Surface Treatment

We provide top-tier surface treatment services to enhance the durability, aesthetics, and functionality of your components. Our offerings include electroplating, powder coating, black oxide, brushing, polishing, sandblasting, and anodizing. Utilizing advanced techniques and high-quality materials, we ensure superior finishes that meet industry standards. Trust us to deliver precision and excellence, tailored to your specific manufacturing needs, for improved performance and longevity.

Electroplating

This process forms a thin metallic coating on the substrate. The electroplating process passes a positively-charged electrical current through a solution containing dissolved metal ions and a negatively charged electrical current through the metallic part to be plated. Common metals utilized for electroplating are cadmium, chromium, copper, gold, nickel, silver, tin, and zinc. Almost any base metal that conducts electricity can be electroplated to enhance its performance.

Electroplating forms a protective metal layer, significantly increasing the product's resistance to rust and corrosion
The added metal coating strengthens the surface, enhancing wear resistance and extending the product's lifespan
Electroplating provides a smooth, shiny finish, improving the product's appearance and making it more visually appealing

Electrophoresis Process

The electrophoresis process has a number of alternate names: electrocoating, e-coating and electrophoretic coating. Parts are immersed in a paint solution contained in an electrified tank. The paint in the solution exists as ions with a positive or negative charge. When the parts are immersed in the tank, the paint migrates to the surface of the part. The paint ions gain or lose electrons at the surface of the part and are changed to solid paint that attaches to the surface. Every part of the surface is evenly coated with the paint. The high points on the part are coated first, but as they are coated they are insulated and no longer conductive.
The current is then diverted to the low spots on the surface. In many ways this process is similar to electroplating.

Powder coating

Powder coating is typically applied electrostatically and then cured under heat or with ultraviolet light.

The powder may be a thermoplastic or a thermoset polymer. It is usually used to create a hard finish that is tougher than conventional paint. Powder coating is mainly used for coating of metals, such as household appliances, aluminium extrusions, drum hardware, automobiles, and bicycle frames.

Powder coating creates a hard, long-lasting finish that is more resistant to chipping, scratching, and fading compared
The uniform coating provides excellent protection against rust and corrosion, ideal for outdoor and industrial applications
Available in a wide range of colors, textures, and finishes, powder coating allows for customization to meet specific design and branding needs.

Black oxide

Applicable on steels, black oxide is a conversion coating used to improve corrosion resistance and minimize light reflection.

Black oxide coating provides a protective layer that improves resistance to rust and corrosion, extending the product's lifespan.
The sleek, matte black finish adds a professional and attractive appearance to components, ideal for decorative and functional applications.
The coating process adds negligible thickness, preserving the precise dimensions and tolerances of machined parts.
The non-reflective surface is perfect for optical equipment, tools, and components where glare reduction is critical.
Black oxide improves surface durability, reducing friction and wear, making it suitable for moving parts and tools.

Brushing

Brushing is produced by polishing the metal with grit resulting in a unidirectional satin finish. Not advisable for applications where corrosion resistance is required.

Brushing creates a uniform, satin-like finish with fine parallel lines, giving products a sleek, modern, and professional appearance.
The process removes surface imperfections and strengthens the material, enhancing resistance to scratches and wear.
Brushed finishes reduce glare, making them ideal for applications where light reflection needs to be minimized, such as in tools or decorative items.
Brushing allows for varying degrees of texture, enabling tailored finishes to meet specific design or functional requirements.

Polishing

Parts are manually polished in multiple directions. Surface is smooth and slightly reflective.

Polishing creates a smooth, mirror-like finish, giving products a high-end, visually attractive appearance.
The process removes surface imperfections and seals the material, enhancing its resistance to rust and corrosion.
A polished surface minimizes friction, making it ideal for moving parts and components that require smooth operation.
The smooth, non-porous finish prevents dirt and debris buildup, making polished products easier to clean and maintain.
Polishing strengthens the surface, improving resistance to wear, scratches, and environmental damage, extending the product's lifespan.

Sandblasting

Also named air-abrasion, it is one of the most common methods used for surface preparation. This technique has the advantage to create homogenous and anisotropic surfaces even on hard materials like ceramics or glasses. Indeed, it creates scratch-like irregularities using a high-speed stream of solid particles propelled by compressed air to remove unfavorable contaminants, increase surface energy, bonding surface area, and surface roughness.

Sandblasting effectively cleans and roughens surfaces, ensuring better adhesion for coatings, paints, or adhesives.
The process removes impurities and strengthens the material, improving resistance to wear, corrosion, and environmental damage.
Sandblasting creates a consistent texture, ideal for achieving a professional and even surface for further treatment or finishing.
Suitable for a wide range of materials, including metal, glass, and plastic, making it a flexible solution for various industries.

Anodizing

Aluminum parts are surface treated by anodizing to give them a different color (usually black, red, blue, etc). The process uses the metal part as an anode; using electrolytic process, a layer of hard metal oxide is formed at the anode (i.e. on the surface of the part). Common examples include aluminum parts, such as picture frames, car-body parts, door-knobs and other building fixtures, bathroom fixtures and racks, sporting goods, e.g. baseball bats, and so on.

Anodizing creates a durable, protective oxide layer that significantly improves resistance to rust.
hardens the surface, making it more resistant to wear, scratches
wide range of colors and finishes, enabling customization to meet design and branding requirements
Anodizing is non-toxic, produces minimal waste, and is recyclable, making it an environmentally sustainable coating option.