Architects prescribe the color before they prescribe the brand. Chrome is still in the fixture displays, but it shares space with matte black, brushed gold, copper and gun metal, and homeowners choose their faucet the way they choose a lamp: for the expression. It has moved...
In many development projects, surface treatment is the last item on the list. The part is drawn and the tolerances are determined. Only then is the question asked: What coating should actually be applied? The order is understandable. It is just often unfortunate. The part's...
Most electronic products are designed before anyone talks to those who will be coating the components. The material is chosen, the geometry is determined, and the tolerances are written into the drawing. Only then does the question of surface treatment come to the table....
Some surfaces need to do more than just look good. A tool that is used a thousand times a week. A fixture that needs to look the same in ten years. A mechanical component where friction costs a lifetime. For these types of tasks, we offer PVD coating, and in this article...
Most people never see a galvanic coating. It sits as a layer of between 0.1 and 20 microns on contacts, pins and components inside products we use every day. But without that layer, the connector in your charging station would generate heat, the circuit board in...