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
Specialty Seal Group
Latrobe, PA | 724-539-1626Electroless nickel plating is one of our core manufacturing processes! We are a hermetic seal manufacturer with plating capabilities. Processes include: electrolytic sulfamate nickel plating, boron electroless nickel plating and ultra bright low medium phosphorus electroless nickel plating.
New Brunswick Plating, Inc.
New Brunswick, NJ | 732-545-6522New Brunswick Plating is a metal finishing company offering metal plating services, including electroless nickel plating and metal finishing systems. We offer color finishes and other processes such as bright dipping, passivation, stripping, glass beading and chromating.
Surface Technology, Inc.
Ewing, NJ | 609-259-0099Since 1973, Surface Technology, Inc. (STI) has been a world recognized innovative force in the metal finishing industry. As a provider of electroless nickel, STI stocks all associated pretreatment solutions, commodities, masking materials, and waste treatment products. Electroless nickel was developed in the 1940’s. It is now a technology with many variations to suit numerous requirements.
AOTCO Metal Finishing, Inc.
Billerica, MA | 888-275-0880For more than 25 years, AOTCO Metal Finishing has been specializing in metal finishing systems and metal plating including tin, gold, copper, cadmium, chromium and electroless nickel plating. We are a metal finisher where quality and reliability count the most. Call us for more information.
Reilly Finishing Technologies
Nanticoke, PA | 570-735-7777Reilly Finishing Technologies is a privately held, EPA award winning, AS9100, ISO 9001:2008 and RoHS compliant metal finishing company. Our capabilities include electroless nickel plating and related services for imparting enhanced surface properties. Our value added processes are assembly, warehousing, end use packaging and a fleet of trucks for pickup and delivery. Call for more information.
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.