South West Metal Finishing offers Zinc Nickel to Airbus Specification AIPS-02-04-006 as well as AMS 2417 and many other specifications.

South West Metal Finishing offers four different processes, which should be chosen depending on the requirements of the coating.

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Zinc Nickel Plating

The Zinc Nickel process offers a coating that is used in the protection of steel, copper, and brass alloys. Zinc Nickel is widely recognized as an environmentally safe alternative to cadmium and in certain applications, demonstrates equivalent, or better, corrosion properties compared to cadmium.

Zinc-Nickel functions as a “sacrificial coating”, corroding before the base material, and can also replace cadmium in a galvanic interaction where the coating is intended to minimize corrosion caused by dissimilar metals.

South West Metal Finishing offers RoHS compliant trivalent Clear and Hexavalent colour post plate treatments for enhanced corrosion protection, and also specific torque-tension applications.

Example Specifications

  • Airbus Industry Process Specification (AIPS)
  • Aerospace Material Specification (AMS)
  • AIPS 02-04-006
  • AMS 2417
  • UTC Aerospace
  • and many others

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Plating Capabilities

  • LHE process, a specialised aerospace process for high strength steels over 1450 mpa
  • Rack and barrel plating available
  • RoHS compliant trivalent Clear and Hexavalent colour post-plate treatments
  • Precision masking available for selective plating
  • In house salt spray testing per ASTM B 117
  • Thickness analysis using XRF technology

Typical Applications Of Zinc-Nickel Electroplating:

Aerospace

as a cadmium replacement commonly bearings, used to minimize galvanic corrosion when mating stainless steel and aluminium

Automotive Industry

used when corrosion protection is required that is superior to standard zinc plating

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Electrical Transmission Industry

cleats bolts, and coaxial cables

Fastener Industry

used for improved corrosion protection and a cadmium replacement

Defence Industry

used as a cadmium replacement

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Sectors

Surface treatment services to the aerospace and other high technology sectors.

Surface Coatings

We offer an extensive range of coating services including Electroplating, Electroless Plating, Anodising, Conversion Coatings, Paint and Non Destructive Testing.

The Environment

As a business, South West Metal Finishing recognises its Duty of Care with respect to the environment.