General Metal Finishing has been working with major aerospace & defense customers for over 50 years, supplying them with top-notch, specialized services. Fields like aerospace and defense feature unique requirements, high standards, and key specifications for their components, and our team is diligent about rising to the occasion and supplying the best craftsmanship.
Our Capabilities
We offer more than two dozen substrates for plating, including materials like aluminum, tungsten, stainless steel, Inconel®, nickel, copper, and many more, all of which are listed on our main substrates page.
Along with this, we provide aerospace, defense, and other industries with premium plating services, with options for:
- Hard & Soft Gold Plating
- Silver Plating
- Tin Plating
- Tin-lead Plating
- Electrolytic Nickel
- Electroless Nickel
- Electropolishing
- Platinum Plating
- Palladium Plating
Our plating services employ diverse plating methods, with options including barrel plating in variable-speed tumbling equipment, rack plating for more fragile components.
Our Commitment to Aerospace
For the aerospace and defense sectors, specifically, our team focuses on delivering high-quality coatings designed to enhance the durability of components while increasing their resistance to extreme conditions, aspects vitally important in this field.
Due to our close proximity to many prominent aerospace and defense OEMs in the northeastern United States, we have had the good fortune of forging many partnerships with industry leaders, providing them with reliable, high-quality plating services for decades.
Some of our specializations in the aerospace and defense sectors include plating for:
- Hybrid Microelectronic Glass-to-Metal Seals
- Stamped or Photoetched Lids & Covers
- Refractory Metal Heatsinks
- Machined Aluminum Housings
- And more
Along with this, we have extensive experience working with fields that overlap with aerospace and defense, such as electronics and general manufacturing. This has allowed us to work with essential components like:
- Contacts
- Connector Assemblies
- Switches
- Screw Machined Products
- Wire EDM
- Metal Stampings
- CNC or Photoetched Parts
Certifications and Quality Assurance Dedication
When you work with General Metal Finishing, you benefit from our considerable experience backed by many industry certifications and quality assurance processes. These include:
- ISO 9001 Certification
- ISO 13485 Certification
- Nadcap Aerospace Quality System AC7004
- Nadcap Chemical Processing AC7108
- Nadcap-approved Plating Specifications
- Quality Assurance Manual
- Detailed Calibration Procedures
- Certificate of Compliance (CoC) Capabilities
Contact Us for Aerospace and Defense Plating
Ensure you have the reliable, robust components you need for your aerospace and defense applications by working with the industry experts at General Metal Finishing. Contact us today and we can discuss your project and develop a plan of action.