Acid zinc nickel alloy plating makes the plating of items like automotive brake calipers and tension arms or hardened fasteners much easier. Plating with alkaline systems was inefficient, but with acid zinc nickel, plating can occur directly after pretreatment. Improvements in the plating processes have led to consistent deposit and alloy distribution.
Acid zinc nickel alloy plating is especially useful for the wheel area, where consumers expect a bright and desirable appearance with good corrosion protection.
The acid zinc nickel deposit is hard and can withstand high temperatures, making it good for automotive brake and underbody components. For automotive zinc nickel corrosion specifications, two very frequently used standard tests are the cyclic and neutral salt spray tests. Specifications vary, but at the higher end demand 25 cycles in a cyclic chamber or 1,200 hours of neutral salt spray out of acid zinc nickel plating with no signs of red corrosion.
Acid zinc nickel alloy plating makes the plating of items like automotive brake calipers and tension arms or hardened fasteners much easier. Plating with alkaline systems was inefficient, but with acid zinc nickel, plating can occur directly after pretreatment. Improvements in the plating processes have led to consistent deposit and alloy distribution.
Acid zinc nickel alloy plating is especially useful for the wheel area, where consumers expect a bright and desirable appearance with good corrosion protection.
The acid zinc nickel deposit is hard and can withstand high temperatures, making it good for automotive brake and underbody components. For automotive zinc nickel corrosion specifications, two very frequently used standard tests are the cyclic and neutral salt spray tests. Specifications vary, but at the higher end demand 25 cycles in a cyclic chamber or 1,200 hours of neutral salt spray out of acid zinc nickel plating with no signs of red corrosion.
Applications
- Zinc Nickel plating on castings and forgings
- Plating on fasteners and hardened steels
Advantages
- Excellent corrosion resistance
- Clear bright appearance
- Available with a black passivate
- Excellent corrosion resistance at high temperatures
- Highest abrasion resistance of all zinc alloys
- Effective for avoiding galvanic corrosion when plated
parts are in contact with aluminum
Part Size Capabilities
To handle the wide variation of parts required by our customers, our recipe-driven barrel acid zinc nickel lines are equipped with 48″ X 21″ barrels with varying barrel perforations. We have two recipe-driven automatic rack acid zinc nickel lines.
