Power Plate - An Industry-Leading Approach to Silver on Copper Bus Bar Plating in Houston, TX
S+S Industries’ proprietary Power Plate process delivers silver plating on copper bus bars that features uniform consistency and prevents hotspots.
Only one company in the entire Southern U.S. offers both silver and tin plating for copper bus bars, and that’s S+S Industries. Our silver-on-copper process is known as Power Plate, a nod to the enhanced electrical conductivity it imparts to bus bars.
Depending on your needs, you may require the corrosion resistance of tin or silver’s solid performance in moving switchblades. If you’re unsure, we can offer you our expert recommendation on which would be best in your case.
To top it all off, we have huge warehousing capacity and the perfect location to drop-ship to anywhere in North America within days of your order.
Power Plating: A Better Process
Not all silver plating is created equal. Other companies typically use either a brush or a sponge method to plate copper bus bars with silver, which although it might result in the required plating thickness, leaves voids and gaps. These in turn create hotspots in the bus bar that increase electrical resistance and can lead to a burnout or even a fire.
Power Plate is different. Our cleaning/pre-treatment, combined with our immersion process, result in a silver-plated surface that’s consistent across the board with no voids or holidays. This enables bus bars to deliver better conductivity for reliable performance.
How it works
After you buy your bare copper or aluminum bars from the mill, ship them directly to us; there’s no need for you to take possession yet.
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We warehouse the bars inside our massive storage facility–we can store as little as 10,000 pounds or as much as 500,000 for you. We use a live, interactive inventory database so that anyone at your company can log on and see the volume of bare bars you have stored at our facility at any given time.
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When you’re nearly ready to use them, place your order with us, and we plate with your desired material.
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We ship the finished bus bars to you within four days at the most, whether they’re 1 inch or 8 inches wide.
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The Benefits of S+S
Just-in-time shipping
Overhead cost savings
Optimal commodity pricing timing
Extensive storage capacity with easily searched online inventory tracking
Silver or tin:
Using the best plating material for your application
Silver plating
Highly conductive even when tarnished
Stable resistance levels even with long-term heat exposure
Good for sliding joints (primary disconnect assemblies) and rotating joints (moving switch blades)
Prone to heavy corrosion in certain environments (high hydrogen sulfide)
Significantly more expensive than tin
Tin plating
Enhanced protection against corrosion
Good choice for non-sliding and non-rotating applications
Maintains conductivity over time
Softer and higher resistance than silver
Not well-suited for use in primary disconnects or moving switch blades
Take Advantage of Comprehensive Bus Bar Plating Capabilities
Whether you need silver or tin plating on copper or aluminum bus bars, S+S Industries has the solution. Contact us today to get started.
