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Our fully automated and robotic production line. This overview illustrates the efficiency of our process, where automated systems and robots ensure precision and consistency at every step of production. Our commitment to automation strengthens our ability to provide high-quality surface treatment solutions efficiently.

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dual reinforcement: substantial half-arch piece with nickel plating and heat treatment
Automotive Series: Nickel-Plated Aluminum Parts on Specialized Tooling for the Automotive Market
Complex Series: Numerous Chemically Nickel-Plated Aluminum Parts, Illustrating Our Excellence in Series Treatment
Sustainable Transition: Nickel-Plated Parts as a Substitute for Hard Chrome Plating
Sustainable Alternative: Chemically Nickel-Plated Steel Part, Replacing Hard Chrome Plating
Substantial metal components intended for offshore markets, freshly out of the high-phosphorus electroless nickel plating line. These pieces will undergo a diffusion heat treatment before their final deployment, reinforcing their structure for increased resistance in demanding marine environments. The initial nickel plating provides corrosion protection, ensuring reliable performance during deployment at sea.
In Progress Preparation: Initial Nickel Plating Awaiting Heat Treatment for Offshore Metal Components
Satin Finish: Aluminum Parts Nickel-Plated with a Satin Appearance, Achieved Through Prior Microblasting Before Electroless Nickel Plating. This technique imparts a slightly rough yet uniform texture. The combination of microblasting and high-phosphorus electroless nickel plating ensures lasting protection and an aesthetic appearance in line with customer expectations.
Frosted Finish: Aluminum Parts Microblasted and High-Phosphorus Electroless Nickel Plated.
Polishing in Progress: Component undergoing polishing, a step that can be performed before or after electroless nickel plating. This meticulous process enhances the finish of the piece, contributing to improved final surface roughness. The integration of polishing with our high-phosphorus electroless nickel plating reinforces the quality and visual appeal of each component.
Shining Polish: Refinement of Surface Roughness Before or After Electroless Nickel Plating
Polished Piece: Ready for Packaging. Meticulous polishing has enhanced surface smoothness.
Refinement and Protection: Polished Piece, Ready for Packaging.
Rotating assembly tooling providing continuous rotation of pieces during the electroless nickel plating process. This ingenious solution ensures an even application of the coating, guaranteeing consistent quality on all surfaces. The efficiency of our tooling reinforces our commitment to precise and reliable electroless nickel plating processes.
Continuous Rotation: Rotating Assembly Tooling for Homogeneous Electroless Nickel Plating
Our chemical product station equipped with a gentle evaporation system. This advanced technology ensures efficient chemical management while minimizing emissions. Our commitment to environmentally friendly practices is reflected in the use of this modern facility for our electroless nickel plating processes.
Durability in Action: Chemical Product Station with Gentle Evaporation
High-phosphorus electroless nickel plating tank with its closed lid. Our automatic closing system effectively prevents the escape of vapors during the treatment, ensuring a safe working environment. This technology reinforces our commitment to advanced and environmentally friendly electroless nickel plating practices.
Integrated Safety: Electroless Nickel Plating Tank with Closed Lid
Pieces exiting the tank via our computerized and automated robot. This automated process ensures optimal precision and efficiency in surface treatment. The integration of advanced technologies underscores our commitment to state-of-the-art high-phosphorus electroless nickel plating processes.
Exemplary Automation: Freshly Nickel-Plated Parts Exiting the Tank
Aerial view of our entire high-phosphorus electroless nickel plating production line. This perspective provides a comprehensive overview of our modern facilities, illustrating the consistency and efficiency of our manufacturing process. This layout reflects our commitment to high standards and quality production.
Comprehensive View: Integrated Production Line for High-Phosphorus Electroless Nickel Plating
Our versatile tooling: above, tooling with dedicated attachments for complex pieces, showcasing our ability to adapt to various shapes. Below, barrel tooling, perfect for smaller parts. Our tooling flexibility reflects our capacity to respond precisely and adaptively to the diverse needs of surface treatment.
Adaptability in Action: Tooling Alternatives for Every Customer.
Operators meticulously applying a protective varnish to a section of the piece not to be treated. This crucial step, carried out with care, creates a necessary mask, thus preventing electroless nickel plating on the specified area.
Precision and Protection: Varnish Application to Prevent Undesired Nickel Plating
Set of nickel-plated brass pieces, specially designed for the turning market and produced in very large series. Nickel plating not only provides an aesthetic finish but also ensures protection against corrosion, thus enhancing the durability of these mass-produced components to meet the needs of the turning market.
Large Series, Distinctive Finish: Nickel-Plated Brass Pieces for Turning
Installation of hydraulic fittings on our tanks, allowing precise regulation of chemicals. These fittings offer optimal control, ensuring ideal conditions for our electroless nickel plating processes. Our commitment to precision and quality is reflected in every detail of our installations.
Precise Control: Hydraulic Fittings for Chemical Regulation in Our Tanks
Laboratory technician conducting tests on samples taken from our tanks. These tests ensure meticulous monitoring of bath composition and nickel plating processes, ensuring optimal performance and results that comply with the highest standards of our treatments.
Rigorous Quality Control: Lab Technician in Action in Our Laboratory
Connector intended for the offshore sector, before the diffusion treatment. This upcoming process will create an interdiffused layer, inducing partial fusion of the substrate with the nickel plating layer. The result: exceptional protection for up to 2000 hours in saline mist environments, thereby reinforcing corrosion resistance to meet the rigorous standards of the offshore industry.
Anticipating Strength: Offshore Connector Before Diffusion Treatment
Pieces positioned above a pretreatment tank, just before immersion in the nickel bath. This crucial preparation step ensures an optimal surface, promoting the uniform adhesion of nickel during the coating process. Every detail matters in our commitment to the quality of nickel plating.
Meticulous Preparation: Pieces Awaiting Above the Pretreatment Tank
Aluminum nickel-plated pieces, carefully handled with white gloves, as part of a final visual inspection before their ultimate packaging. The high-phosphorus electroless nickel finish not only provides corrosion protection but also an elegant aesthetic. This meticulous inspection ensures compliance and impeccable quality of the pieces before their release.
Final Visual Inspection: Nickel-Plated Aluminum Pieces Ready for Packaging
Substantial piece treated with electroless nickel plating, then subjected to a hardening heat treatment at 290°C-300°C to achieve a minimum hardness of 850 Vickers. This treatment procedure ensures not only corrosion protection through electroless nickel plating but also exceptional mechanical strength, ensuring the durability and reliability of the piece in demanding conditions.
Optimal Hardness: Substantial Piece with Nickel Plating and Heat Treatment
Set of small pieces, all subjected to a heat hardening treatment at 290°C-300°C after electroless nickel plating. This procedure aims to ensure a minimum hardness of 850 Vickers, thereby enhancing the mechanical strength of each component. The combination of nickel plating and heat treatment ensures increased durability for these small-sized pieces.
Consistency in Performance: Small Pieces with Heat Hardening Treatment
Metal components positioned in the oven, awaiting the start of the heat treatment. These components, previously coated with high-phosphorus electroless nickel, are ready to undergo the thermal strengthening process. Once the treatment is complete, these pieces will ensure optimal strength.
Thermal Preparation: Metal Components Awaiting Treatment in the Oven
Wettability test conducted after the degreasing phase. This crucial step aims to confirm the proper progress of the process. The wettability test ensures an optimal preparation of the parts for high-phosphorus nickel plating, ensuring the effectiveness of the coating and the final quality.
Precise Validation: Post-Degreasing Wettability Test in Our Treatment Process
Complex Series: Numerous Chemically Nickel-Plated Aluminum Parts, Illustrating Our Excellence in Series Treatment
Components intended for the nuclear market, treated thermally after electroless nickel plating. This process, combined with high-phosphorus electroless nickel plating, allows for precise adjustment of the final characteristics. The pieces treated in this manner offer optimal resistance, meeting the specific requirements outlined in the specifications to ensure reliability and durability in nuclear applications.
Heat Treatment after Nickel Plating: Customized Components for the Nuclear Industry
Automotive Series: Nickel-Plated Aluminum Parts on Specialized Tooling for the Automotive Market
Notre expertise en nickelage chimique se distingue par la protection avancée contre la corrosion et l'amélioration des propriétés mécaniques des pièces décolletées. En renforçant la durabilité de l'aspect et la qualité des composants, notre traitement de surface contribue à l'excellence dans le secteur du décolletage.
Performance et Durabilité : Notre Expertise en Nickelage Chimique sur le Marché du Décolletage
Sustainable Alternative: Chemically Nickel-Plated Steel Part, Replacing Hard Chrome Plating
Our fully automated and robotic production line. This overview illustrates the efficiency of our process, where automated systems and robots ensure precision and consistency at every step of production. Our commitment to automation strengthens our ability to provide high-quality surface treatment solutions efficiently.
Full Automation: Our Fully Automated and Robotic Production Line
Set of electroless nickel-plated screws with a coating of high-phosphorus electroless nickel, expertly applied to ensure optimal protection of metallic parts. Electroless nickel plating, characterized by a regular deposition, is the main sought-after feature for these parts, ensuring consistent quality and increased resistance against corrosion.
Durable Protection: Electroless Nickel-Plated Screws with Regular Electroless Nickel Plating
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