Electroplating Quality Assurance

Quality Assurance at Summit: Ensuring parts look and perform as specified

Effective Quality Assurance in Electroplating requires a balance of skilled teamwork and advanced technology. Summit’s QA team delivers this balance by combining advanced Metallurgy knowledge, seasoned plating experience, and unwavering attention to detail with expertise in utilizing some of the most advanced and effective QA instruments available.

Start-to-finish QA integration

Our Quality Assurance begins at the planning stages as our engineers and dedicated QA Lab administers a regimented, step-by-step QA strategy. This process explores advanced and proprietary processes to determine how best to deliver the surface results as specified—with the highest level of accuracy, efficiency, and repeatability.

We diligently apply this QA strategy process to both basic and difficult plating challenge such as plating multi coats on round wire, and plating on intricate parts with unique geometries and tight tolerances requirements.

QA through NDT to assure Specifications are attained — and maintained

Once  an optimum plating plan is identified, our QA team tests and refines the procedure using Non-Destructive Testing (NDT) and other plating assessment processes. This  ongoing, integrated QA approach ensures tolerances and specifications are maintained throughout the life of a plating program. All Auditing, inspecting, measuring and testing is also documented and made available as needed to meet any industry-mandated or client-required reporting.

QA resources dedicated to your plating program success

Summit’s on-site Quality Assurance Lab is managed by highly-trained and proven-effective technicians utilizing some of the most advanced and effective analysis equipment available.

Summits advanced QA testing equipment includes:

Visual properties analysis

• Energy dispersing X-Ray Spectroscopy: fluorescence-aided X-Ray
• Scanning electron microscope: high-magnification visual inspection
• Optical measurement system

 Chemical properties analysis

• Thermal and electrical conductivity testing
• Atomic particle absorption
• Solder-ability testing

 QA systems

• In-line computer-controlled automation
• Statistical process controls (SPC)
• Six Sigma practices and procedures
• Ongoing team training