What They Supply
What They Supply
- Zinc plating (barrel) specified to high salt-spray requirements
- Blue-white and coloured passivation
- Dehydrogenation treatment for high-strength parts
- Pickling / acid cleaning
- Drying and packing
Key Processes
- Automatic barrel plating line
- Barrel plating discharge and handling
- Passivation
- Dehydrogenation baking
- Drying
- Pickling / acid cleaning
Materials / Services
- Carbon steel components
- Low-alloy steel components
- Pressed and machined hardware parts
Typical Use
- Stamped housings and end caps
- Washers, spacers and brackets
- Fittings, plugs, nuts and spring clips
Why We Work With This Partner
Fact-based notes on the cooperation — no inflated claims.
Cooperation Notes
- Established in 2013 in Lüjia Village, Ciwu Town, Zhuji — the same industrial area as Balford's plant, so parts do not travel far between machining and plating
- Registered for metal surface treatment and pickling, and also manufactures plumbing pipe fittings and hardware machinery parts, so it has its own parts-processing capability alongside the plating line
- Runs an automatic barrel plating line with passivation, dehydrogenation and drying in the same plant
- Used for jobs where the salt-spray requirement is the deciding factor, rather than the cheapest commercial zinc finish
Capabilities & Quality
Equipment
- Automatic barrel plating line
- Barrel plating discharge and handling
- Passivation and dehydrogenation
- Drying and packing
Salt-spray requirement
- Coating and passivation selected per the salt-spray specification on the drawing
- Test method and duration confirmed with the customer before the batch runs
Quality Control
- Coating thickness checks
- Appearance and passivation colour control
- Adhesion checks per agreed method
- Batch records
Barrel Plating Line and Workshop
Photos from the plating plant in Ciwu Town, Zhuji.






Representative Plated Parts
Parts plated for customers, shown with the passivation finish applied.












Zinc Plating FAQ
Direct answers on process, salt-spray performance and coordination with Balford.
Zinc plating is judged by how long the plated part survives neutral salt spray before white or red rust appears. A high salt-spray specification means the coating thickness, the passivation type and any post-treatment are chosen to reach a longer test duration than a standard commercial finish. The hours are agreed against the drawing — the figure is a test result on the actual part, not a catalogue number.
Blue-white and coloured (yellow / rainbow) passivation are both run. The choice is made on appearance and on the corrosion requirement, and it is confirmed before the batch starts.
Yes. Where the part is high-strength or spring-tempered, dehydrogenation baking is carried out after plating to reduce hydrogen embrittlement risk. The requirement has to be stated on the drawing or in the RFQ, because it adds a process step and time.
Yes — the company is registered for metal surface treatment and pickling, and runs pickling as part of its own process line.
The plating requirement is reviewed together with the part drawing before tooling: coating thickness, masking needs, hydrogen embrittlement risk and the dimensional effect of the coating are considered in the process and inspection plan. Plating is then scheduled against the production plan.
Yes, and it is declared as such — together with heat treatment, passivation, electropolishing, phosphating, electrophoretic coating, liquid painting and slow-wire EDM.
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