Why do we ask so many questions?

Sometimes, customers call us requesting a quote for a new part and tell us “I just want it anodized (or plated or passivated or polished), do it any way you want” or “Why do you ask so many questions when the other platers don’t?” That’s our point! We are not like other plating companies.

Our “thorough side” of plating approach to metal finishing requires us to identify issues that you may not even be aware of when you first contact us. Does the customer require conformance to a particular specification? Does it need to be RoHS-compliant? What are the testing requirements? What about packaging? How should we ship the part? When do you need it? Do you want a first-article trial run?

Erie Plating Company specializes in cadmium plating on high-reliability components that are used in military and aerospace (including Federal Aviation Administration) applications, as well as being available for many types of commercial hardware and custom parts. Our cadmium plating processes are designed to meet military, federal or custom plating specifications. The Erie Plating Company cadmium plating department is most experienced with QQ-P-416 Types 1, 2, and 3; AMS-2400; and ASTM-B-766 for regular cadmium plating, and MIL-STD-865 for cadmium brush plating.

You may already know that Erie Plating Company serves the military and aerospace industries with hard anodizing. You may not know that we do our hard anodizing using the METALAST licensed process, which offers several important benefits.

These hard anodizing benefits include impressively consistent and reproducible results due to the use of alloy specific built-in programs, as well as newly formulated recipes that can be process verified. METALAST systems also offer improved anodizing speeds with the ability to anodize at higher current densities for a more uniform oxide finish, increased surface hardness, improved wear resistance, smoother surface and enhanced corrosion resistance.

We currently have available capacity for electroless nickel plating on aluminum die castings on our overhead hoist plating line. In other words, now is a great time to contact us if you need electroless nickel plating done in large capacity, particularly if you need it done extra-fast.

Erie Plating Company is participating in the "Roar on the Shore" bike rally by providing some heroic last-minute chrome finishing work for Erie local company Edgewater Motorcycle Products.

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