NASF Industrial & Precious Metals Plating

The course consists of 10 lessons. Each one contains a wealth of valuable, practical information. And if you score 70 or above on the optional exam, you’ll receive 1 credit toward certification as a Master Surface Finisher. MSF is the world’s most respected – and most widely recognized – designation for finishing industry professionals. Those passing 6 course exams earn the coveted MSF designation.

Dates: May: 7, 8, 14, 15, 21, 22, 28, 29
Registration Deadline: May 1, 2024

Who Benefits?

This training program is beneficial for operators and supervisors of contract and captive shops performing precious metal plating. The course is also beneficial for industry sales personnel.

Goal

The goal of this course is to provide students with a broad range of information related to preparing parts for precious metal plating and to exploring each “PM” plating process, what can go wrong and how to solve plating problems.

At the conclusion of this course, attendees can expect to:

• Have a basic understanding of methods of preparing a wide range of substrates for plating.
• Have knowledge of reel-to-reel plating technologies used for precious metals plating.
• Know the basics of the sulfamate nickel plating process which is commonly applied as an under-plate for precious metal deposits.
• Know the various types of gold plating solutions and be able to distinguish the features of each.
• Understand other precious metals plating processes such as palladium, palladium-nickel, silver, platinum and rhodium, their chemical make-up and operational conditions.
• Know the types of tin plating processes commonly used in the electronics industry, their chemical make-up and operational conditions.
• Be prepared to take the examination which is part of the Foundation MSF certification program.

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