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Expert Metal Finishing Solutions for
…Critical Jobs, …Rapid Turnarounds, …Exotic Substrates, …Multi-Material Finishes, …New Products, …Production Ramp Ups, …YOU

AOTCO - The Always On Time Company

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For Critical Jobs, Count on AOTCO

Leading manufacturers in the Aerospace, Green Energy, Medical, Defense, Semiconductor, Optics, and Emerging Technologies industries rely on AOTCO to finish critical parts.

What is Your Metal Finishing Challenge?

With decades of metal finishing experience, our Collaborative R&D and Engineering team stands ready to design, troubleshoot, and scale your finishing processes.

With five decades of operation, we have learned the importance of listening carefully to our clients’ needs. Once we understand your objectives we work collaboratively with your team to develop new metal finishing processes and refine & optimize existing capabilities.

We specialize in demanding deadlines, exotic materials, tough specs, unique challenges, complex geometries and tight tolerances.

Sharing guidance and transparency every step of the way, we are a service provider AND a partner in your success.

Because sometimes it is rocket science, and yes, our metal finishes have made it to the moon — and beyond.

We can't wait to help you solve your next challenge.

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NADCAP Metal Finishing Solutions

Metal Finishing is the final for the critical parts you’ve already worked hard to create. From pre-processing activities to a comprehensive set of surface finishing solutions to select post-processing treatments, AOTCO delivers the services you need to protect your parts and ensure they will perform as expected.

Electroplating
Anodizing
Passivation
Plating Substrates
Pre- & Post-Process Treatments
Dedicated Outsourced Finishing
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Electroplating

Electroplating

Electroplating is a process by which one metal is deposited onto a base metal (substrate). These deposited metals offer a variety of benefits including thermal and electrical conductivity, corrosion resistance and more. AOTCO electroplates a wide variety of both standard and exotic metals.

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Anodizing

Anodizing

Sometimes called a “conversion coating” Anodizing is an electrolytic process in which an oxide (anodic) layer is chemically built on the surface of the substrate material, providing anti-corrosion and other benefits. AOTCO offers, Type I, Type 2, Type 3 and Titanium anodizing services.

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Passivation

Passivation

Passivation is a term for a variety if processes that make a metal (most commonly stainless steel) or other substance unreactive, or passive, by altering the surface layer or coating the surface with a thin inert layer. AOTCO performs both citric and black oxide passivation techniques to a range of specifications.

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Plating Substrates

Plating Substrates

AOTCO plates on a wide variety of Common, Exotic and Non-Metallic substrates, bringing exceptional expertise to magnesium, titanium, beryllium, BeCu, TeCu, tungsten and more. In some cases we pass as high as 450 degrees celsius, allowing for high temperature soldering, brazing, or post machining operations after plating.

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Pre- & Post-Process Treatments

Pre- & Post-Process Treatments

Pre-Process: In addition to offering both mechanical & chemical cleaning options, AOTCO specializes in creating solutions for complicated, difficult and tight-tolerance masking challenges. Post-Process: For clients with specialized needs AOTCO offers laser marking and engraving options, including color change caused by chemical or molecular changes, charring, foaming, melting, ablation, and more.

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Dedicated Outsourced Finishing

Dedicated Outsourced Finishing

Part of our cornerstone goal of building long-term, collaborative & solution-oriented partnerships, AOTCO will devote reserved physical and human resource capacity for our clients with long-term finishing and deadline requirements. For these partnerships our commitment is that AOTCO manages the process, while YOU control the results.

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Wide Range of Materials & Substrates

We know there’s far more to a perfect surface than meets the eye. AOTCO works with dozens of ferrous and non-ferrous materials, including common and exotic substrates, meeting exacting industrial and military specifications.

Materials

ALBeMet™
Alloy 42
Aluminum
Aluminum Silicone Carbide (ALSIC)
Beryllium
Beryllium Copper
Brass
Bronze
Copper
Copper / Moly
Copper / Tungsten
Inconel
Invar
Kovar
Magnesium
Molybdenum
Monel
Nickel
Niobium
Non Metallics
Phospher Bronze
Plastics
Stainless Steel
Steel
Tellurium Copper
Thermkon
Titanium

Plating Processes

Black Nickel
Black Oxide
Cadmium
Chemical Film
Clean / Degrease
Copper
Electroless Nickel (Hi/Mid/Low Phos)
Electropolish
Gold
Laser Etch
Multi-Material Plating
Nickel Sulfamate
Nickel (Electrolytic)
Palladium
Passivate
Platinum
Citric Passivate
Rhodium
Silver
Tin
Tin Lead
Chromic Anodize (Type 1)
Sulfuric Anodize (Type 2)
Hard Anodize (Type 3)
Titanium Anodize
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