Plating

Exact Plating to Specifications and Propriety Processes

• Soft Gold: 99.9%+ pure, for die attachment and wire bonding
• Hard Gold: alloyed for wear resistance and low contact resistance
• Silver: high purity and conductivity
• Rhodium: extreme wear and corrosion resistance
• Sulfamate Nickel: low stress and ductile
• Electroless Nickel: high phosphorous, nonmagnetic, food approved; for soldering, PDT
• Platinum: dense, low stress, temperature resistant
• Palladium: wear resistant, pore free
• Electropolish: SST, aluminum, exotic metals
  

  Proprietary Plating

   

• OptiGold
  "State of the art" 98%+ infrared reflectivity that can be applied directly to stainless steels.
• OptiNickel
  Breakthrough electroless coating providing optimum corrosion resistance, lubricity and wear properties equivalent to chromium. Defect free for diamond turning; optical lapping to 2 angstrom Ra.
• OptiRhodium
  Ultrahard, reflective, ductile, extremely corrosion resistant.
  

  Special Processes

   

• OptiBond(tm) unique activation processes maximum adhesion without etching of base materials.
• OptiLube (tm) teflon impregnation of hard anodize, electroless nickel and other materials.
• Difficult to Plate Metals: Electropolish of aluminum alloys and castings; kovar, invar, monel, stainless steels; titanium, nitinol, beryllium, molybdenum, tungsten, thermkon; mixed metal assemblies; rare earth magnets.
• Non-Metals: Ceramic, plastic, glass, silicon carbide, virtually all materials.
• Other Services: Precision masking, brush plating, ultrasonics, pulse plating, automated bead-blast, optical polish, lapping.