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. Read More…
Leading Manufacturers
Gull Industries, Inc.
Houston, TX | 713-804-8849Since 1968, Gull Industries is the premier metal coating service provider throughout the central, southern region of North America. We pride ourselves as being a customer and market focused leader relative to customer services, product quality and environmental leadership. We apply 'Hi-Phos' E-Nickel at Gull Industries which is the most corrosion resistant version of all ENP processes available.
Ultra Plating Corp.
Green Bay, WI | 800-368-5872For over three decades, Ultra Plating has offered industrial metal finishing services such as electroless nickel plating. Our plating has a hard corrosion and wear-resistant finish that is uniform throughout. Especially useful on cylinders, dies and critical parts, our coatings are of the highest quality. We are committed to serving industries with unmatched customer service. Call us today!
Hohman Plating & Manufacturing, Inc.
Dayton, OH | 937-228-2191For over three decades, Ultra Plating has offered industrial metal finishing services such as electroless nickel plating. Our plating has a hard corrosion and wear-resistant finish that is uniform throughout. Especially useful on cylinders, dies and critical parts, our coatings are of the highest quality. We are committed to serving industries with unmatched customer service. Call us today!
The Asko Group
Seattle, WA | (206)634-2080For more than 50 years, the Asko Group of companies has provided a complete range of high-quality services to plate, paint, repair or recondition metal parts for aerospace, electronics and industrial applications. Providing a full range of metal finishing for all shapes and sizes of fabricated and precision-machined parts for aerospace, electronics and industrial customers for more than 30 years. The Asko Group consists of five companies working together to meet your needs.
Turn-Key Coatings, Inc.
Houston, TX | 713-666-1375Established in 1984, Turn-Key Coatings is a metal plating and metal finishing company, serves customers across the United States and internationally in a variety of the most demanding market applications. We serve aerospace, defense, oil field, medical equipment, automotive, and other markets. Some processes include electroless nickel, gold, silver, zinc plating, hardcoat and standard anodizing.
Nickel Plating - TWR Service Corp./span>Nickel coating is utilized in a wide range of applications and industries including: food processing, for plating of items such 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 oil field valves and fuel rails; and automotive, for plating of power transmission parts such as drive shafts. 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).
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. However, 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 utilized in electroless nickel plating processes: nickel-phosphorus and nickel-boron. In addition, there are three main types of nickel-phosphorus: low phosphorous, medium phosphorous and high phosphorous. Some characteristics of low phosphorous electroless nickel are a uniform thickness and high corrosion-resistance, particularly in alkaline environments. Medium phosphorous 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 phosphorous 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 in rack plating is used for either large parts, fragile parts or complex parts.