Advanced Plating Technologies is an industry leading company in exacting tin/lead plating services to MIL-P-81728 and ASTM B579. Advanced Plating Technologies, a Milwaukee, Wisconsin company, offers a diverse portfolio of tin/lead plating services including 10/90, 90/10, 60/40 and 95/5 formulations. In addition, any custom tin/lead formulation can be produced upon request to meet any company specification. Our expertise in providing precision barrel, rack and vibratory tin/lead plating services is currently employed in numerous industries including the bearing, railway, aerospace, defense, battery, electronic and fire protection industries.

Tin/lead plating services are utilized for unsurpassed solderability and in critical electrical and electronic applications eliminating the potential for tin whisker formation. Whiskers can cause failure of electrical and electronic components by bridging multiple conductor paths causing a short circuit (reference: Tin Whiskers: Failure Modes and Mitigation Strategies for a detailed NASA report within our Technical Library)

Advanced Plating Technologies specializes in demanding plate-to-gauge tin/lead plating and silver plating services for bearing, bushing and thrust washer applications in the aerospace, railway, defense and heavy mechanical industries. Our dedicated Quality Control department provides preplate, in-process and post-plate dimensional and surface finish (Ra) inspections of inner and outer bearing surfaces to ensure dimensional and surface finish requirements are met. Selective and heavy build tin/lead plating services have been provided up to 0.020 inches in thickness per sectrolytic-services/ide.

Tin/lead plating services on bearings are commonly used for break-in purposes on highly loaded bearing applications generally in the range of 3,000 to 8,000 PSI where the surface speed is relatively low. Heavier coatings are used in loadings up to 3,000 PSI where the thicker coating allows for imbedability of contaminants, especially on grooved bearing designs.