Electroplating chemicals for professional processes
Heimerle + Meule supplies chemicals for pretreatment, precious and non-precious metal plating, pen plating, finishing, and special processes. Precious metal salts, application support, analysis, and recovery products support professional electroplating operations.
Products for pretreatment and surface activation
Electrolytes for precious and non-precious metals
Pen plating, finishing, and special processes
Precious metal salts, process analysis, and recovery
Chemical products and technical support for professional electroplating processes
Professional electroplating requires coordinated chemistry for preparation, deposition, finishing, selective processing, and process control. Heimerle + Meule provides pretreatment products, precious and non-precious metal electrolytes, pen-plating solutions, precious metal salts, finishing products, special processes, and recovery products. In-house development, analysis, and application support help select products for substrates, surfaces, and process conditions.
Products for the complete plating process
The portfolio covers chemical groups for electroplating, from surface preparation and activation to metal deposition, finishing, and special processes.
Pretreatment products for cleaning and activation
Electrolytes for precious and non-precious metals
Pen plating, finishing, and special processes
Precious metal salts and documented recovery products
Application and process support
Application specialists support product selection for substrates, surfaces, and process requirements. In-house analysis supports bath and process control.
Product selection for defined process requirements
Analytical support for bath and process monitoring
Guidance for chemical and equipment applications
Training and seminars for professional handling
Pretreatment products support cleaning, degreasing, oxide removal, surface activation, and electrolytic polishing before subsequent electroplating steps. The documented range includes ultrasonic cleaners, electrolytic degreasing products, oxide removers, acid-dip products, and electropolishing solutions for specified metals and applications.
Ultrasonic cleaning products
Electrolytic degreasing products
Oxide and tarnish removers
Products for surface activation
Electropolishing products
The documented range covers precious metal electrolytes for decorative and technical surface applications. Product groups include pre-gold and gold plating electrolytes, color-gold electrolytes, silver electrolytes, rhodium electrolytes, palladium electrolytes, platinum electrolytes, and ruthenium electrolytes with product-specific properties and process parameters.
Pre-gold and gold plating electrolytes
Color-gold electrolytes
Silver electrolytes
Rhodium electrolytes
Palladium electrolytes
Platinum and ruthenium electrolytes
Pen-plating electrolytes support the partial application of silver, gold, and rhodium finishes without masking for documented jewellery applications. The non-precious metal range includes nickel, copper, and white-bronze electrolytes for pre-plating, decorative surfaces, technical coatings, and barrier-layer applications.
Silver, gold, and rhodium pen-plating baths
Nickel pre-plating and nickel plating baths
Acidic and cyanide-based copper baths
White-bronze electrolyte for barrier layers
Heimerle + Meule provides documented precious metal salts and compounds based on gold, silver, rhodium, and palladium. Depending on the product, delivery forms include solids and aqueous solutions with defined precious metal contents. Further precious metal-based chemicals can be supplied upon request.
Gold salts, complexes, and gold acid
Silver salts, silver cyanide, and silver nitrate
Rhodium sulfate and rhodium phosphate
Palladium chloride and palladium complexes
Finishing and special-process products cover coloring, anti-tarnish protection, stripping, conductive and masking lacquers, and the treatment of titanium surfaces. The documented range includes products for gold, silver, copper, stainless steel, titanium, and other specified substrates.
Coloring and black-oxide products
Anti-tarnish products for gold and silver
Products for stripping metal coatings
Conductive and masking lacquers
Products for titanium activation and coloring
In-house analytical capabilities support the monitoring of electroplating processes and baths. Application specialists provide product-related support, while documented recovery products include Rhodoclaim powder for recovering rhodium from spent rhodium baths and rinses. Training and seminars support professional handling of electroplating chemicals and equipment.
Discuss your electroplating process with our specialists
Contact Heimerle + Meule to discuss pretreatment, precious or non-precious metal electrolytes, pen plating, finishing, special processes, precious metal salts, analysis or recovery products.