California Fine Wire Company operates a continuous (reel to reel) electroplating facility at its main location in Grover Beach, CA. Plating lines are available for processing most material types and wire configurations. Substrate wire may be supplied by the California Fine Wire drawing operation or by the customer and may be round, flat, or square.
Plated wire is produced to a wide variety of industry, government, military and customer specifications. The plated surface appearance can be supplied either bright or matte for most plated materials and plating thickness.
Barrel plating of pieces is also available.
Plated Materials Offered:
�� Copper
�� Nickel
�� Gold
�� Silver
�� Tin
�� Tin/Lead
Configuration Size Capability:
Round wire: .002" (.050mm) to 0.025” (0.635mm)
Flat wire: .001" - (.025mm) minimum thickness
Square wire: (.010" × .010") - (.25mm × .25mm)
Other - call with requirements
Plating Type Thickness:
Under plate (Flash): 5-15 micro inches - (.000005"-.000015")
Primary plating: 20 micro inches (0.00002") to
400 micro inches (0.0004”)
Other - call with requirements
Base Materials:
�� Aluminum and alloys
�� Beryllium Copper
�� Copper and alloys
�� Dumet® Carpenter Technology
�� Elgiloy® Elgiloy Inc.
�� Kovar® Carpenter Technology
�� Molybdenum
�� Monel® Inco Family of Products
�� Nickel and alloys
�� Precious Metals – Platinum, Silver, Platinum Iridium
�� Resistance alloys – Stablohm, Manganin, Ni-Cu alloys, Ni-Fe alloys, etc.
�� Stainless Steel
�� Titanium
�� Tungsten
�� And many more
Applications and Industries Served:
�� Connector pins Aerospace Industry
�� Drift chamber/Particle detection wire Automotive Industry
�� Fuse wire Chemical Industry
�� Hearing-aids Computer Industry
�� Lead wire/ribbons Electronics Industry
�� Microphones Measurement Device Manufactures
�� Sensors Medical Industry
�� Speakers Microwave Industry
�� Springs Particle Research
�� Transducers Research Laboratories
�� Spring Manufactures
