Who is responsible when a hybrid surface fails?
A crate of parts is returned by the customer’s client. The coating is flaking off along the edges of a handful of parts. Not on all of them, just on some. This triggers a job that no purchaser has factored into the budget. The supplier of the galvanic undercoat sends their...
What do Swedish companies expect from their surface treatment suppliers?
From Uldum’s perspective, Sweden is not a distant export market. It’s right on our doorstep. Several of our biggest customers are on the other side of the Øresund, and many of them have been working with us for years. This collaboration has taught us what Swedish buyers expect from a subcontractor....
Chem-Tec Plating celebrates its 40th anniversary: From 166 square metres in Uldum to customers across Europe
On 4 October 1986, Chem-Tec in Uldum fulfilled its first order. Edge connectors on printed circuit boards were to be gold-plated, and the work took place in a 166-square-metre hall with two production lines. Today, 40 years later, Chem-Tec Plating A/S has 35 employees, 12...
What German companies expect from their surface treatment specialists
The distance from Uldum to Hamburg is around 300 kilometres. From Munich to Hamburg, it is almost 800. This distance comes as a surprise to most people. It also says something about how a German buyer might view Denmark. For a company in northern Germany, a Danish supplier is closer...
The decorative is never just decoration
Consulting on decorative surface treatment at Chem-Tec Plating The end customer of a designer lamp never sees the metallurgy. She sees the surface. And she judges it in less than a second, with her eyes and fingertips, long before she thinks about what lies beneath....
When the surface is the product: What fixture manufacturers should demand from their PVD supplier
A customer standing in a showroom choosing a faucet never sees the brass inside. She sees and touches the outer layer: the color, the shine, and the feel under her fingers. That layer is more than decoration. For a kitchen or bathroom faucet, the surface is by far the...
Select the surface before the tolerances are locked
Chem-Tec Plating advises in four industries. In mechanics it becomes most obvious why. Here the geometry of the part determines what is even possible to coat, and that decision should be made while the drawing can still be changed. When the geometry is locked, the choices are also...
When color is half the product: PVD coating for kitchen and bathroom fixtures
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...
Surface treatment for the energy sector: the advice begins before the coating does
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...
Call us before the drawing is locked
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....
PVD coating: Five colors, one vacuum chamber and 40 years of preparation
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...
Galvanic surface treatment: Precision in thousandths of a millimeter
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...
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