Specialty Metallic Coatings
Both Cold Rolled (CR) steel and Tinmill Blackplate (TMBP) steel can be used as a substrate for these coatings, allowing them to be ordered in a wide range of specifications. In both cases, the coating are electroplated onto the substrate.
Coil coating steel with nickel, brass, and copper offers significant savings compared to post-plating formed parts. In addition, forming parts out of coated steel coils can also enhance production efficiency.
Nickel Coated Steel
Nickel Coated Steel has an extra bright surface with superior visual characteristics. In addition, the outer surface is leak resistant, provides electrical conductivity, and is hard enough to resist scratches and abrasions. We can also offer a diffusion annealed product, which creates an inseparable bonding between the nickel layer and the steel substrate and offers additional corrosion resistance.
Other performance characteristics include temperature resistance to over 200°C, tight tolerances and optimal consistency of layer thickness, very good further processing characteristics (weldable, brazeable), and excellent resistance against aggressive fuels such as bio diesel.
Nickel Coated Steel is commonly used in battery applications, as well as consumer products that need a long-lasting, bright visual presence.
Brass Coated Steel
Brass Coated Steel offers superior lubricity during product forming and use. In addition, its gold like appearance can be brushed and polished to offer a very lustrous finish. Brass Coated Steel is often used as a cost effective alternative to solid brass, but it offers many other advantages as well.
Brass is commonly used to coat low carbon steel to offer deep drawing and formability. However, brass can also be applied to high strength steels and stainless steels to offer alternatives to expensive stainless and high-performance brass-based alloys.
Brass Coated Steel is often used for sporting ammunition, electrical components, and household products.
Copper Coated Steel
Copper Coated Steel has excellent brazeability and outstanding formability combined with optimum heat resistance. The deep-drawing properties enable reliable production of components in demanding shapes. While it often used as a cost effective alternative for solid copper, it offers many other advantages as well. For the most demanding end uses, we offer steel coated with copper in a cyanide bath for optimal adhesion.
Copper is commonly used to coat low carbon steel to offer deep drawing and formability. However, brass can also be applied to high strength steels and stainless steels to offer alternatives to expensive stainless and high-performance copper-based alloys.
Copper Coated Steel is often used for automotive products (brazed double-walled tubes, bearings) and electrical products (circuit breakers, switches).
Other Metallic Coatings
We can also discuss the benefits and negatives of coated steel products versus solid products such as brass, copper, aluminum, and stainless steel.
Nickel Coated Steel
Brass Coated Steel
Copper Coated Steel
Steel with specialty metallic coatings is used in a wide range of applications for both functional and aesthetic purposes. End uses include electrical applications, paint brush ferrules, furniture accessories, automotive tubing, binder clips, hinges and closures, household goods, and decorative applications.
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