Electroplating
Our Electroplating services offer a transformative solution for improving the surface quality, durability, and functionality of your components.
Under strict environmental, health and safety, quality and process control we offer both Cadmium and Silver plating. To complement this service we offer masking capabilities to tight tolerances and stress relieving and de-embrittlement permitting us the capability to cope with high tensile steels when needed. In totality and together with our vast experience, this affords us the ability to process the most complex of components with precision and accuracy.
Silver Plating
Silver plating, although porous and very soft with no anti-corrosive properties, has excellent lubrication and anti galling properties. Ashton & Moore offer deposits of pure silver (>99.9% purity), without the addition of the brightening agents used for decorative purposes, such as table wear and jewellery, thus reducing possible embrittlement problems, as required by most aerospace specifications.
The even white matt coating produced is used extensively in high performance applications to prevent assemblies of similar materials from “welding” together, thus allowing easy disassembly for servicing. Silver is particularly effective where threaded stainless steel components are assembled together in high temperature applications.
Cadmium plating
Ashton and Moore Ltd. is one of the few companies still licenced to provide this process and is capable of offering it as an extremely good corrosion inhibiting coating with a “sacrificial benefit” that allows it to continue working, even when scratched. Though these days it is limited by law to use only on aerospace products and some safety critical applications.
As well as being conductive the cadmium plating has predictable torque characteristics, good lubricity and works well as either a final finish, or as a base for painting. After application and any subsequent de-embrittlement that may be required it is usually passivated to render it’s surface less reactive in order to further enhance its protective capabilities.
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Benefits of Electroplating
Enhancing Surface Quality and Performance
Our experienced team will work closely with you to develop a solution that aligns with your requirements and exceeds your expectations.
- Corrosion Protection: Cadmium plated surfaces are more resistant to corrosion, making them ideal for applications exposed to harsh environments (eg. The marine environment), or corrosive chemical substances. The sacrificial qualities of cadmium plating are well known, but often overlooked.
- Other cadmium properties: Cadmium plating also has many other benefits such as being conductive and good lubricity. It works well as a stand alone coating or base layer for subsequent painting. Often combined with a chromate passivate layer to further enhance it’s protective properties.
- Anti binding properties: Silver plating’s main function in the aerospace sector is as an anti gaulling coating. Silver is particularly effective where threaded stainless steel components are assembled together in high temperature applications.
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Other Services
Your partner in achieving the pinnacle of surface perfection and protection.
Conversion Coating
Enhance the performance and protection of your metalic components to attain superior capabilities.
Passivation
Preserve the longevity and corrosion resistance of your stainless steel components with our meticulous passivation service.
Paint Finishing
Capable of applying a variety of paint finishes to most components our painting departments are leading edge.
NDT
Our Non Destructive Testing, when combined with our finishing capabilities, offers Aerospace, Defence and other specialist manufacturers the opportunity of single source procurement.
Anodising
Transform your components into corrosion-resistant, vibrant, and long-lasting assets, either with anodising alone, or in combination with other coatings.
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Whether you have questions about our services, need a quote, or want to discuss a custom finishing solution, we’re here to help.
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