Bright Nickel Plating
Chromium Nickel Plating
Black Nickel Plating

| Bright Nickel Plating (QQ–N–290A)

Nickel is a silvery-White metal with a satin to bright luster and a slight trace of a gold colouring. As it is also a hard metal with a high endurance to wear, nickel, when used in nickel plating services and combined with various levels of phosphorus, is often applied as a base layer for its levelling and smoothing characteristics and ability to provide greater wear and corrosion resistance. By applying nickel uniformly as a coating to the surface of another metallic substance, it can fill up holes, recesses and cavities and does not build up on edges and provides resistance by electrolytic metals to base metals from being attacked such as cyanide copper or silver. Nickel electrolytic & electroless plating can be used for aesthetic purposes, as its brightness can enhance the appearance of a surface that would otherwise be dull. Nickels ductility is dependent on the type of nickel plating used. For your Nickel Plating requirements, Manideep has facilities for nickel plating (Electrolytic & Electroless) both small and large parts in various sized barrels and racks, along with custom and prototype metal finishing.

Nickel can be deposited soft or hard-dull or bright, depending on process used and conditions employed in plating. Thus, hardness can range from 150–500 Vickers. Can be similar to stainless steel in color, or can be dull gray or light gray (almost white) color. Corrosion resistance is a function of thickness.

  • Class 1A: For corrosion protection
  • Grade A: .0016” Min. thickness
  • Grade B: .0012” Min. thickness
  • Grade C: .0010” Min. thickness
  • Grade D: .0008” Min. thickness
  • Grade E: .0006” Min. thickness
  • Grade F: .0004” Min. thickness
  • Grade G: .0002” Min. thickness
  • Class 2: For engineering applications

Electroless Nickel plating, Nickel is generally used as a semi-bright white corrosion resistant finish. Electroless nickel plates with unusually uniform dimensional build up on parts so that you don’t get thick regions at outside corners and thin regions at inside corners and in cavities. Also, E-Nickel is hard and offers good wear resistance. The corrosion resistance improves with increasing phosphorous content. We offer both mid-phosphorus and high-phosphorus E-Nickel solutions. E-Nickel (Plating is) plates very well to many types of aluminum and therefore serves as an excellent base for precious metals, which generally don’t adhere well to aluminum. Mil Spec C–26074