How do you make old rusty hardware like new again without having to visit a plating shop or buy new fasteners? This process can be performed at home with Eastwood's Tin-Zinc Electroplating System. It ...

Advanced Plating Technologies has provided silver and tin plating, among many others, to the power transmission and distribution market since the 1950s. Advanced Plating Technologies has provided ...

The tin whisker phenomenon is a failure mode associated with a number of plated low-melting-point elements (tin, cadmium, and indium) used to promote good soldering. Recognized many years ago, the ...

It delivers lead-free deposits that exhibit excellent brightness and solderability over the wide current density and temperature ranges. The process targets connectors and other microelectronics ...

The electronics industry has been undergoing dramatic change as a result of environmental concerns over the use of lead (Pb) in component finishes. The availability of alternative platings is limited ...

In an exciting development for the electroplating industry, Alfa Chemistry has announced the reorganization and expansion of its electroplating intermediates supply. This visionary move brings a ...

This file type includes high resolution graphics and schematics when applicable. Tin whiskers are slim metallic filaments that emanate from the surface of tin platings (see the figure). These ...

Tin whiskers on plated electrical leads and printed circuit boards (PCBs) pose a threat to component reliability and safety. They can cause circuit failures, intermittent upsets and electrical arcing.

[Marko] styles himself as a crazy chemist. His video showing a fast tin plating solution for PCBs (YouTube, see below) doesn’t seem so crazy. We will admit, though, it uses some things that you might ...