We rolled out this Jewel Master Heated Auxiliary Plating Station in response to popular demand. If you want to plate components with rose gold, nickel or rhodium, you’ll need to apply greater heat than you would for other metal coatings. That’s where the auxiliary plating station comes in. It plugs...
Though most people don’t know what anodized aluminum is, they see examples of it everywhere around them. It is common in the automotive, aerospace, defense, and electronics industries. You can see it on storefronts, roofs, refrigerators, ranges, televisions, microwaves, and many Apple products. (Pixabay / analogicus) Anodizing is an electrochemical process...
Pursuits of gold fill history books with tales of humanity going to great lengths to find the precious metal. Not only is gold beautiful, but it’s also heat and corrosion-resistant and malleable. As the electronics industry has taken off, gold has become essential for electronics plating. Gold is a highly...
Gold is a mainstay in the electronics industry. It is used for electroplating relays, connectors, and contacts for switches. Gold is a popular choice for plating electronics components for several reasons. (Pixabay / Gellinger) Gold is ductile. This means that it can be drawn out into the thinnest wires. Gold conducts...
If you are familiar with the medical device industry, you know that gold is the plating material of choice. Silver, rhodium, and palladium all provide high-quality finishes and are cheaper than gold, but none of these materials offers the “total package” that gold does when it comes to the medical...
