Sulfamate plating (or sulfamate coating) is a special type of plating that primarily improves the hardness of the component material. Sulfamate plating also improves other physical properties such as abrasion and wear resistance, temperature resistance, tensile strength, ductility and solderability. Plating for sulfamate is also useful as an under-coating for other plating such as chromium plating.

Sulfamate finish increases the useful life of industrial machinery, marine equipment, chemical processors, industrial dies and tools, hydro-pneumatic instruments and other industrial components. Sulfamate plating companies provide various type of coating such as tin sulfamate plating, nickel sulfamate plating, indium sulfamate plating and cobalt sulfamate plating.

Sulfamate plating companies follow standards set by ASTM (American Society for Testing Materials) for the sulfamate plating process. These standards indicate the details of the process and sulfamate chemicals properties of the coat.

Some important parameters that you must consider before opting for sulfamate plating services or equipment are:

1. Type of equipment that you want to coat with sulfamate compounds
2. Requirements of physical properties such as hardness, ductility and wear resistance
3. Features of the sulfamate coating: composition and thickness
4. ASTM standards for the sulfamate plating process
5. Chemicals for the sulfamate plating process

Action Steps
The best contacts and resources to help you get it done

Find sulfamate plating services for your requirements

Many reputable material plating service providers offer sulfamate plating services. Check out the certifications and capabilities of the sulfamate plating supplier to assure good quality services.

I recommend: AlaCote Corp. provides sulfamate plating services for hydraulic rods and tubes of marine machinery. Precision Plating Company offers sulfamate plating for ferrous and non-ferrous components. Reliable Plating is a finishing company that offers nickel sulfamate plating for functional and decorative applications. Electro-Tech provides sulfamate plating services to the manufacturers of tools and dies. Bales Mold Service is another service provider that offers services such as nickel sulfamate plating, diamond polishing and nickel plating.

Find plating equipment for sulfamate plating requirements

For frequent requirements of sulfamate plating, try buying plating equipment to assemble a sulfamate plating system.

I recommend: Plating Sales is a supplier of used and new plating equipment that offers a range of products along with necessary accessories. GOAD supplies custom designed systems for plating. WR Associates is another tooling and equipment supplier that can provide plating equipment. In addition, you can check out the plating system accessories offered by B&P Plating Equipment.

Buy sulfamate plating chemicals from reputable suppliers

Sulfamate plating chemicals play an important role in sulfamate plating process. Based on your needs, you can buy the appropriate sulfamate plating chemicals offered by reputable chemical suppliers.

I recommend: You can buy nickel sulfamate solution at Specialty Chemical Group, a supplier of industrial chemicals. Hunter Chemical, a reputable supplier to finishing companies, offers cobalt sulfamate and cobalt sulfate chemicals. For your indium sulfamate plating requirements, you can buy indium sulfamate from Indium Corp., a reputable chemical supplier. Palm International and Mil-Spec Industries are other suppliers that provide nickel sulfamate solutions.

Tips & Tactics

Helpful advice for making the most of this Guide

• •  For uniform and durable sulfamate coating, clean the equipment and components surfaces before starting the sulfamate coating process.
• •  Train your employees for a safe and an efficient sulfamate plating equipment.
• •  Consult a metal plating expert for designing the sulfamate plating process for your components.