The electroplating intermediate is a material used in the electroplating process to adjust characteristics such as grain size, gloss, thickness and plating speed. Most of them are configured as ...

EK has announced that it plans to improve the nickel-plating process it uses when manufacturing its waterblocks. We previously reported that the waterblock manufacturer had halted production of its ...

The use of electroless nickel (EN) plating as a method for providing lightweight materials with higher durability, greater corrosion performance, and enhanced fuel efficiencies was introduced more ...

When it comes to engines, wear is the enemy. Many parts are victim to friction, but the cylinder walls are some of the unluckiest areas of an engine. With each rotation the piston rings scrape up and ...

Maintaining internal compressive stress through 20 metal turnovers (MTO), the process provides consistent deposit properties over an extended operating life without the use of expensive ...

Trilyte Dusk trivalent-chromium plating process deposits a dark, lustrous, repeatable chromium layer over bright or satin nickel deposits. The coating passes 80 hr of exposure to acetic acid with ...

Ed Embry, senior plating engineer at Ambrake Manufacturing, Elizabethtown, KY, knew that his company’s mid-phosphorus electroless nickel baths did not contain much lead or cadmium. However, after ...