These anodes are available in a combination of mesh sizes, platinum
thicknesses, and single or double sided coatings.

Non Mist-L Plating Anti-mist Additive is Uyemura’s newest
product development for metal finishers. Non Mist L is an anti-mist
additive for chromium platers that is EPA-compliant. This new anti-mist
additive forms a strong foam blanket that reduces the bath’s surface
tension, preventing the migration of dangerous mists. Non Mist L also
conserves plating solutions by minimizing evaporative losses and
drag-out. Chromic acid concentrations in the plating bath are kept
low and so is waste treatment.

Non Mist L plating anti-mist additive is highly effective in small amounts,
and has no negative effects on plating. It has desirable break-down
characteristics and won’t produce excessive foam. It is an excellent
product for improving shop environmental conditions and protecting
workers and equipment from chromium mist pollution..

It is available in white or yellow versions (the latter only as an
under plate for gold) and is used world-wide for zippers, buttons,
bra clasps, etc. The white version is the most common and is
referred to as “white bronze”. This version doesn’t tarnish
and stands up well to normal clothes washing/drying. This
process is also available in a lead-free white version – the
most commonly used variation plated in North America.

Miralloy also has gained wide acceptance for plating on electronic
connectors—as a replacement for silver (the white version doesn’t
tarnish) and palladium (due to lower cost). It is available in rack
or barrel versions.

Rhodium TD – from the developers of Rhodium J-1 and J-2,
the new TD version produces the whitest, brightest, most reflective
rhodium plating available.

CL Satin Nickel Plating – one of the most versatile finishes ever
developed, this electroplating process can produce parts consistently
in several different finish appearances. By filtering one ingredient
and replacing it with a second, or third, or various combinations,
the grain structure is changed such that different matte nickel
appearances can be plated. CL Satin Nickel plating has gained
wide acceptance in the automotive and plumbing industries –
among other decorative usages. Uyemura introduced this important
satin plating technology to the North American market. Today, we are
the leading supplier of both satin nickel and electroless nickel processes.

CL Technologies' SN1 Tin-Nickel Process provides a bright,
durable finish with a distinctive reddish layer that's ideal for decorative
applications. Plating over bright nickel or satin nickel creates a
distinctively warm appearance.

Excellent bath stability for highest color consistency; excellent
throwing power, too, so it's applicable to rack and barrel plating.
No top-coating needed. Better corrosion protection than general
tin-cobalt alloy plated coatings!

Nickstar Black Nickel – Nickstar – a decorative black nickel
technology that deposits a thin, and highly uniform over-coat of black
nickel-zinc alloy, preserving the substrate's brightness and
producing an exceptionally rich black nickel finish.

NBB Electroless Nickel – this process is bright and robust despite
being free of lead and cadmium. It is a mid-phos electroless nickel
process in the range of 6 to 8.

KTY Electroless Nickel – from the research labs of Uyemura-Japan,
this process is the world’s first “heavy metal –free” electroless nickel. Lead, cadmium and other heavy metals traditionally used for adding brightness
and stability have been eliminated.

ANP Electroless Nickel Plating for Aluminum – substantially
improves plating onto aluminum. Plating electroless nickel on aluminum
has been problematic and costly due to short bath life.  A normal EN bath
can plate steel for six to eight MTOs (36 - 48 g/l nickel plated). Plating
onto aluminum reduces that bath life by about 50%. The typical failure
is poor adhesion of the nickel to the aluminum, resulting in blisters or
nickel peel when the aluminum is bent.
 
Technology developed to address this problem of short bath life used
an alkaline nickel strike after zincating and prior to the regular plating
bath. Drawbacks to that approach include extra tanks, process steps,
and control over an additional plating bath. Failures have also been
seen with nickel-to-nickel bonding.
 
A further application-specific problem is that strike baths always
deposit magnetic nickel, thereby limiting their use to applications
where magnetism is not a factor.
 
Uyemura’s electroless nickel plating for aluminum provides excellent
adhesion through at least six MTOs. The process does not employ a
strike and adds no additional steps compared to normal aluminum
preparation double zincating. 
 
This important new development uses Uyemura’s lead and
cadmium-free electroless nickel product in concert with proprietary
cleaning, etching and zincating technologies.

Thru-Nic – the highest throw electrolytic nickel process available,
now used in many diverse industry sectors

Niphos – electrolytic nickel-phos systems that can replace gold
plating for some electronic connectors due to its exceptional
corrosion resistance. These processes are available in reel-reel
(Niphos 965) and rack/barrel/vibratory (Niphos 966) formulations.

Dialloy – tin/zinc alloy process that produces 80/20 or 70/30
alloys. Good distribution, weldability and solderability; provides
excellent corrosion protection for iron and iron alloys.

Eballoy – available in black or white versions, this tin-cobalt
alloy process can be used over Miralloy or copper-plated parts.

Copkia RIP Au-II – widely used process for stripping gold from
plated parts, at room temperature. The most widely used process at
refiners and platers throughout North America.

Copkia Rip Palladium Additive – this economical step allows
the above process to easily convert to a palladium stripper.

Auruna, Platinode, TD, J-1, J-2, Niphos, Dialloy and Miralloy are
trademarked products of Umicore-GT; Eballoy is a product of CL
Technologies; all other products listed are from Uyemura.