Yes, coatings such as electroless nickel or chrome plating can significantly improve corrosion resistance, protecting linear motion components from moisture, chemicals, and other corrosive elements. This is especially important in industries like food processing and packaging, where equipment is exposed to washdowns or harsh environments.
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Nickel Plating from Armoloy
Nickel is a hard and ductile transition metal renowned for its corrosion and wear resistance, making it an essential protective metal coating across various industries. This durable metal is applied through an electroplating process, where a thin nickel layer is electrodeposited onto surfaces, enhancing their lifespan and appearance. Nickel coatings are particularly valuable in aerospace, automotive, and marine sectors, where they protect against harsh environmental conditions.
The bright, lustrous finish of nickel plating also adds aesthetic value, and when combined with other materials like chromium, their protective qualities are further amplified. This makes nickel coatings a versatile and practical choice for ensuring longevity and performance of metal components.
Details About Armoloy Nickel Coatings
The Armoloy Corporation ensures global manufacturers keep their high precision components up and running with our innovative lineup of nickel coatings.
Armoloy specializes in advanced nickel coatings designed to combat moderate to severe corrosion in machined components. Our offerings include mid-phosphorus electroless nickel, a robust functional coating known for its uniform deposition and excellent corrosion resistance.
Additionally, Armoloy provides Nickel Teflon® (Nyflon®), renowned for its unique combination of low friction and release qualities without the use of PFAS additives. These coatings are applied in thin, yet effective layers ranging from 0.0001 to 0.003 inches, ensuring enhanced durability without impacting the dimensional tolerance of parts. This precision application makes Armoloy’s nickel coatings ideal for critical components where both corrosion resistance and dimensional accuracy are paramount.
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Services at Armoloy
The Armoloy Corporation is here to provide support for your project, starting from the discovery phase and continuing through a successful production launch. Whether coatings are considered during the initial part design phase or become necessary due to product failures in the field, our team can assist you at any stage in the process.
Research & Development
Fully equipped R&D plating lab for test runs, prototyping, and continual development of our plating technologies. Our turnkey approach ensures high-quality outcomes for your project.
Process Development & Validation
Support from design to product launch with coating selection, prototyping, testing, PPAP validation, and plating production on any scale. We also support a range of ASTM and AMS test methods with a NADCAP-certified laboratory.
Fulfillment
The Armoloy Corporation ensures the development of a repeatable plating process that can be achieved at any one of our process fulfillment centers around the world. We will handle prototyping, process validation, cost engineering, and much more.
Qualifications
Certifications & Specifications
Fisher General Specification FGS 8B7, Electroless Nickel Coatings
Fisher General Specification FGS 8B10, Electroless Nickel Coatings
Specification SAE AMS2403N, Nickel Plating General Purpose
SAE Specification AMS2404J, Plating, Electroless Nickel
Specification SAE AMS2405, Electroless Nickel Plating Low Phosphorous
MIL-C26074 Military Specification, Coatings, Electroless Nickel, Requirements
Specification SAE AMS2759/9, Hydrogen Embrittlement Relief (Baking) of Steel Parts
SAE Specification AMS2759/11, Pre-Plate Stress Relief of Steel Parts
AMS 2423E Plating, Nickel, Hard Deposit
AMS 2424F Plating, Nickel Low-Stressed Deposit
Specification AMS 2454 Plating, Electroless Nickel, Codeposited with Polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE)
ASTM B733-22 Electroless Nickel-Phosphorus Coatings on Metal
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With over 65 years of experience in our field, The Armoloy Corporation helps global manufacturers protect their most valuable, high-tuned machined components with a premium lineup of nickel coatings.
Armoloy’s nickel coatings can eliminate and prevent wear and corrosion across a wide range of industrial applications with two distinct nickel coating products. By increasing the longevity of metal surface applications, Armoloy helps to ensure that organizations avoid unplanned downtime and maintain peak efficiency and performance.
Frequently Asked Questions
Nickel boron coating, particularly nickel boron nitride, provides a hard, durable surface that significantly reduces friction and wear. It offers excellent corrosion resistance and can withstand high temperatures, making it ideal for firearm components, automotive parts, and industrial machinery. The coating enhances the longevity and reliability of treated surfaces by reducing the need for frequent maintenance and replacement.
Some of the most common food-safe coatings include:
- Electroless Nickel (EN): Known for its corrosion resistance and durability, electroless nickel is often used on food processing equipment.
- Thin Dense Chrome (TDC): Armoloy Thin Dense Chrome is a food-safe coating that provides excellent wear resistance, reduces friction, and prevents corrosion.
- PTFE (Polytetrafluoroethylene): Commonly known as Teflon, this non-stick coating is used in cookware and food packaging machinery.
- Ceramic Coatings: Ceramic coatings are highly durable and resist high temperatures, making them ideal for food contact surfaces.
When choosing food-safe coatings, ensure they are certified and meet your specific component requirements to maintain safety and compliance.
Certain combinations of metals should be avoided due to the risk of galvanic corrosion. Here are some metal pairs that should not be used together:
- Aluminum and Copper: Aluminum is anodic to copper and will corrode rapidly in their presence, especially in moist environments.
- Zinc and Steel (Stainless or Galvanized): Zinc is anodic to both stainless and galvanized steel, leading to rapid corrosion of zinc.
- Steel and Brass/Bronze: Steel is anodic to brass and bronze, causing the steel to corrode in the presence of these metals.
- Magnesium and Any Other Metal: Magnesium is highly anodic and will corrode when in contact with almost any other metal, including aluminum, steel, and copper.
- Carbon Steel and Stainless Steel: Carbon steel is anodic to stainless steel, which can lead to significant corrosion of carbon steel in the presence of stainless steel.
Preventive Measures:
- Insulation: Use non-conductive materials like plastic or rubber to separate dissimilar metals.
- Protective Coatings: Apply coatings to one or both metals to prevent direct contact.
- Material Selection: Choose metals that are close together in the galvanic series to minimize potential differences.
By avoiding these problematic metal combinations and implementing preventive measures, you can significantly reduce the risk of galvanic corrosion.
Corrosion-resistant aerospace coatings, such as electroless nickel plating, are designed to protect metal parts from oxidation and chemical damage. These coatings form a barrier that helps aircraft components resist corrosion even in highly corrosive environments.
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