{"id":114,"date":"2013-10-15T05:20:17","date_gmt":"2013-10-15T05:20:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/advancedplatingtech.com\/?page_id=114"},"modified":"2026-02-06T06:30:32","modified_gmt":"2026-02-06T12:30:32","slug":"selective-plating","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/advancedplatingtech.com\/engineered-solutions\/selective-plating\/","title":{"rendered":"Selective Plating Services (Electroplating and Electroless Plating)"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Selective Plating Services (Electroplating and Electroless Plating)<\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><a href=\"https:\/\/advancedplatingtech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/select-marked-1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-5965 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/advancedplatingtech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/select-marked-1-300x200.png\" alt=\"GB3_2919\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/advancedplatingtech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/select-marked-1-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/advancedplatingtech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/select-marked-1-1024x684.png 1024w, https:\/\/advancedplatingtech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/select-marked-1-768x513.png 768w, https:\/\/advancedplatingtech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/select-marked-1.png 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Advanced Plating Technologies is an industry leader in selective plating services of loose-piece products used within a wide range of industries including the bearing, aerospace, medical and petrochemical sectors.\u00a0 Selective plating is offered across APT\u2019s entire line of plating services including <a title=\"Gold Plating\" href=\"https:\/\/advancedplatingtech.com\/electrolytic-plating\/gold-plating-services\/\">gold plating<\/a>, <a title=\"Silver Plating\" href=\"\/electrolytic-plating\/silver-plating-services\/\">silver plating<\/a>, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a title=\"Nickel Plating (Electrolytic)\" href=\"\/electrolytic-plating\/nickel-plating-services\/\">nickel plating<\/a><\/span>, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a title=\"Electroless Nickel Plating\" href=\"https:\/\/advancedplatingtech.com\/electroless-nickel-plating-services\/electroless-nickel-plating\/\">electroless nickel plating<\/a><\/span>,<a title=\"Lead Plating\" href=\"https:\/\/advancedplatingtech.com\/electrolytic-plating\/lead-plating-services\/\"> <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">lead plating<\/span><\/a> and <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a title=\"Tin\/Lead Plating\" href=\"https:\/\/advancedplatingtech.com\/electrolytic-plating\/tin-lead-plating-services\/\">tin\/lead plating<\/a><\/span> services.<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">APT offers a wide range of masks and masking techniques to meet the requirements of most selective plating applications.\u00a0 Custom die-cut tapes and silicon sheet, custom-molded silicon masks, various application-specific tapes, standard silicon masks, and mating parts are just some examples of the masks used.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\" align=\"left\"><a href=\"mailto:quotes@advancedplatingtech.com?subject=Selective%20Plating%20RFQ&amp;body=\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-5591\" src=\"https:\/\/advancedplatingtech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Submit-RFQ-5-300x39.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"345\" height=\"45\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p align=\"left\"><a href=\"https:\/\/advancedplatingtech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Untitled-design-1-1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-6187 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/advancedplatingtech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Untitled-design-1-1-300x225.png\" alt=\"Selective Silver Plating\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/advancedplatingtech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Untitled-design-1-1-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/advancedplatingtech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Untitled-design-1-1-1024x768.png 1024w, https:\/\/advancedplatingtech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Untitled-design-1-1-768x576.png 768w, https:\/\/advancedplatingtech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Untitled-design-1-1-1536x1152.png 1536w, https:\/\/advancedplatingtech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Untitled-design-1-1.png 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>The technical sales group at Advanced Plating Technologies can design custom masks and masking fixtures around the requirements of a specific application.\u00a0 Typically the volume of the application dictates the type of mask used.\u00a0 Higher volume applications often yield first-year annualized savings with the development of custom masks.\u00a0 APT\u2019s technical sales group can define options in selective plating and provide a cost comparison between masking with standard masks as well as with custom masks.<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">The tolerances of a selective plating application dictate the type of mask and method of masking application.\u00a0 Custom fixtures can be engineered as part of the masking development to ensure consistent placement within tight tolerances for critical applications.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2 align=\"left\">Selective Plating (Electroplating) \u2013 Why Selective Plating?<\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><a href=\"https:\/\/advancedplatingtech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Untitled-design-2-1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-6189 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/advancedplatingtech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Untitled-design-2-1-300x225.png\" alt=\"Selective Gold On Inconel (Cobhram)\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/advancedplatingtech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Untitled-design-2-1-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/advancedplatingtech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Untitled-design-2-1-1024x768.png 1024w, https:\/\/advancedplatingtech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Untitled-design-2-1-768x576.png 768w, https:\/\/advancedplatingtech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Untitled-design-2-1-1536x1152.png 1536w, https:\/\/advancedplatingtech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Untitled-design-2-1.png 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Selective plating is used for a range of design reasons and applications.\u00a0 The following are just a few examples of where selective plating is commonly specified:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Bearings or Bushings:\u00a0<\/strong>Selective plating is often utilized to eliminate plating build on surfaces where the plated babbitt is not desirable.\u00a0 In addition, <a title=\"Bearing Plating Services\" href=\"https:\/\/advancedplatingtech.com\/engineered-solutions\/bearing-plating-services\/\">bearing plating<\/a> applications commonly have very tight tolerance requirements such as wall thickness and concentricity that are difficult to meet if both the ID and OD of the bearing are plated.\u00a0 By selective plating of only the functional surfaces, tighter overall part tolerance can be achieved.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Soldering, Welding or Brazing Applications:<\/strong> In certain applications in joining, the plated deposit is undesirable on a feature where the product is to be joined.\u00a0 An example would be where a product is gold plated on one end for soldering but needs to be welded on an opposing end where gold inclusion within the weld joint is undesirable.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Precious Metal Applications:\u00a0<\/strong>As precious metals continue to increase in cost, the cost benefit of selective plating only the functional surfaces where gold or silver is required becomes stronger.\u00a0 The cost of the labor in selectively plating loose-piece components needs to be carefully weighed against the material savings.\u00a0 Applications such as contacts received on a carrier or fret are the classic application were selective plating of the carrier strip can yield significant material savings with a minimal increase in labor.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Complex Geometries:<\/strong> Complex part geometries such as manifolds often require selective plating services utilizing masking to prevent air entrapment within the part and resulting inadherant immersion deposits.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Heavy Build Applications:<\/strong>\u00a0External threads or interference fits are often masked in heavier deposit applications to prevent oversize of the outside, inside or pitch diameters.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Blind Holes:<\/strong>\u00a0 Often blind holes are masked in critical applications to prevent the potential for entrapment of plating chemistry resulting in workout staining of aesthetic concerns.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p align=\"left\">Assemblies:\u00a0 Selective plating services of assemblies can be required to prevent deposition on components of the assembly where the coating is undesirable from a functional standpoint.\u00a0 Masking can also be provided to protect dissimilar metals of an assembly from the chemistry of the plating process.<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">You can <a title=\"Contact\" href=\"https:\/\/advancedplatingtech.com\/contact\/\">contact<\/a> a member of our technical sales group to discuss your specific application.\u00a0 If submitting a <a title=\"Request for Quote\" href=\"https:\/\/advancedplatingtech.com\/request-for-quote\/\">request for quote<\/a> from our website, a text field is provided to detail any specific selective plating requirements.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Selective Plating Services (Electroplating and Electroless Plating) &nbsp; Advanced Plating Technologies is an industry leader in selective plating 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