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Advantages of Sulfamate Nickel Plating

Nickel is one of the most common materials used in electroplating applications. This lustrous, silvery-white metal is hard and ductile and offers excellent protection from corrosion. While nickel can work well as a standalone finish for many plating projects, it often serves as an undercoat for gold and other precious metals. Metal finishing companies typically […]

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Thickness of Gold Plating Connectors

For decades, manufacturers of electronics products have used gold plating to protect the connectors that are essential for joining electrical circuits together. Gold is the preferred material because of its good electrical conductivity, ability to resist corrosion and wear and excellent heat-shielding properties. Determining the appropriate gold plating thickness is a vital decision to maximize […]

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Key Benefits of Industrial Gold Plating

Gold is a precious metal that many people equate with high monetary value and aesthetic appeal. In addition, gold has many properties that can protect industrial products and prolong their lifespans. Although gold plating can be more expensive than some other metal finishing techniques, it often delivers the best long-term return on investment. Exploring the […]

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Different Ways to Plate Micro Parts

The term “micro parts” refers to components that are the size of a dime or even smaller. You can typically find them in products such as medical, telecommunications and electronic devices. Examples of these tiny parts include electrical capacitors, chip connectors, pins, eyelet funnels, interconnect sockets and resistors, to name just a few. As technology […]

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Hard Gold Plating vs. Soft Gold Plating

  Gold has always held a sparkly reputation in jewelry and decorative accents, but many are unaware of its uses in the world of electroplating. Along with its excellent electrical conductivity, gold offers many benefits, from corrosion resistance to biocompatibility.   However, not all gold plating is the same, which is mainly due to the solution or […]

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Advantages of Gold Plating Over PVD Coating

Several methods are available for applying a coating of gold onto an industrial product. The electroplating process has been the preferred choice of metal finishing companies and manufacturers for years, although a newer technique known as PVD coating is rapidly gaining traction in many manufacturing circles. We’ll explore the differences between the two to help […]

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Specifications of Superalloys

An alloy is a metal created by combining two or more metallic elements. The alloying process enhances the properties of each of the metals, resulting in a more useful end product. People typically produce alloys to increase corrosion resistance, hardness or tensile strength or lower melting point. Superalloys are high-performance alloys that exhibit many of […]

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Mixing Gold and Tin Contacts

In electronics, it’s often debated whether to use gold or tin as contact materials when developing a product. The debate between the use of gold and the use of tin continues because both materials provide their own unique advantages and disadvantages. That is, each can be helpful in different situations. To help you make the […]

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Hard Gold Plating vs. ENIG

When working on an application that requires gold plating services, there are two design options available: hard gold plating and ENIG plating. The hard plating process features a refined grain surface and harder deposits that emerge from the gold itself being alloyed with a different element — like iron, nickel or cobalt. ENIG plating, or […]

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Gold Plating Thickness Standards for Connectors

It may seem difficult to determine the right thickness for gold plating connectors and contacts. Connectors must perform reliably even under harsh conditions, and they can only do so when the plating is properly designed with the right amount of thickness. As an added factor, gold can be an expensive material to procure, meaning it’s […]

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