The Atotech Nickel Range – A Comprehensive Product Range for Nickel Plating

Finishing Choices for Modern Designs

As a leading supplier to the metal finishing industry, Atotech has gained extensive know-how in the improvement of appearance, quality and corrosion performance of nickel chromium finishes. Over the years, we developed processes that provide highest quality, long-lasting performance, excellent appearance, and reduced environmental risks by eliminating hazardous materials.

Whether the application is automotive components, hand tools, tubular steel furniture, sporting goods, plumbing fixtures or other plastic products, Atotech offers a wide range of electrolytic nickel plating processes and equipment for both rack and barrel applications.

Atotech's Nickel Range

Type of Process	Properties and Typical Applications
Bright Nickel	- Excellent chrome receptivity and ductility - High tolerance for overdosing and impurities - Used in rack and barrel applications, as finish for single or multilayer nickels - Suited for high quality plating on plastics or particularly challengingmetal-based substrates
Satin Nickel	- Alternative process to decorative bright nickel layers offering satin effects - Automotive, industrial applications	Read more.
Semi-bright Nickel	- Less sulfur - Excellent corrosion resistance - High ductility, excellent leveling and brightness properties - Used as a base layer in multilayer nickel systems
High Sulfur Nickel	Optional fourth nickel layer between semi-bright and bright nickel layers to enhance the long-term corrosion protection of multilayer nickel systems
Micro-cracked and Microporous Nickel Processes	- Ultimate corrosion resistance - Processes reduce corrosion attacks, as required in many automotive applications - Applied over the bright nickel deposit in multilayer nickel and chrome systems
Alloys and other Nickels	- Unique qualities and advantages such as improved corrosion performance, purity or different deposition colors - For many special applications

Performance Support by Nickel Tools

Nickel additive tools support the performance of different nickel processes; they, for example, extend brightness, reduce pitting, improve coverage and leveling or eliminate problems related to metal or other contamination. Those tools can solve technical issues arising during electroplating. Atotech offers a full range of wetters, carriers, enhancers, purifiers and other supporting additives.

Performance Improvement – Auxiliary Systems

To further improve the performance and productivity of nickel processes, Atotech provides auxiliary systems that control organic contamination within the electrolytes and allow metal recovery.

Read more about Atotech's advanced auxiliary equipment for nickel plating in our Production Technology section:

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