Electroless Nickel is an autocatalytic plating process resulting in a reflective layer of nickel phosphorus. Because E-Nickel is chemically deposited, the coating is uniform in thickness, making post machining unnecessary when dimensions are accurate.       Click here to download a brochure about E-Nickel Plating.

Applications

E-Nickel provides a hard, corrosion, abrasion, and wear resistant surface to protect machine components in many industrial environments.

• Oil and Gas: Valve Components such as balls, gates, plugs and other components in many industrial environments
• Automation Equipment: Wear resistance rollers and sorting equipment
• Automotive: Heat sinks, shock absorbers, gears, cylinder, and break pistons
• Plastics: Molds and dies for injecting and low and blow molding of plastics components, extruders, and machine parts rollers

Advantages

• Excellent abrasion and corrosion resistance
• Uniform plating with no edge build up
• Excellent natural surface lubricity
• Ideal for tight tolerance work

Capabilities

• Rack and barrel capabilities
• Tank Deminsions: 44.5” FTB x 32” wide x 37.5” deep
• Can apply to aluminum, stainless teel, brass, copper, and steel
• Post bake operation
• Masking capabilities

Specifications

• Meets specification requirements AMS 26074 (formerly MIL-C-26074), AMS 2404,
  AMS2405, ASTM B-733, and ISO4527
• Can meet most private specs
• Properties                                                                             Typical Value
  Density (Average)                                                                  8.3 g/cm3
  Phosphorus Content (Typical)                                                5-7 weight percent
  Hardness: (As Plated)                                                            600-700 Hk100
      (heat treated @ 680F for 1 hour)                                       850-1000 Hk100
  Wear Resistance: (As Plated)                                                12-18 TWI*
                  (Heat Treated @ 680F for 1 hour)                          8-12 TWI*
  Magnetic Tendency                                                                 Magnetic

       *TWI - "Taber Wear Index" is the weight loss in mg per 1000 cycles against CS10 wheels