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
Perfection Plating, Inc.
Elk Grove Village, IL | 847-593-6506We are an ISO 9001:2015 and IATF 16949:2016 certified company specializing in electroless nickel plating. We offer a wide array of finishes for our plating, including but not limited to hard gold, soft gold, matte silver, pure palladium, tin, nickel, copper, and more. We offer continuous reel-to-reel plating, and our process includes selective plating, spot plating, and overall plating. We also offer loose piece barrel & rack plating as well as coil stock plating.
Saporito Finishing Co.
Cicero, IL | 708-222-5300Saporito Finishing Company is a leader in environmentally responsible finishing striving to maintain high standards in areas of environmental regulation. Since 1946 we have provided high-quality metal finishing services. We are your single source of aluminum and magnesium anodizing, tumbling, deburring and electroless nickel plating. We are an ISO 9001:2000 certified company.
Eastern Plating, LLC
Newport, TN | 423-623-0062With 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.
Val-Kro, Inc.
North Tonawanda, NY | 716-694-5001Our highly diverse Val-Nik family of Electroless Nickel (EN) coatings is appropriate for any number of applications. We have rack, barrel, and wire plating capabilities and offer both low- and high-volume production runs.
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.
