Professional Plating Services
Choosing the wrong plating method for your parts can mean poor coverage, damaged components, and costly rework. Accurate Precision Plating offers professional plating services built around matching the right method to your specific application, factoring in part geometry, size, finish requirements, and production volume to deliver consistent, production-ready results.
Rack Plating Services
Rack plating is the preferred approach for large, complex, or oddly shaped components that cannot withstand the tumbling motion of barrel processing. Parts are individually mounted on coated metal racks using wires or screws, then submerged in an electrolytic solution tank. This configuration allows for even deposit coverage across all contours of the part without mechanical agitation.
Rack plating services are well-suited for fragile components, precision assemblies, and parts with strict finish tolerances. Industries including aerospace, military, medical, and sensitive electronics frequently specify rack plating when surface integrity cannot be compromised. Common finishes applied through rack plating include nickel, gold, and silver, each compatible with a broad range of base metals such as aluminum, stainless steel, copper alloys, and exotic materials.
Once a racking configuration is established for your parts, it can be documented to ensure an identical setup on every subsequent run.
Barrel Plating Services
Barrel plating is a high-efficiency method for finishing large quantities of small, durable parts. Components are loaded into a rotating barrel filled with electrolytic plating solution, and the continuous tumbling motion ensures uniform coating across all surfaces. This method is particularly cost-effective for hardware, fasteners, and other small parts that can tolerate contact with one another during processing.
Barrel plating services accommodate a wide range of part volumes and geometries and can apply gold, silver, tin, copper, and nickel deposits across compatible substrates. Because of the throughput advantages, barrel plating consistently delivers a lower per-part cost than rack processing — making it the right choice when production quantities and part durability allow.
Selecting the Right Method
The decision between rack and barrel plating comes down to part size, fragility, volume, and finish specification. At Accurate Precision Plating, our team evaluates each project individually to determine the most efficient and effective approach. Contact us or request a quote to discuss which professional plating services are right for your application.
