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Our Finishing Processes - Zinc Nickel Plating

Ductile Iron Brake Caliper Housing Plated with Zinc Nickel | Roy Metal Finishing Company

Southeast Zinc Nickel Applications

  • Automotive Fasteners
  • Underhood components
  • Tubing — fuel and hydraulic parts

Zinc Nickel Electroplating Advantages

  • Excellent corrosion resistance, generally 5X better than pure Zinc
  • Excellent corrosion resistance when exposed to high temperature
  • Highest abrasion resistance of all zinc alloys
  • Excellent covering power for deep recesses
  • Replacement for Cadmium Plating

Roy Metal Finishing Automated Process and Equipment

Roy Metal Finishing (RMF), located in Greenville, South Carolina, is the largest zinc nickel electroplater in the United States. We have five automatic lines plating zinc nickel alloy (all producing 12 - 15% nickel in the alloy). Two rack alkaline lines, one barrel alkaline line, one barrel acid line and one rack acid line. With both acid and alkaline zinc nickel processes, we have the ability to plate on all ferrous surfaces (castings, forgings, heat treated hardened material, tubes, fasteners, stampings).

Recipe driven Alloy Plating Line

Our zinc nickel deposits have excellent thermal and corrosion resistance, far superior to conventional zinc plating processes. Both barrel and rack plated production plated parts have consistently passed 250 hours to white rust and 1000 hours to red rust in numerous salt spray tests during the past year. All without the use of hexavalent chromates. Both clear and black trivalent passivates can be applied over zinc nickel.


A Sample of Zinc Nickel Specifications We Plate To:

  • Chrysler
    • PS-8955
  • BMW
    • GS 90010
  • General Motors
    • GMW 4700
  • Honda
    • HES D 2003
    • VWTL196
  • Ford
    • WSS M21P44
    • WSA M1P87
  • Mercedes
    • DBL 8451
  • Continental Automotive
    • ATE N 553 81.07
  • Delphi
    • DX 550100    DX550100
    • DX 551300    DX551300
    • DX 551303    DX551303
    • DX 551313    DX551313
    • DX 551315    DX551315
    • DX 551316    DX551316
    • DX 551317    DX551317
    • DX 551318    DX551318
    • DX 551321    DX551321
    • DX 551323    DX551323
    • DX 551324    DX551324
    • DX 551325    DX551325
    • DX 551326    DX551326
    • DX 551327    DX551327
    • DX 551328    DX551328

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