Columbia's NEW Electroless Nickel Process

Q: We process a large variety of machined parts in our plating shop, and we find that some of the rust inhibitors they are coated with are easy to clean off while others are very difficult to remove, which causes our reject rates to increase. Can you provide an overview of the different rust inhibitors to help us understand what may be causing these issues?

A: Handling parts that come in with a variety of often unknown oils and compounds on them is a common scenario for plating shops and can easily cause issues. The type of inhibitor used depends on factors such as material composition, storage conditions, and end-use requirements. Each type of inhibitor presents unique challenges for plating shops, requiring tailored cleaning processes to ensure optimal adhesion and plating quality. When dealing with oil- vs. water-based formulations...Read More Here

In the spirit of progress and responsiveness to the industry shift, AdTec II in Florida was looking to move away from their use of decorative hexavalent chromium to a safer, more cost effective, and similar performing trivalent alternative. Located in the Tampa area, AdTec II is a well-known plating shop delivering quality rack and barrel plating to customers across many industries. The state-of-the-art facility provides a full-spectrum solution to meet their customers’ electroplating needs as well as prompt and accurate estimating, technical assistance, and research and development. 

Columbia is well known for its expertise on decorative trivalent chromium and offers an advanced chloride system with bright white LaB values, an easy-to-use liquid replenisher, and is the only trivalent process on the market offering reclaim capabilities. Adtec II spent time considering various systems and after comparing the data on cost and performance...read more

"Adtec II’s plating manager, who previously had extensive experience with a competitor’s trivalent process... commented to Jeff about how “unbelievably easy” the TriCOL® bath has been to use and maintain...and that the color was “the best they have seen from any trivalent chromium system on the market..."

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