Whether you have an occasional need for brush plating, or your operation involves large volumes of parts, SIFCO Applied Surface Concepts provides flexible alternatives for your finishing needs. We can plate your parts on-site, at your facility, or at one of our service facilities worldwide

SIFCO has been providing job shop brush plating services to industry since 1959. Our team of experienced technicians backed by our Technical Support and R&D Groups will provide you with a level of service and expertise that is unparalleled within the industry.

  • A winning combination: Brush plating experience, expertise in chemistry, engineering, metallurgy, and electroplating


What We Do

We will work with you to gather information about the technical aspects of your job and clearly define your needs and objectives. We will ask you to provide prints, specifications and any other relevant documentation.

We will review the information and prepare a proposal outlining what needs to be done, when and where the work will be done, and a price for doing the work.

  • Depending on the application, we will work with you to determine the best and most cost effective SIFCO facility to service your needs.

We will review the proposal with you to ensure that we are meeting your requirements and to confirm the technical and logistical aspects of the job.

  • If the work is to be performed at your facility, we will work closely with you to ensure that we provide the necessary documentation for our people and equipment to be at your facility, and to arrange any logistical support that we may require.



Once we receive your purchase order, we will proceed with the job as planned and scheduled.

Our Team

Each of the members of our Technical Support Group has over 25 years of industry experience working with a broad range of applications. We are able to draw on that experience as we evaluate your application. Our trained and experienced Technicians hold certifications that demonstrate their ability to professionally perform the work for you.

We have the flexibility to draw on talent to support your needs from our four locations in the US (Independence, OH; Houston, TX; Norfolk, VA; East Windsor, CT) and from our Facilities in the UK, France, and Sweden.

We are looking forward to working with you!

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Unit of Measure

Specifications

Plating Services

N/A Anodizing Brush Plating Electroplating

Substrates

N/A All conductive materials including Titanium

Plating Characteristics

N/A Anti Galling Conductivity Corrosion Protection Defect Repair Dimensional Restoration EMI/RFI Hardness Pre-Braze Wear Resistance

Localized Deposit Capabilities

N/A Flat Surfaces Inside Diameters Outside Diameters

Certifications

N/A FAA Repair Station Certificate - Ohio Location FAA Repair Station Certificate of - Connecticut Location Goodrich Supplier Certification GT 193 General Electric Aircraft Engine (GEAE) Approval Certificate for SIFCO Connecticut Location GT 193 General Electric Aircraft Engine (GEAE) Approval Certificate for SIFCO Ohio Location ISO 9001:2000 and AS9100B Registered Quality Management System - US ISO 9001:2008 and AS9100B Registered Quality Management System - France Korean Registry of Shipping NADCAP Chemical Processing (AS7108) Certification - Connecticut Location NADCAP Chemical Processing (AS7108) Certification - Ohio Location Rolls-Royce Supplier Certification

Applications

N/A Casings Compressor Spacers and Torque Cone Flanges Couplings Cylinders Electrical Bus Bars Housings & Cabinets Landing Gear Main Landing Gear Outer Cylinder Molds Motors Premium Pipe Threads Pumps Rolls Turbine Blades Turbine Frames Turbine Stator Valves

Industries Served

N/A Aerospace General Industry Marine Military Oil & Gas Power Generation

Plating Deposits and Coating Types

Metals

N/A Cadmium Cadmium LHE Cobalt Copper Gold, Non-Cyanide Gold Indium Iron Nickel Palladium Platinum Rhodium Silver, Non-Cyanide Silver Sulfamate Nickel - AeroNikl® Tin Zinc

Alloys

N/A Babbitt Cobalt Chromium Carbide Cobalt-Tungsten Nickel-Cobalt Nickel-Phosphorus Nickel-Tungsten Tin-Zinc Zinc-Nickel LHE®

Specialty

N/A Chromate Conversion Coating Electropolishing Nickel Acetate Olive Drab Chromate Conversion

Anodizing

N/A Boric-Sulfuric Chromic-Sulfuric Type I Chromic Type II Sulfuric Type III Hardcoat

Commercial Specifications

N/A

Company Spec No.
American Airlines P12-16
Bell Helicopter BPS 4312
Bell Helicopter FW 1309
Boeing BAC 5854
Boeing BAC 5664
Boeing BAC 5849
British Aerospace BAe 146
Douglas P.S. 13113
Douglas DPS 9.89
Douglas DPS 9.28
Dowty Aerospace PS118
Dowty Aerospace PS137
FMC C80167rev. B
Goodrich GES 6.92
Goodrich LGPS 1102
Gulfstream GAMPS 6103
Lucas Aerospace PCS-2141
Messier Dowty PCS-2143
Messier Dowty PCS-2144
Parker BPS 4511
Parker LP 15
Pratt & Whitney SPOP 321
Pratt & Whitney PWA 36953
Pratt & Whitney PWA 36960
Rolls Royce - Allison EPS 10245
Siemens 83228u1-u4
Sikorsky SS 8494
Sikorsky SS 8443
Solar Turbines ES 9-431
Tenaris-Hydril TSH-PP-00.0008
TRW Aeronautical Systems Lucas Aerospace SPD 1000
VAM RLTI-75

Industry Specifications Met

Military Specifications

N/A Mil-A-8625 Type I, II & III Mil-C-14550 Mil-G-45204 Mil-Std-2197 (SH) Mil-Std-865 Mil-T-10727

SAE AMS Standards

N/A 2400 2401 2403 2408 2412 2417 2418 2422 2423 2424 2434 2451 2451/1 2451/10 2451/11 2451/12 2451/13 2451/2 2451/3 2451/4 2451/5 2451/6 2451/7 2451/8 2451/9

Federal Standards

N/A QQ-N-290 QQ-P-416 QQ-S-365