What does the term “selective plating” mean? Why should you care? How do you go about
selecting the best vendor for your selective plating needs? This informative article helps to
answer those questions and point you in the right direction.
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What does the term “selective plating” mean? Why should you care? How do you go about
selecting the best vendor for your selective plating needs? This informative article helps to
answer those questions and point you in the right direction.
This is a generic look at the process of “selective plating”.
First things first – what exactly does “selective plating” mean?
It’s the process of plating a part with a specific metal in a local area.
Instead of
immersing your hardware into an alloy bath, the process is much more detailed.
Plating experts assess every inch of a specific part and determine exactly how thick
the coating of metal needs to be on each specific area.
From there, they can apply
exactly the right amount and only where it needs to be.
After all, some areas may absorb the metal more
quickly than others.
If you were to simply add a
uniform amount to the entire surface, it would affect
how the hardware performed.
It might even prevent
it from performing altogether!
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