Zinc Barrel Plating Services

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At Elm Plating Company, our focus on zinc plating makes us an industry leader. We offer our customers the best in zinc and chromate plating in a wide range of colors and thicknesses. Our automated barrel zinc plating equipment is perfect for your all-metal fasteners and stampings, and Elm Plating's 3 batch ovens and 1 continuous bake oven run at 400° F ±25°F for 4 hours, which provides your carbon steel and cast iron components with superior zinc plating and full protection against hydrogen embrittlement stress cracking concerns.

We also offer great post-plate operations like chromating, integrated lubricants, wax, seals, passivation and centrifugal drying. Our testing and inspection abilities allow us to guarantee that your fasteners and stampings will meet or exceed the industry's toughest standards, including TS16949 certification and CQI-11 compliance. Plus, we offer lead times of only 3-5 days, and our logistics, trucking, invoicing and price quotes derive value-added benefits to our customers.

For more information about our industry leading zinc plating, see the details below. To learn more about all of our other services, please contact Elm Plating today.

Chromate Plating

Zinc Barrel Plating

Past Projects

• Zinc Plating of Steel Fasteners for a Hydraulic Hose Application
• Electrodeposit Zinc Barrel Plating of Steel Grab Handle for the Residential Trash Disposal Industry
• Heat Treatment and Zinc Plating of Grade 8 Cap Screw for the Construction Industry

Zinc Barrel Plating Services Capabilities

Plating Material	Zinc & Chromate
Color	Black Clear (silver iridescent) Yellow Blue-Bright (silver)
Substrate-Metal	Carbon Steels Cast Iron
Zinc Plating Processes	Electro Deposit
Zinc Plating Equipment	Barrel
Automation Capabilities	Computerized Process Control Mechanical Sorting
Hydrogen Embrittlement Baking	3 Batch Ovens 1 Continuous Bake Oven
Temperature	400 °F ±25°F for 4-24 hours
Surface Preperation Operations	In-Line Cleaning Pre-Rinse Acid Pickling Post-Rinse
Top Coats	Wax Torque Integrated Lubricant (TNT15) Torque Tension Fluids and Seals High Corrosion Resistance (JS500)
Coefficient of Friction (No Lubricant)	.20 to .40
Coefficient of Friction (For Wax)	.09 to .12
Coefficient of Friction (For TNT15)	.11 to .17
Post-plate Operations	Rinse Passivation Chromate Centrifugal Drying
Testing Ability	Adhesion Coating Thickness Corrosion Resistance (Salt Spray) Torque Tension Chemical Titration Test Labs USA (commercial testing facility)
Plating Thickness	3 to 25 µm
Material Thickness	2mm and up
Part Length	Up to 200 mm
Part Diameter	M5 to M36
Part Weight	Up to 1.5 lb
Full Service Laboratory	Plating Thickness Salt Spray COT/COF Metallurgical HET
Intended Application	All-Metal Fasteners All-Metal Stampings
Additional Services	Sorting Packaging Shipping
Production Volume	High Volume Prototype Leading to Production
Typical Lead Times Available	3 days (Single Process) 5 days (Dual Process)
Trucking	6 semis and one cargo van 200 mile radius of Jackson, Michigan

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