Nickel electroplating is a technique of electroplating a thin layer of nickel onto a metal object. The nickel layer can be decorative, provide corrosion resistance, wear resistance, or used to build up worn or undersized parts for salvage purposes.
We have been a leader in nickel and nickel-chrome plating for over 10 years. Our automated lines ensure consistent handling of each and every part to the proper specification. They can run 30,000 to 40,000 parts per shift, and engage in nickel plating and nickel-chrome plating over cold rolled steel and difficult-to-plate stainless steel. Our nickel chrome finish is corrosion resistant and decorative, and we specialize in plating small to medium sized parts such as seatbelt buckles, latches, housings, and fasteners.
Our equipment can handle parts up to 50" long and 15" wide, with plating thickness to our customers’ specifications. We have extensive testing facilities, including in-house salt spray and CASS test cabinets, x-ray thickness testing, Rockwell hardness, hydrogen embrittlement testing. Our plated parts meet high levels of quality requirements outlined in a host of automotive-industry specific guidelines. In addition to the automotive industry, we are proud to also serve the aerospace, appliance, tool, and fastener industries with our high quality nickel-chrome plating. We have two large hydrogen embrittlement (bake) ovens to meet this requirement when specified.
Why Choose Electroless Nickel Plating (ENP)?
Components used in industrial applications often encounter punishing conditions. Engineers looking to protect parts from wear, friction and corrosion have discovered that electroless nickel plating offers a range of advantages:
Electroless nickel coating is often less porous than electroplated nickel and hard chrome, providing barrier corrosion protection to steel, and can also be applied with zero or little compressive stress making it gentle in application.
With no electricity required, electroless nickel plating can be completed in a more controlled environment with less equipment than traditional electroplating and the process requires fewer coats to produce a strong, high-quality coating. This reduction of equipment and time consumption results in an efficient, cost-effective process.
Electroless Nickel (EN) plating can be applied to a multitude of base materials including aluminum, titanium, mild steels, stainless steel, hardened steel, copper, brass and zinc die-cast.
The electroless plating process provides a large flexibility of thickness and volume of the plating on metal surfaces, and can easily fill recesses or pits in the metal surface resulting in a uniform surface finish. This also allows for a wider variety of industrial parts to be plated such as: oil field valves, pumps, drive shafts, electrical/mechanical tools & engineering equipment to name a few.
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