New Method Plating Co., Inc.

United States

PRECISION CADMIUM ELECTROPLATING OF A FORGING FOR THE MILITARY INDUSTRY New Method Plating Co., Inc. was approached by a customer in the military industry to perform cleaning and cadmium plating services on a forging. Although the customer was located in nearby Connecticut, the job proved challenging due to tight timing requirements and the many military and industrial standards that needed to be met. However, New Method Plating Co., Inc. has long been a NADCAP accredited, ISO 9001:2000 AS9100 certified shop, and has expertise in plating dating back to 1931. In addition to cleaning the forging, New Method Plating Co., Inc.’s automatic station return plating line allowed for plating and chromating to tightest tolerances of 0.0005" - 0.0008 Cadmium. The parts were made using 4140 alloy steel and heat treated off site to RC 38-40. The facility’s high capacity ovens allow for hydrogen embrittlement relief (pre & post plate baking). New Method Plating Co., Inc. also assumed responsibility for final quality inspection and signoff. The company employs Fisher X-Ray technology to insure precise thickness testing, as well as performing quality testing to NADCAP requirements. New Method Plating Co., Inc. was able to deliver this high volume order (5000 pieces) in just three days

ew Method Plating Co., Inc. performed the cadmium plating for an aerospace industry customer who required the services for these cadmium and yellow screws. Strict quality requirements influenced this customer to turn to New England's New Method Plating Co., Inc., which has been in business since 1931. New Method Plating Co., Inc. is NADCAP accredited, ISO 9001:2000 AS9100 certified, and long experienced at meeting military standards. In addition to the firm's customary quality testing to NADCAP requirements, Fisher x-ray technology allows precise thickness testing. These 8-32 x 0.401 screws were plated and finished to a tightest tolerance of 0.0003" - 0.0006" thickness. The project included cleaning, plating, baking and chromating on an automated station return plating line. The parts were made from 8740 machined alloy steel and heat treated off-site to RC 36-40. The cadmium plating project of 115, 000 screws was completed and delivered to this Connecticut aerospace customer with three days’ turnaround time.

New Method Plating Co., Inc. was approached to perform its precision nickel plating services for a customer in the commercial hose industry. The part to be plated was a brass male and female hose barb measuring 58" x 1 ½", to tightest tolerances of 0.0001" - 0.0003". New Method Plating Co., Inc. has over 80 years of experience, as well as maintaining state-of-the-art equipment, including an automatic station return plating line and Fisher x-ray technology to ensure precise thickness testing. In addition, the firm performs to ISO 9001:2000 standards, as well as applicable military standards. Over the years, New Method Plating Co., Inc. has developed proprietary systems for increasing efficiency, a particularly desirable quality for this long run job, which would require large volume production (in the millions).

An aerospace customer approached New Method Plating Co., Inc. for copper, nickel, and chrome plating services for a component to be used in an aerospace repair application. The part to be plated was a torque adjusting wrench crafted from 1018 steel. New Method Plating Co., Inc. used its automatic station return plating line for this project. Following the copper, chrome, and nickel plating, New Method Plating Co., Inc. examined the torque adjusting wrenches with its state-of-the-art Fisher x-ray technology in order to ensure precise thickness testing. The 10" x 8" wrenches were confirmed to meet applicable military (ASTM B456) and industrial (ISO 9001:2000 AS9100) standards. For this particular job, the aerospace customer requested pickup and delivery in-house. However, New Method Plating Co., Inc. does maintain a full-service fleet of trucks serving customers from its Worcester, Massachusetts location.

New Method Plating Co., Inc. was approached to perform custom zinc plating services for a military industry customer. The precision zinc plating was to be performed on die castings to be used in an electronics application. For this reason, the work needed to be performed to extremely tight tolerances (0.0002" - 0.0004"). New Method Plating Co., Inc. maintains Fisher x-ray technology to be able to perform such precise thickness testing. Using customer-supplied gauges, they were able to confirm that tolerance requirements were successfully met. Additional quality testing (ASTM B633 TY II FeZN 5; ISO 9001:2000 AS9100) was performed to verify adherence to the quality standards that New Method Plating Co., Inc. customers have come to expect since the company's founding in 1931. Final product measured O.D. Ø 1.25" x 0.75" high. In addition to the zinc plating, the die castings were finished with olive drab and black chromate. By employing state-of-the-art equipment (for example, an automatic station return plating line, amongst other premium equipment), New Method P

New Method Plating Co., Inc. was approached to perform custom zinc plating services for a military industry customer. The precision zinc plating was to be performed on die castings to be used in an electronics application. For this reason, the work needed to be performed to extremely tight tolerances (0.0002" - 0.0004"). New Method Plating Co., Inc. maintains Fisher x-ray technology to be able to perform such precise thickness testing. Using customer-supplied gauges, they were able to confirm that tolerance requirements were successfully met. Additional quality testing (ASTM B633 TY II FeZN 5; ISO 9001:2000 AS9100) was performed to verify adherence to the quality standards that New Method Plating Co., Inc. customers have come to expect since the company's founding in 1931. Final product measured O.D. � 1.25" x 0.75" high. In addition to the zinc plating, the die castings were finished with olive drab and black chromate. By employing state-of-the-art equipment (for example, an automatic station return plating line, amongst other premium equipment), New Method P