Tin Plating Process: Smart Advice for Troubleshooting Complaints

Summary for tin plating process Discussion

Tin plating process on copper is the focus of this short exchange, but the question is too general for a specific fix. Jack Roman asks for the proper tin plating process because there are many complaints, but the reply says the first step should be to contact the vendor supplying the tin plating chemistry. If the vendor cannot solve the issue, the answer recommends hiring a plating consultant. The responder also stresses that no meaningful advice is possible without knowing what is being plated, why it is being plated, how the process is being run, and what the customer believes is wrong. In other words, the thread does not provide a recipe or troubleshooting cure; it emphasizes gathering more process details and learning more about tin plating before improvement suggestions can be made.

November 16, 2012

Q. Dear Sir,

Can you suggest me the proper Tin plating process on copper.

There are many complaints on tin plating process.

Please help.

Jack Roman
Engineer – India


A. Hi Jack. Please contact the vendor who sells you the tin plating process. If they cannot help, then you probably must retain a plating consultant.

You haven’t yet told us what you are plating, why you are plating it, how you are plating it, or what your customer thinks is wrong with it. How can anyone make a meaningful suggestion for improvement? We can try to help you, but you must learn quite a bit about tin plating before we would be able to do so. Best of luck.

Regards,

Ted Mooney, finishing.com
Ted Mooney, P.E.
Striving to live Aloha

finishing.com – Pine Beach, New Jersey



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November 16, 2012