ZINC PLATING

Century is a specialist Electrolytic barrel plater based in Birmingham, we are able to offer a full range of Zinc coatings with post plating treatments to cover most Zinc specifications and also coloured dyes when identification is required.

We are able to offer precise plating control and can handle delicate processing of parts that often are not considered suitable for high volume barrel plating, this coupled with our Fisherscope X-Ray coating measurement instrument and computer gives us the ability to deliver the high standards of modern engineering expectations.

All our work is certified to our BS EN ISO 9001 approval, a copy of which can be downloaded from our home page or requested by email and a further XRF results report can accompany batches if requested.

Hydrogen de-embrittlement is another of our expertise areas as we offer heat treatment, so not only can we offer the complete service of heat treatment, plate and de-embrittlement but we are also in a unique situation to have an in-depth understanding and control of the complete process.

We at Century are able to offer an excellent quality finish and fast turnaround with small batches often completed in several hours when customers request this service, we also offer a collection and delivery service within the West Midlands area and often able to offer a 24 hour turnaround.

As Century’s name implies we have a wealth of experience in our management team and put this experience to good use when assessing the needs of each job as well as offering an advice service to our customers. We have listed all our zinc process in order of rust protection level to help with an understanding of the benefits of various passivates and post plate treatments on our Zinc salt spray performances page, we would be only too happy to discuss this further if you are having difficulties with plating on your product.