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...
Most people assume that metal plating requires electrical current. Hang the item in the bath, turn on the rectifier, and let the ions do the work. This is how galvanic coating has worked since the 19th century, and for many components in the energy, electronics, and...
A subtle color variation on a batch of high-end aluminum components puts a product launch on hold. Every subcontractor in the surface treatment chain can document that they have delivered within the agreed specifications. Yet the end result is...