- Rack Zinc Plating
- Rack Zinc Nickel Plating
- Rack Zinc Iron Plating
Rack Zinc Nickel,Zinc Iron & Standard Zinc
Plating Process and Customer' Specifications
- Our zinc plating source supports the automotive stamping industry, machined component manufacturers, cold-forming/heading, and other OEM component manufacturers with Zinc plating requirements.
- We are centrally located in the Midwest USA and serve customers in Illinois, Michigan, Indiana, Ohio, and Kentucky.
- Our partner’s unique plating process provides excellent corrosion resistance without depositing excessive plating thickness.
- Our Zinc, Zinc Nickel, and Zinc Iron plating process meet a variety of automotive plating specifications, including:
- Bosch
- BMW
- British Standards
- Case New Holland
- Caterpillar
- Continental
- Cummins
- Dana
- Delphi
- DIN-specifications
- Eaton
- FCA/Chrysler
- Ford
- General Motors
- John Deere
- Honda
- Hyundai
- Mazda
- Mercedes
- Navistar
- Nissan
- Tenneco
- Tesla
- Toyota
- Volkswagen
- Volvo
Please contact us about meeting a specific customer plating specification.
There are many other customer’ plating specifications we attain not listed above.
Contact Dan Leitch @ 216-870-1098 or dbleitch@cook-leitch.com
Salt Spray Testing:
- Cook Leitch’s plating source’s salt spray testing lab meets the ASTM B117, JIS Z 2371, and ISO 9227 specifications.
- Here’s what our customers can expect via corrosion resistance with our unique passivation & plating process:
- Zinc plating
- 240 hours or greater to white rust
- 480 hours or greater to red rust
- Zinc Nickel plating
- 360 hours or greater to white rust
- 1,000+ hours or greater to red rust
- Zinc Iron plating
- 168 to 240 hours or greater to white rust
- 720 hours or greater to red rust
- Zinc plating
Cyclic Corrosion Testing:
- In today’s automotive manufacturing industry, there is continuous pressure to achieve increased corrosion resistance based on various corrosive atmospheres.
- Our Zinc Plating Source is committed to simulating environmental changes within a controlled “yet expedited” setting to predict corrosion failure modes better after the part has been assembled.
- Our Quality Lab can perform Cyclic Corrosion Testing to meet the requirements of GMW14872, SAE J2334 and Ford’s CETP L-467 specifications.
- Our Quality Lab is capable of performing Cyclic Corrosion Testing to meet the requirements of GMW14872, SAE J2334 and Ford’s CETP L-467 specifications.
Cook Leitch's Plating Source What makes us Different?
- 70 years of dedicated service to our customers and employees.
- Excellent rapport with our chemical and plating rack sources.
- Our partner is solely focused on our customer’s rack Zinc, Zinc Nickel, and Zinc Iron plating requirements. That’s been our expertise throughout the history of this family-owned company.
- Cook Leitch’s plating source has built a strong reputation working with rubber and stamping companies to develop a zinc plating process for enhanced adhesion bonding rubber-to-metal components.
- We have excellent Lot Control and detailed Work Instructions and Packaging Guidelines for every part we run.
- We are a large enough plating facility to handle high-volume automotive applications. Yet, we’re small & agile to maintain ongoing communication with our customers and respond promptly to our customer’s demands.
- Please consider our zinc plating source on a current and/or future Zinc, Zinc Nickel, or Zinc Iron plating application. We will be a great partner for your organization!!
