NiPLATE 700 ™

NiPLATE™ 700 is a unique coating with ultra-fine silicon carbide particles contained within a hard electroless nickel matrix.  Silicon carbide has a hardness of 4,500 Vickers.
NiPLATE™ 700 provides numerous benefits including:

  • Exceptional hardness
  • Outstanding corrosion resistance
  • Perfect conformity to complex geometries
  • Entirely non-line-of-sight
  • Superb wear, abrasion, and impact resistance
  • Applicability to many common metals and alloys
  • Coverage of entire services or selected critical areas

These features allow increased lifetime and minimize maintenance-related downtime from replacement of high wear parts.  In addition, any process parts enhanced by NiPLATE™ 700 will produce more consistent product over an extended period of time.  The NiPLATE™ 700 coating has proven to be advantageous in countless industries including molding, gear, pressing, paper, tool and die, plastics, petrochemical, and automotive.

NiPLATE™ 700 has received a positive review from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Department of Health and Human Services. Click here for details.

NiPLATE™ 700 is an outstanding replacement for hard chrome plating; with numerous environmental, application, and performance advantages.  NiPLATE™ 700 consistently outperforms hard chrome plating in standardized wear testing as well as industrial comparisons.  Because NiPLATE™ 700 is an electroless process, it covers even complex geometries perfectly, eliminating the need for subsequent grinding.
The NiPLATE™ 700 technology is available from STI:

  • As a coating service from STI’s production facility onto your parts, and
  • In chemical products from STI for customers to use in their own facilities. Click this link for further information on these chemical products - NiPLATE™ 700 Chemical Solutions

These chemical components are formulated for maximum reliability, convenience, and economy; and are backed up by STI’s first hand practical knowledge of their operation.  Use of this technology includes a limited license under U.S. Patents 4,997,686, 5,145,517, 5,300,330, 5,863,616, and 6,306,466.