Metal Plating Services, Houston, TX
We make parts perform better and last longer in extreme environments.
For over 40 years, companies around the world have depended on S+S Industries to protect and enhance their most valuable and most vulnerable metal components and equipment. At this moment, parts plated at our Houston facilities are in service defending pipelines, tubing hangers, seat belts, screws, door knob roses, and many other commercial items from corrosion and damage.
We also offer experienced assembly services and warehousing, as well as both rack and barrel plating, with fully automated barrel plating capabilities for maximum output.
Trust your metal to the experts.
Plating Services with
Various Plating Materials
Base Metals We Can Plate
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Copper
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Aluminum
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Steel
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Stainless Steel
Expert Plating Services
for Critical Industries
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Automotive
Plating from S+S Industries enhances the aesthetics and durability of many of the most frequently used and safety-critical automobile parts.
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Power Generation
For optimal heat resistance, energy absorption, and other benefits for everything from wind turbines to nuclear reactors, choose S+S Industries.
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Oil & Gas
Whether deep seawater, completion fluids, sand, and anything else corrosive, our plating services extend the life and improve performance for the petroleum industry.
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Consumer Goods
We help companies meet the ever-growing demand for metal-finished products, better-functioning goods, and much more.
Why Plate Your Parts with S+S Industries?
Whether electroplating or electroless, plating with the appropriate one of our many available materials can provide serious strategic advantages, including:
Improved corrosion resistance
even in high chlorine or humid environments
Improved aesthetic appearance
thanks to a uniform, finished layer
Increased abrasion resistance
against grinding and wearing
Increased conductivity
for both heat and electric current
Added lubricity
that reduces friction and prevents wear
Increased strength
a crucial benefit for softer metals
Increased hardness
against dropping or impact
S+S’ Innovative Plating Processes
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Hyper Plate
Get superior silver- or tin-plated protection for your aluminum bus bars, with no rack marks and shipped just in time.
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Premium Thread Plating
Our immersion plating process delivers deep corrosion protection for your threaded parts, no matter the size.
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Power Plate
For your copper bus bars, Power Plate offers the low contact resistance of silver plating or the versatility of tin.
Strict Standards,
Superior Quality
ISO 9001:2015
NORSOK
NACE
API 20E (for zinc and zinc nickel)
PPG Whitford Recommended Coater
PPAP
First Article
Conflict Mineral Compliant
FMEA Risk Based Planning
RoHS Compliant
REACH Compliant
Licensed applicator for Vallourec, SLB, JFE Steel, Tenaris, and more
Our Plating Methods
Copper Plating
Our copper-plating services provide excellent lubricity and anti-galling properties that prevent cross-threading. We can handle high-volume production runs for a wide variety of parts such as oil and gas couplings, tubulars, and pipes.
Our immersion copper plating prepares a base layer for additional metal plating and enables selective masking before the plating process. After plating, the parts have a bright copper finish.
We are the only certified applicator in the Americas of Hunting Clear-Run®, the advanced tubular system field-proven to replace “pipe dope” in preventing galling during traditional OCTG processes.
Phosphate (Zinc and Nickel Manganese)
Available in various coating weights, phosphate of either zinc or nickel manganese enhances lubricity, provides short term corrosion protection, and can be an excellent base for further coatings. With an up to 50,000-pound submersion process capacity, phosphate complements carbon steel, low-alloy steel, and cast iron products such as pistons, machined parts, tubulars, and more.
Silver Plating
Silver plating offers a slew of benefits for industrial use, including enhanced electrical and thermal conductivity, corrosion and wear resistance, and solderability. Available in both rack and barrel plating, we frequently apply silver to thrust washers, bearing sleeves, gaskets, fittings, and rock bits, and we are the only company within 750 miles of Greater Houston to silver-plate bus bars.
Electroless Nickel Plating
The chemical reaction in our autocatalytic plating process produces a highly uniform coating ideal for parts with hard-to-reach areas such as plungers, frac sleeves, valves, and internals. Electroless nickel delivers exceptional hardness, excellent corrosion protection, lubricity, and friction resistance.
Zinc Plating
Zinc is a naturally strong defender against corrosion, reacting with oxygen and carbon dioxide when exposed to the environment to create zinc carbonate that protects the steel underneath. S+S zinc plating is made even stronger via a thin chromate layer, making it a sound choice for both mild (screws and fasteners) and extreme (machined parts and automotive components) applications. We can electroplate zinc through either rack or barrel plating.
S+S Industries meets rigorous American Petroleum Institute (API) standards for zinc and zinc nickel plating.
Zinc Nickel Plating
Although it’s electroplated in a similar process, zinc nickel plating ramps up zinc plating’s corrosion-fighting prowess dramatically, without resorting to the use of toxic cadmium. Fasteners, bushings, and similar machined and stamped components used in many oil and gas applications. Zn-Ni plating can also be applied across the automotive, aerospace, defense, and agriculture industries.
S+S Industries meets rigorous American Petroleum Institute (API) standards for zinc and zinc nickel plating.
Tin Plating
In addition to delivering excellent corrosion protection, tin plating is a cost-effective means of creating a clean contact surface that’s optimized for conducting electrical currents through electrical components. Unlike other metals which may allow the current to jump from pole to pole, tin isolates the signal for accurate reporting via built-in LED screens.
Get the Plating Protection You Need Today
Join the businesses all over the world who depend on S+S Industries for all their plating needs.
Other Metal Finishing Options From S+S
S+S Industries is proud to offer extensive coating services that can deliver equally strong corrosion protection, lubricity, abrasion resistance, and other benefits.
