Since 1946 R&S Plating has been specializing in plating services including zinc, black zinc, hard chrome, and copper. Located right off Interstate 70, we have been in our same Indianapolis facility for over 70 years. A lot of our plating jobs have come from loyal customers that have been utilizing our services and referring us for decades. With such amazing customers that have been with us for so long, we really do take our customer service to heart. We work with the small and large company throughout the Indianapolis area, but due to our location being right in the Crossroads of America and right near the highway, we serve many customers throughout the Midwest. If you’re looking to see how R&S Plating can help your Kentucky company with a zinc plating project, get in touch with us via our contact page and we’ll reach out to you ASAP.
What is Zinc Plating?
Zinc plating is the process of covering substrate metals (such as steel) with a coating layer of zinc to protect it from corrosion. The zinc plating process is usually utilized for hardware parts such as screws, bolts, crank handles, springs, and small fasteners.
What are the benefits of using zinc plating?
Hardware parts, such as those mentioned above, are generally exposed to moderate through severe corrosive conditions. Zinc plating can give your parts an affordable corrosion resistance
against rust.
Before rust can reach the metal itself, zinc forms a barrier that makes the onset of corrosion anywhere from 10 to 100 times slower than it might originally have been.
In addition to corrosion resistance, zinc is also an extremely flexible form of coatings and has a high-temperature tolerance, is very beneficial when working with hot materials.
Zinc plating can come in dull gray with a matte finish but more lustrous whiter coatings can be produced. Coatings are thin, ranging up to 1 mil.and will most commonly be found in galvanization (which is the coating of a metal surface to protect against rust).
Kentucky Zinc Plating Process
This plating process involves electrocoating of a thin coat of zinc onto a surface of another metal. Electrocoating is electrically charged particles of metal are deposited from water suspension to layer a conductive item. The level of thickness is determined by the amount of voltage applied.
In the automotive industry, zinc plating is used as a cost-effective method to protect key components, power steering, and brake pipes. Many zinc plating processes have been used extensively for heavy electrical transmission components.
The benefits of Kentucky Zinc Plating
Not only is Zinc a great protector against corrosion, but it helps in many other ways:
- Low-Cost
- Increased Strength
- Low-Stress Deposit
- Flexibility
- Ductility
- High-Temperature Tolerance
- Control of Embrittlement from Hydrogen
- Environmentally Friendly
- Aesthetically Appealing
- And more!
Contact R&S Plating Today
If you are ready to get started with zinc plating for your Kentucky company, please feel free to reach out to a representative at R&S Plating to get started. We are ready to help you complete your next project.
If you have questions about production time or costs for your small or large sized project, we can provide you with an estimate.
If you do not need zinc plating but are looking for another plating services we also offer metal plating, copper plating, cadmium plating, passivation plating, hard chrome plating, and white layers plating. Contact us with any questions that you may have. We cannot wait to hear from you!