localized corroded areas on cadmium or<br />
zinc plated surfaces and reapplication of a protective<br />
coating after corrosion removal. When the use of organic<br />
finishes or the thickness of the organic finish<br />
will impair the normal operation of a part, severely<br />
corroded parts must be removed and replaced. Where<br />
facilities are available, parts with severely corroded<br />
cadmium or zinc plating may be stripped and replated<br />
in accordance with procedures in <strong>TO</strong> 42C2-1-7.<br />
Small areas with severe corrosion may be replated by<br />
brush plating per MIL-STD-8651 using procedures in<br />
<strong>TO</strong> 42C2-1-7. When high strength steels are being<br />
replated, use only those specialized procedures authorized<br />
for high strength steels as many plating solutions<br />
can cause hydrogen embrittlement of these<br />
materials.<br />
11.13.7.3 Treatment of Corroded Areas on Plated Surfaces<br />
Except Cadmium or Zinc Plating. When a break<br />
occurs in the surface of either chromium, nickel, tin, or copper<br />
platings, corrosion of the steel/ferrous base metal and undercutting<br />
of the plating will rapidly follow. The corrosion will<br />
occur at a highly accelerated rate due to the galvanic action of<br />
these platings which are highly cathodic to the steel (ferrous)<br />
base metals. Directions for the application and use of chemical<br />
removers on plated surfaces except cadmium and zinc platings<br />
are found in Table 5-12 in Chapter 5 of <strong>TO</strong> 1-1-691.<br />
NOTE<br />
These procedures are intended only for field level<br />
treatment of localized corroded areas on chromium,<br />
nickel, tin, and copper plated surfaces. Where service<br />
temperatures preclude the use of organic finishes and/<br />
or the film thickness of the organic finish will impair<br />
normal operation of the part, severely corroded parts<br />
must be removed and replaced. Small areas with severe<br />
corrosion may be replated by brush plating per<br />
MIL-STD-8651 using procedures in <strong>TO</strong> 42C2-1-7.<br />
Where facilities are available, severely corroded parts<br />
with chromium, nickel, tin, or copper plating may be<br />
stripped and replated in accordance with procedures<br />
in <strong>TO</strong> 42C2-1-7. When high strength steels are being<br />
replated, use only those specialized procedures authorized<br />
for high strength steels as many plating solutions<br />
can cause hydrogen embrittlement of these<br />
materials.<br />
11.13.7.4 Treatment of Corroded Areas on Phosphate<br />
Surfaces. Cadmium and zinc plated surfaces as well as many<br />
bare steel surfaces are treated with a phosphate coating at the<br />
time of manufacture to improve paint adhesion and corrosion<br />
resistance of the surfaces or as a base for the application of<br />
grease, oil, or CPCs. When phosphate surfaces corrode, corrosion<br />
should be removed by the method recommended for the<br />
base material.<br />
11.13.8 Application of Organic Coatings. Organic coatings<br />
may be applied to phosphate surfaces and some plated<br />
surfaces to provide corrosion protection to the plating and/or<br />
to increase the corrosion protection the plating or phosphate<br />
coating provides to the base metal. They should not be used<br />
when the part operates at temperatures which preclude their<br />
use or when the finish will prevent the part from performing<br />
its intended function. Organic coatings shall not be used on<br />
bearing or wearing surfaces of gears, cams, slides, etc., and on<br />
surfaces requiring electrical conductivity. Apply the organic<br />
finish system specified in the applicable system specific<br />
equipment maintenance manual and/or engineering drawing<br />
and <strong>TO</strong> 35-1-3 for support equipment (SE) using <strong>TO</strong> 1-1-8 for<br />
application procedures.<br />
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