Titanium plating

[roofeditor]

I have seen aluminum and steel plated with titanium and it's tremendously durable, abrasion and corrosion wise. any idea how much this costs and where to get it done? I did the usual google searches and really found suppliers of titanium but not platers and as to price I'm lost. Thinking of plating high corrosion area parts on Motor Cycles.

[intowtr]

If memory serves me right I think that you may be talking about Titanium Nitride (TiN)plating. Don't know if it is used on aluminum, but it is a coating for drill bits and other cutting tools. Might try a Google on it. Bob

[RenoF250]

Probably not cheap but here is a place that does it:
http://www.tincoat.net/coatings/

[amb2958]

http://www.thomasnet.com/products/ti...1710380-1.html

Here's a link to several places that do plating.

[Dan V]

I had a sizeable project for Seagate that they wished to try something that would wear better than the hardcoated aluminum. They decided to give Titanium nitriding a go.

Short story...the adhesion wasn't very good. See the base metal, in this case aluminum, isn't very hard. So any little dent in the surface would lead to a crack in the TIN, which lead to peeling of said coating.

Seagate gave up on the idea pretty fast.

[yaric008]

Seagate hard drive manufactures?

[Dualie]

For my own stupid curiosity what parts are you thinking about having plated? Most motor cycles don't ever get dirty enough to let the parts corrode.

[Dan V]

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: YARIC008</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Seagate hard drive manufactures? </div></div>

The same, at the Bloomington MN facility.