Secondary Services
Full Process Solutions
Etchit offers a wide range of secondary services in addition to our photochemical process. We take great pride in offering our customer full process solutions which streamline projects from conception to completion. Many times secondary processes are performed by outside vendors who have been vetted and are currently on our Approved Vendor Supply List. Great care is taken to use ITAR registered, ISO and NADCAP certified vendors when required.
Our Secondary Solutions
Here at Etchit, our secondary solutions include, but are not limited to:
- Plating Services
- Heat Treating Services
- Passivation Services
- Forming and Bending Services
Secondary Services Terms
Below are some commonly used terms related to our secondary services:
Metal Plating
Describes surface-covering where a metal is deposited on a conductive surface. Plating has been done for hundreds of years, but it is also critical for modern technology. Plating is used to decorate objects, for corrosion inhibition, to improve solderability, to harden, to improve wearability, to reduce friction, to improve paint adhesion, to alter conductivity, for radiation shielding, and for other purposes.
Heat Treating Metal
A method used to alter the physical, and sometimes chemical, properties of a material. The most common application is metallurgical. Heat treatment involves the use of heating or chilling, normally to extreme temperatures, to achieve a desired result such as hardening or softening of a material. Heat treatment techniques include annealing, case hardening, precipitation strengthening and tempering.
Passivation
Forming and Bending
Etchit flat blanks can be formed primarily using two different methods. For more complex forms and larger quantity projects, hard tooling can be built to form to the required dimensions. For smaller quantity and lower tolerance requirements, half-etch scribe lines can be manufactured into the flat blank for hand forming at a later date.
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