Gold Plating can “Bling up” your Car and Motorcycle parts!
I once saw a Barbecue that had a gold plated lid!! Now that’s extravagant, or so I thought, until one day while surfing the web I came across a pic of a car that was largely gold plated! Just goes to show – different people have different tastes and desires (as well as budgets!!).Read the rest of this entry »
Copper is usually used as an “undercoat” in most common plating processes (e.g. “triple chrome” is copper, nickel then chrome plated)Read the rest of this entry »
Gold plating can be used in electronics and high tech products for creating superior corrosion resistance and conductivity enhancement. The gold plating process used is known as “high purity gold plating”. This process ensures as high as possible purity of the gold deposit on the surface for maximum performance. The gold coating behaves like a filter for conduction of sound and current more smoothly. High purity Silver has similar conductive properties and is often used in Radio Frequency applications.
Examples of electronic items often gold plated are – sound system parts, antenna parts, computer connections and adapters, computer internals, communication devices, and so on.
I recently bought a new TV and to connect it to other devices I was sold a HDMI cable that had gold plated connections. Whilst I could have bought a standard nickel plated one, I was advised that the gold plated version is highly recommended for best performance of the communications equipment.
The look of high purity gold plating is a dull, deep yellow. Unlike decorative gold plating which is bright and somewhat harder wearing. Because of the softness of high purity gold plating it is not recommended for surfaces which will be subject to high wear.
High purity gold plating results in a dull velvety appearance
A good plater can ensure the gold plating process is performed properly. It is also advisable to seek advice from your plating service supplier at the product design stage to ensure good planning and maximum benefit from the process.
A Class Metal Finishers (Pty Ltd) Celebrated our first 20 years in business in 2009.
We feel like we’ve come a long way after starting up in 1989 with just 3 employees! Couldn’t even count the amount of metal we’ve electroplated onto people’s products (in the hundreds of tonnes). It would be great get some comments on this blog from customers we have plated or polished jobs for. What have you thought about our service? Did you think we’d make it to 20 years? What are your predictions for our future?
Here’s a pic of “the boys” taken on our “birthday”
From left: Phil, Greg & Rod Wood - some of A Class's owners and founders
Have a great day and hope to see or hear from you some time soon!
