With our state-of-the-art gold operation, we pride ourselves on quality, service, short lead times, and competitive pricing. We utilize gold pure to 99.9% and cobalt hardened to a purity of 99.7%. Nico Products also specializes in working with your engineers to provide process engineering and prototyping R&D for the most complex and challenging applications. Gold Plating is utilized for its corrosion and tarnish resistance, bondability, low and stable contact resistance, improved conductivity, solderability, and infrared reflectivity.

• Selective gold plating, fixture design, and fabrication.
• Difficult substrates: Tellurium copper, Kovar, Hastalloys, Monels, Inconels, etc.
• Custom-engineered and fabricated racking fixtures for delicate applications.
• Ability to barrel plate small components with rotational barrel mesh down to 105 microns (.004”) using controllable rotational speeds.
• Vibratory barrel capabilities for fragile parts and parts requiring high throw into small holes and recess areas. Basket sizes are 3.5 and 6 inches.
• Determining and engineering the proper gold deposit for the application.

Common Substrates:

• Copper Alloys (includes leaded brass & other alloys)
• Heat treated Beryllium Copper
• Stainless Steels
• Aluminum alloys
• Phosphorous Bronze
• Steel and high-strength alloys

ASTM B488
MIL-G-45204
AMS 2422
MIL-DTL-45204