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Do these pictures look all too familiar? These images demonstrate a lack of zinc coverage due to poor substrate and excess surface contaminants. When steel parts have excess surface contaminants such as heavy scales, weld flux or oils, the chemistry in an...

It is finally summertime! The winter months are over, and we can all finally enjoy the sunshine and outdoors again. With the warmer weather, though, comes some challenges such as mosquitos, sweat stains, heat, humidity, and premature zinc corrosion. As heat increases...

There are many different elements that need to work in tandem for quality zinc plating: time, temperature, pH, concentration, sequence, agitation, and contamination. With the many different steps involved with zinc plating, many one of these elements not being in...

Every company must determine the price customers will be willing to pay for their product or service, while also being mindful of the cost of bringing that product or service to market. The words "cost" and "price" are often used interchangeably; however, they have...

Chromates and passivates are terms that we all see quite frequently in the various plating specifications. These terms are often used interchangeably; however, they technically differ. In this Plateco Pointer, we will take a deeper dive into the difference of a...

As you know if we've ever plated any parts for you, we're pretty much obsessed with quality. We're constantly striving for perfection in everything we do, and the idea of compromising quality is something that goes against everything we stand for. HOWEVER...we're also...

We have a lot of parts manufacturers ask us if we do hot dip galvanizing. Our usual response: We don't, because we offer something that is very often a better solution - mechanical galvanizing. It's generally accepted that mechanical galvanizing often provides at...

Some parts have what we call double-blind holes, and they can be a real challenge from a rack electroplating standpoint. The parts shown in the photo below have the exact same holes on the bottom that you see on the top. The term "double blind holes" refers to the...

We talk a lot about our unending pursuit of plating perfection, and we certainly will go to any length to give our customers the best zinc plating quality possible. However, here are five things you can do to optimize plating quality: Don't scrimp on packaging. Be...

We know how crucial timely turnaround is for you, so here are three things you can do to enable your plating company to get your plated parts back to you as soon as possible: 1. Accurate purchase orders. Inaccurate orders can get held up in the receiving department...

Castings can be very challenging to plate. Here are the three most common reasons we see for this: Highly porous substrate Rough substrate surface Impurities in the casting Highly Porous Substrate Substrate porosity can cause our process solution to get trapped within...

Our smallest mechanical galvanizing barrel is designed to hold up to 675 pounds of parts; our largest barrel holds up to 2,600 pounds. As you might imagine, mechanically galvanizing only 10 or 20 pounds of metal parts in these barrels can be a major challenge. And in...