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Creator of Composite Diamond Coating®
Surface Technology, Inc. is the creator and technical leader of CDC - Composite Diamond Coating®, an exceptionally engineered coating of electroless nickel with fine diamond. CDC is an exceptionally hard and wear resistant coating that conforms to even the most complex geometries and is an excellent replacement for hard chrome plating.
Ni-Grip™ Friction Shims
Surface Technology, Inc is the leading manufacturer of diamond coated friction shims in any shape or size, base metal, roughness level, in large or small quantities. Our Ni-Grip™ friction shims are used in applications ranging from aerospace and automotive to robotics and energy generation.
One-Plate® Electroless Nickel solutions, are the simplest EN in the world. One-Plate® uses just one “Q” solution for both bath make-up and replenishment. This innovation by STI overcomes the many shortcomings of using three A, B, and C components. Available in low, medium, high phosphorous, and composite EN varieties. Naturally, all are RoHS compliant.”
Videos
As part of Surface Technology, Inc.'s unparalleled service to the plating industry, STI has built a YouTube channel with the largest number of free videos dedicated to electroless nickel. These videos demonstrate the best practices developed in STI's "Top Shop" plating shop. And they are presented to assist other plating shops improve their quality, productivity, profitability, and environmental protection.
STI welcomes all platers to watch and benefit from these helpful videos that are "made by platers for platers". Platers are also encouraged to subscribe to STI's YouTube Channel to get notifications when new videos are released.
These best practice videos include:
- How to Titrate Electroless Nickel
- How to Measure the pH of an Electroless Nickel Bath
- How to Replenish an Electroless Nickel Bath
- How to Double the Life of an Electroless Nickel Bath
- How to Fix White Out in an Electroless Nickel Bath
- How to Test Electroless Nickel in a Beaker
- How to Analyze for Sodium Hypophosphite in an Electroless Nickel Bath
- How to Strip and Passivate an Electroless Nickel Plating Tank
- How to Cool an Electroless Nickel Bath
- How to Blacken Electroless Nickel
- How to Plate Electroless Nickel on Aluminum
- How to Plate Electroless Nickel on Copper Alloys
- How to Reduce the Cost of Electroless Nickel Plating
- How to Use a Single Component Electroless Nickel - Easy as 1, 2, 3,
- How to Use a Single Component Electroless Nickel - Case Studies
- How to Use a Single Component Electroless Nickel - Interview
- How to use Composite Electroless Nickel
- How to Add PTFE to an Electroless Nickel Bath
- How to do Electroless Nickel - PTFE
- How to Remove Parts from an Electroless Nickel - PTFE Bath
- How to use Composite Diamond Coating on Golf Clubs for Higher Performance
- How to Get R&D Tax Credits for Your Plating Shop
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