Plating

Mechanical coatings can be applied on a much wider thickness range than electroplating and can also be combined with many different topcoats for a customized solution to meet a wide range of requirements. Mechanical plating topcoats can provide a range of colors, salt spray hours, torque tension tolerances, and many other specific industry needs.

Mechanical Plating, unlike Electro-Plating, does not utilize an electrical reaction or extreme temperature to coat the parts. Instead, it uses a combination of chemical reactions and kinetic forces of glass beads to cold weld the metal to the surface of the part. This process has many industry advantages, in both quality and cost. Mechanical plating does not produce Hydrogen Embrittlement and does not require a post-bake cycle*. Mechanical plating more easily coats odd-shaped parts from chains, to flat parts, to complex sintered metal parts, allowing a company to utilize one process for an array of applications and part types.

Additionally, compared to hot-dip galvanizing, mechanical plating does not require threads to be chased after plating.

At Chem-Plate Industries, we offer a wide range of mechanical plating processes including Standard Zinc Plating and Galvanizing, Silver Plating, Zinc Aluminum coatings, Tin Coatings, and our CP 2000 process which is a quad metal coating with salt spray in excess of 2,500 hours. Through the use of both propriety topcoats and partnerships with suppliers, we can offer mechanical plating with superior adhesion, salt spray, and appearance.

Chem-Plate Industries prides itself on providing a wide range of services to best fit all industries' metal finishing needs. We do not sell the customers just what we have; we have what the customers need. Having the ability to mechanically plate on top of our dip spin, electroplating, and ArmorGalv® processes gives us the unique advantage of being able to offer the best solution for whatever requirements you may have.

* If parts need to be stripped before Mechanical Plating, it is recommended that the parts be baked after the stripping process.

When combined with novel topcoats, corrosion resistance of 1,000 - 3,000 hrs of NSS is obtainable. Additionally, we have passivated available that are REACH and PROP65 compliant that is not easily commercially available for Zinc plating. Attached to this line is a continuous bake furnace, ensuring that your parts are in the oven and at 400°F within one hour after plating.

This Zinc/Nickel plating system offers a bright, uniform finish, even in low current density areas, such as on clips and stampings. Very even distribution of the plating deposit allows for long parts to be plated uniformly, unlike most other electroplating processes. With a 12 to 15% Nickel deposit, this system offers exceptional corrosion protection when used with our trivalent passivates which are offered in clear or black. If a yellow finish is desired, our unique totally Chrome-free “NoKrom Y” passivity works great over the alkaline Zinc/Nickel base.

At our Morse facility, we added a state-of-the-art automatic plating line upgrade by Jessup Engineering. The process equipment is fully automated with a continuous bake facility directly in-line so that parts are automatically dumped from the plating barrel directly into an individual bin in the bake oven. This assures that parts reach 400F within one hour and avoid part mixing.