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Outside Diameters | Inside Diameters | Flat Surfaces | Purpose of Deposit

Brush plating is used to apply localized deposits and coatings onto simple shapes such as ID’s, OD’s, and Flat surfaces for a variety of reasons. Brush plating is used on a variety of components in many different industries including… Aerospace * Power Generation * Oil & Gas * Military * Marine * General Industry."

Outside Diameters

Resize & repair dimensional fits on in-service components, or enhance localized areas on OEM components

Pumps
Motors
Valves

Rolls
Cylinders
Premium Pipe Threads

Commonly used deposits

OD being resized with hard, wear resistant nickel deposit

Threads plated with silver for lubricity.

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Inside Diameters

Resize & repair dimensional fits on in-service components, or enhance localized areas on OEM components

Pumps
Motors
Cylinders

Couplings
Housings
Premium Pipe Threads

Commonly used deposits

Applying Nickel for corrosion protection.

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Flat Surfaces

Resize & repair dimensional fits on in-service components, or enhance localized areas on OEM components

Pumps
Motors
Molds

Casings
Electrical bus
Housings & cabinets

Commonly used deposits

AeroNikl 250 sulfamate nickel applied for prebraze.

Defect repair of mold using copper and cobalt.

Purpose of Deposit

Deposit Purpose	Deposit
Anti Galling	3083 Silver 3084 Non-cyanide Silver 2090 Tin 2092 Tin 2093 Tin 5951 Tin
Conductivity	2050 Copper 2090 Tin 2092 Tin 2093 Tin 3023 Gold 5355 Gold Non-Cyanide 5350 Gold 5391 Gold 5630 Gold 3083 Silver 3084 Non-cyanide Silver 5800 Rhodium 3052 Platinum
Corrosion Protection	2023 Cadmium 2090 Tin 2092 Tin 5951 Tin 5070 Cadmium 2103 Zinc 4018 Zinc-Nickel 2080 Nickel 3020 Gold 3023 Gold 5355 Gold Non-Cyanide 5350 Gold 5391 Gold 5630 Gold 7280 AeroNikl
Defect Repair	2043 Cobalt 2050 Copper 2080 Nickel 7280 Nickel
Dimensional Restoration	2043 Cobalt 2080 Nickel 2085 Nickel 7280 AeroNikl 7281 AeroNikl 7282 AeroNikl 5711 Nickel-Tungsten
EMI/RFI	2090 Tin 2092 Tin 5951 Tin
Hardness	2030 Chromium 2085 Nickel 5644 Nickel 5646 Nickel 5709 Nickel Phosphorous 5710 Nickel Tungsten D 5720 Nickel-Cobalt (Semi-Bright) 7282 AeroNikl® 5711 Nickel-Tungsten
Prebraze	7280 Nickel 2080 Nickel
Wear Resistance	2030 Chromium 5710 Nickel Tungsten D 7282 AeroNikl® Cobalt Chromium Carbide (Co-Cr3C2) 5711 Nickel-Tungsten

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