If you’re in the electronics industry, you may be wondering why people would recommend tin plating services for components. The same applies to industrial industries such as manufacturing, processing, or various chemical productions. Why are tin plating services so sought after in the situations?

Tin is a bountiful metal, mined across the world. It has been valued throughout history, being a component in bronze, and even being used for metallurgy during the iron and steel ages as a component to strengthen certain types of those metals, albeit somewhat rarely.

In the modern world, it is a primary component in solder, and solder is absolutely a must for electronics, the thing that drives the world today. But, why tin plating? Why would you need it electronics, or in manufacturing?

Well, allow me to elucidate the benefits of tin plating, both for electronics, commercial products, and for the equipment and manufacture. It’s even a good idea for things like pressure vessels, believe it or not.

Benefits in Component Manufacturing

In manufacturing this process is pretty valuable. If you plate your components, when the plating is in a matte finish, it is very permeable to things like dies, paints and laminate’s. This results in logos, labels and branding being easily ingrained into the metal surface, where it’s unlikely to wear off without effort.

This means that the component will look new for a long time, and for commercial metallic components such as thermoses, and anything else of the sort, you can count on the graphics and decorations to remain permanent for a very, very long time.

Tin is a very resistive metal when it comes to corrosion, interaction with chemicals and other agents, and other such destructive forces. It also tends to hold its form and high temperature fluctuations, something that a lot of derivatives of steel can’t even boast. It may not be the strongest metal by itself, but when put through a plating process, bonded to other metals, it is extremely tough where it counts!

Benefits in Electronics and Construction of Manufacturing Equipment

Obviously, the resistance to corrosion and damage mentioned before applies here as well. However, it is extremely helpful in electronics and the construction of manufacturing equipment due to its excellent cooperation with soldering. This means wire soldering, circuit soldering and, yes, industrial soldering for sealing joints, connections and so forth. Considering solder itself is just another form of tin, it bonds very well and very securely.

Tin plating can be applied to the heatsinks in computers, surfaces of motherboards, housing and anywhere else, and it can be applied in all manner of ways and complex manufacturing equipment, chemical equipment and reactors.

How do I choose good tin plating services?

When looking for good services, be sure to investigate their website closely. Look at images of their work, and look at images of it being applied in the real world. Look at how long they’ve been in operation, and read their descriptions of the process. Does it sound like they know what they’re doing? Also, the biggest thing look for, with a company like this, is to make sure that they are NADCAP certified, something that any company providing the services should be able to boast, and will be proudly boasting on their front page if this is the case!