Plated Coatings
Precision Plated Coating Services for Improved Performance and Protection
When your components require enhanced wear resistance, corrosion protection, lubricity, conductivity, or improved surface finish, plated coatings provide proven solutions that extend part life and improve performance. Hale Performance Coatings offers a comprehensive range of plated coating services for manufacturers across North America, helping customers improve durability while reducing maintenance costs and extending equipment life.
Whether you’re restoring worn components or improving new parts, our experienced team can recommend the right plated coating process for your application.
What Are Plated Coatings?
Plated coatings are surface treatments that deposit a metallic or conversion coating onto a component to improve its physical, mechanical, or chemical properties. Depending on the process selected, plated coatings can increase hardness, improve corrosion resistance, reduce friction, improve release characteristics, enhance appearance, or restore worn dimensions.
Unlike thermal spray coatings, plated coatings create a metallurgical or chemical bond with the substrate, making them ideal for many precision industrial applications.
Benefits of Plated Coatings
Plated coatings provide numerous advantages for industrial components and equipment, including:
- Improved wear resistance
- Increased corrosion protection
- Reduced friction and improved lubricity
- Better release properties for molds and tooling
- Enhanced surface hardness
- Improved cosmetic appearance
- Extended equipment life
- Restoration of worn or undersized components
- Improved manufacturing efficiency
Our Plated Coating Services
Hale Performance Coatings offers a complete line of plated coating solutions designed to meet the performance requirements of demanding industrial environments.
Hard Chrome Coating
Provides exceptional wear resistance, hardness, and dimensional restoration for hydraulic rods, rolls, shafts, cylinders, and other high-wear components.
Electroless Nickel Finish
Delivers uniform corrosion protection, hardness, and wear resistance on complex geometries without requiring electrical current during deposition.
Electropolishing
Improves surface finish while increasing corrosion resistance and removing microscopic imperfections from stainless steel and other alloys.
Black Oxide Coating
Produces an attractive black finish while providing mild corrosion protection and reducing light reflection on ferrous components.
Brass & Copper Bright Dip
Enhances the appearance of brass and copper components by producing a clean, bright, highly reflective finish.
Wear-Resistant Coatings
Engineered plating solutions designed to maximize component life in abrasive, high-contact, and demanding industrial environments.
Lubricated Tool Coatings
Reduce friction and improve release characteristics for tooling used in stamping, forming, molding, and manufacturing applications.
Rubber Mold Coatings
Specialized coatings that improve mold release, reduce sticking, and extend mold service life for rubber manufacturing operations.
Industries We Serve
Our plated coating services support manufacturers across numerous industries, including:
- Aerospace
- Automotive
- Agriculture
- Energy
- Food Processing
- Heavy Equipment
- Industrial Manufacturing
- Medical
- Oil & Gas
- Plastics
- Rubber Manufacturing
- Steel Processing
Why Choose Hale Performance Coatings?
For decades, Hale Performance Coatings has helped manufacturers improve equipment performance through advanced surface engineering solutions. Our experienced team works closely with customers to identify the most effective plated coating process based on operating conditions, wear patterns, corrosion exposure, and production requirements.
Whether you need to restore worn components, improve corrosion resistance, or extend the life of critical equipment, we provide precision plating services backed by technical expertise and responsive customer support.
Common Questions About Plated Coatings
What are plated coatings used for?
Plated coatings improve wear resistance, corrosion protection, hardness, lubricity, appearance, and dimensional restoration for industrial components.
What is the difference between plated coatings and thermal spray coatings?
Plated coatings chemically or electrochemically deposit a coating onto the substrate, while thermal spray coatings apply molten material to the surface. Each process offers unique advantages depending on the application.
Which plated coating provides the best wear resistance?
Hard Chrome and certain Electroless Nickel coatings are commonly selected for applications requiring exceptional wear resistance, although the best choice depends on the operating environment.
Can plated coatings restore worn parts?
Yes. Many plating processes, particularly Hard Chrome, are used to restore worn shafts, cylinders, rolls, and other precision components to their original dimensions.
Improve Component Performance with Plated Coating Services
Whether you’re looking to increase wear resistance, improve corrosion protection, restore worn components, or optimize manufacturing performance, Hale Performance Coatings offers the expertise and plating technologies to help.
Contact our team today to discuss your application and request a quote for plated coating services.