
Mechanical Finishing
To serve a broader range of customers’ needs, Surface Technology, Inc. has installed new vibratory polishing equipment. This capacity expands the range of surface finishes available on the Company's proprietary coatings. STI also offers glass bead blasting, abrasive blasting, deburring, and chemical polishing services.
When required, any of Surface Technology, Inc.’s coatings can
be polished to provide an ultra smooth surface finish. Coatings
that can be enhanced by this process include all varieties of electroless
nickel and composite electroless nickel with fine particulate matter
such as diamond (Composite Diamond Coating™), silicon carbide
(NiPLATE™ 700), PTFE (NiSLIP™ 500), boron nitride (NiSLIP™ 25),
and others. While the as-coated surfaces of these coatings satisfy
the majority of applications on which these coatings are used, there
are some situations in which a polished surface improves the performance
of the coating, or eliminates an initial break-in period.
Surface Technology, Inc. is a unique provider of electroless plating technology, as STI is both a plating shop as well as a supplier of chemical solutions to other shops and licensees. The synergy of these two facets of STI’s activities yields unsurpassed experience, quality, economy, and development capabilities.
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