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Nickel Plating Services and Companies

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  • Newport, TN

    With nearly 40 years in the field, and ISO 9001:2015 certified, Eastern Plating, LLC takes pride in being the best and biggest electroplating facility in the Eastern United States. We serve numerous industries, including military, aerospace, automotive, heating refrigeration, plumbing and more. Our three main focuses are on service, reliability, and speed. Our finishes include zinc-nickel, zinc, nickel, nickel chrome, electroless nickel, silver, copper, and tin.

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  • Compton, CA

    Since 1942, Barken’s Hard Chrome has been serving the needs of hard chrome plating to southern California and the entire world. Barken’s constantly is improving and expanding the scope of its services. We specialize in industrial hard chrome plating in rolls, cylinders, pistons, rods, etc. Our hard chrome plating capabilities include cadmium, electroless nickel, zinc and manganese phosphate.

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  • Round Rock, TX

    Whether it's the painting of metal or plastic parts, or any one of a number of plating techniques to meet your specification, CMT has a finishing technology to serve you, quickly, efficiently and at the right price. CMT has been doing plating and coating for over 15 years and knows how to make different processes compatible. We specialize in turn-key operations and are ISO 9001 registered.

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  • Erie, PA

    Since 1915, Klein Plating has provided metal finishing and electroless nickel plating to the electrical and electronics industries. We provide various metal plating services in a wide variety of metal materials to suit the needs of various applications. We know that the value of customer relationships is directly beneficial to the success of our company. Call us or visit our website today.

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Nickel Plating Industry Information

Nickel Plating

Nickel plating is the process of depositing a thin layer of nickel onto another substrate, such as metal or plastic. The two primary purposes for nickel coating are to provide additional material protection from corrosion and wear, as well as to endow the substrate being plated with advantageous characteristics of nickel. In addition to having multiple purposes, there are multiple methods by which nickel can be plated. One way is by electroplating, and the other way is by electroless plating.

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Applications of Nickel Plating

Nickel coating is commonly used in these applications and industries:

Food Processing
For plating of such items as kitchen utensils and cookware.
Industrial Manufacturing
In which plating is performed to protect facility equipment and supplies, such as storage tanks, from corrosion.
Residential
For the plating of household appliances and fixtures, such as bathroom door knobs.
Petroleum
Used to plate essential components, such as oilfield valves and fuel rails.
Automotive
For plating of power transmission parts, such as drive shafts.

Methods of Nickel Plating

The two previously mentioned methods of nickel plating differ in several ways. However, there is one vital distinction being that electroless accomplishes nickel deposition without the use of an electrical current, which is something that is required by the electrolytic nickel plating method. Nickel is the most common material used in electroless plating processes, and there are a variety of ways in which nickel can be electroless plated.

For instance, there are two main nickel alloys that are used in electroless nickel plating processes: nickel-phosphorus and nickel-boron. In addition, there are three main types of nickel-phosphorus: low phosphorus, medium phosphorus, and high phosphorus. Some characteristics of low phosphorus electroless nickel are uniform thickness and high corrosion resistance, particularly in alkaline environments.

Medium phosphorus electroless nickel, conversely, has the characteristics of high stability and the ability to be offered in various degrees of brightness, including very bright and semi-bright. Lastly, high phosphorus electroless nickel features the beneficial characteristics of low porosity, high stain resistance, and extremely high corrosion resistance. Also, there are two main ways in which nickel can be electroless plated: barrel plating or rack plating. In barrel plating, numerous small pieces are plated at once, while rack plating is used for large, fragile, or complex parts.

Nickel Plating Standards

Specific standards that certain types of nickel plating must adhere to are set by organizations, such as the American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM), the Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE), and the Aerospace Material Specification (AMS).