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Solution - Nickel plating (metallization) for sealing

Company I approache us for advice regarding the low yiled of their glass sealing process.

Glass sealing was used to protect connecting terminals from smoke pollution, and they applied nickel plating to the Kovar material.

We suspected that the decrease in glass seal performance at high temperatures was caused by the nickel plating.

Our technical department studied the properties of the nickel plating deposition and successfully developed a specialized nickel plating bath optimized for sealing.

Plating detail

Achievement

  • Quality improvement
  • Cost reduction
  • Difficult material to be plated
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