{"id":360,"date":"2013-10-15T18:43:53","date_gmt":"2013-10-15T18:43:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/advancedplatingtech.com\/?page_id=360"},"modified":"2026-02-06T07:18:09","modified_gmt":"2026-02-06T13:18:09","slug":"electrolytic-plating","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/advancedplatingtech.com\/electrolytic-plating\/","title":{"rendered":"Electrolytic Plating Services"},"content":{"rendered":"

Advanced Plating Technologies<\/a> offers a diversity of electrolytic plating services in barrel, rack and vibratory \u201cloose piece\u201dmethods across a wide range of demanding sectors including the medical, ammunition,defense, power transmission, oil & gas, electronic & interconnect industries. Electrolytic plating is a process which requires an externally applied DC current for deposition to occur as opposed to electroless plating processes<\/a> in which the deposition occurs from an autocatalytic reaction of the plating chemistry with the base material. The vast majority of plated finishes can only be provided commercially with electrolytic plating. A brief summary of the precious and nonprecious metal electrolytic plating services offer by Advanced Plating Technologies is provided below.<\/p>\n

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Nickel Plating Services (Electrolytic)<\/a><\/h2>\n
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Electrolytic Nickel Plating<\/p><\/div>\n

Advanced Plating Technologies offers a wide range of traditional electrolytic nickel plating services including both Type I \u201cunbrightened\u201d and Type 2 \u201cbrightened\u201d deposits. \u00a0Nickel is commonly used for conductive applications and provides excellent corrosion and wear resistance.\u00a0 Nickel is often plated as a diffusion barrier prior to a tin, silver or gold final layer to prevent solid state diffusion or intermetallic growth between the base material and final topcoat.\u00a0 Type I brightened nickel deposits have the ability of leveling the surface as they plate producing an appealing, lustrous finish that enhances the appearance of products.\u00a0 For functional applications that require bonding, brazing, soldering or crimping, APT only recommends the use of unbrightened Type 2 sulfamate nickel plating services. For applications that require crimping with a lustrous finish, APT offers a proprietary Ducta-bright 7a\u00ae nickel<\/a> process far superior to traditional brittle electrolytic bright nickel processes.<\/p>\n

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Sulfamate Nickel Plating Services <\/a><\/h2>\n
\"Electrolytic<\/a>

Electrolytic Sufamate Nickel<\/p><\/div>\n

Sulfamate nickel is a specific type of electrolytic plating that is formulated from a nickel sulfamate rather than the traditional \u201cWatts\u201d nickel sulfate formulation.\u00a0 Sulfamate nickel plating produces a semi-bright nickel deposit that excels in engineered and functional applications.\u00a0 Sulfamate nickel plating produces a high purity, low-stress nickel deposit that performs the best of all nickel deposits (electrolytic or electroless) in flexing or crimping applications as well as in joining functions such as soldering, brazing, epoxy bonding or welding. APT recommends sulfamate nickel as an underplate to gold, silver or tin in most applications that require any type of bonding or flexing.<\/p>\n

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Black Nickel Plating Services <\/a><\/h2>\n
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Black Nickel Plating<\/p><\/div>\n

Advanced Plating Technologies\u2019 black nickel plating has excellent \u201cthrow\u201d or ability to plate uniformly on complex geometries in either rack or barrel processing.\u00a0 Commonly black nickel is preceded by a nickel underplate which will impact the final appearance of the black nickelfrom a bright jet black appearance to a satin charcoal gray finish.\u00a0 Being a codeposit of tin and nickel, APT\u2019s black nickel is fully conductive and can be directly soldered or brazed to.<\/p>\n

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Tin Plating Services<\/a><\/h2>\n
\"Tin<\/a>

Tin Plating<\/p><\/div>\n

Tin is a soft, ductile, silvery-white metal that is not easily oxidized in air.\u00a0 It has good conductivity and corrosion resistance while enhancing solderability of substrates that are not otherwise easily soldered to.\u00a0 Tin plating is broken up into two primary categories:\u00a0 bright tin and matte (solderable) tin plating.\u00a0 Bright tin plating has a high degree of luster and is generally preferred for electrical contact applications. For solderable applications matte tin is recommended since the deposit is free of the codeposited brighteners found in bright tin plating that can interfere with soldering and uniform wetting.<\/p>\n

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Tin\/Lead Plating Services <\/a><\/h2>\n
\"Tin<\/a>

Tin Lead Plating<\/p><\/div>\n

Tin\/lead plating services are utilized for unsurpassed solderability and in critical electrical and electronic applications to eliminate the potential for tin whisker formation.In addition, tin\/lead plating is commonly used for bearing and bushing electrolytic plating applications due to the lubricity and embedability of the soft alloy deposit.\u00a0 Advanced Plating Technologies offers a diverse portfolio of tin\/lead plating services including 10\/90, 90\/10, 60\/40, 95\/5 and 5\/95 formulations. In addition, any custom tin\/lead formulation can be produced upon request to meet any company specification for electrolytic plating.<\/p>\n

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Lead Plating Services<\/a><\/h2>\n
\"Lead<\/a>

Lead Plating<\/p><\/div>\n

Lead plating services are often employed for highly corrosive applications due to the outstanding performance of lead in corrosive environments, especially when dealing with strong mineral acids such as sulfuric acid in lead-acid batteries.\u00a0 Lead has excellent anti-galling characteristics and is a very soft deposit, making it an excellent babbitt material for bearing and bushing applications.<\/p>\n

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Copper Plating Services<\/a><\/h2>\n
\"Copper<\/a>

Copper Plating<\/p><\/div>\n

Advanced Plating Technologies offers both alkaline cyanide copper as well as high-speed acid non-cyanide copper plating services.\u00a0 Copper plating is commonly used as an underplate to enhance the conductivity and corrosion resistance of a final deposit.\u00a0 Cyanide copper plating is often used as a strike to improve the bond or adhesion of subsequent plating processes.\u00a0 Copper plating is also used as a metallic lubricant for anti-galling applications as well as for heat treat stop-off for carburizing or nitriding applications.\u00a0 For ammunition applications, APT offers heavy build copper plating of projectiles<\/a> and components made from lead, powdered metal and armor-piercing materials.<\/p>\n

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