Products & Services

Protocase manufactures fully finished custom electronic enclosures and associated parts from a wide variety of materials and components, in 2-3 days with no minimum order. Protocase also provides expert and affordable enclosure design services.

Materials, Components & Finishes

"Chem Film"
Chemical Conversion Coating

For aluminum, zinc and zinc alloys, and magnesium

Chemical Conversion Coating Tanks

Protocase is pleased to offer in-house Chemical Conversion Coating for Aluminum, zinc, and magnesium.

What is it?

Chemical Conversion Coating is often referred to as chem film, chromate coating, or yellow chromate coating. This coating process applies chromate to the metal substrate, creating a surface that is corrosion resistant, durable, and exhibits stable electrical conductivity. It is used to protect enclosures and metal parts from corrosion, and to ensure that reliable electrical connections can be made to aluminum chassis and components. It is also an effective pretreatment for powdercoat. Protocase's Chemical Conversion Coating process meets a number of specifications, and qualifies as Type II, Class 1a and 3 under MIL-DTL-5541F. In simple terms, 'Type II” means the process does not utilize toxic and dangerous hexavalent chrome. Class 1a refers its ability to protect against corrosion. Class 3 refers to its ability to provide reliable electrical conductivity. Details are given below.

What do we coat?

Protocase will process a) sheet metal parts that have been fabricated in our own facility, or b) parts that have been fabricated or machined elsewhere. Applicable metals are listed above.

Size Restrictions:

We are now able to process components of aluminum, zinc and zinc alloys, and magnesium having maximum dimensions of 30” x 30” x 45” (760mm x 760mm x 1140mm).

Lead Times:

Protocase-fabricated parts because the coating is done in-house, chemical conversion coating can be applied to enclosures and parts with no extra lead time. This means we can offer fully fabricated and finished sheet metal enclosures and components with chemical conversion coating, in as little as 2-3 days. Customer-supplied parts Protocase can apply chemical conversion coating to customer-supplied parts in as little as 2-3 days after receipt of parts.

Details

Protocase uses Metalast TCP-NP®, which meets the most widely used military specifications for chromate conversion applications, including MIL-DTL-5541F Type II, Class 1A and 3, as well as MIL-DTL-81706B. The coating subtly changes the appearance of the surface, which exhibits nearly clear iridescence, with a subtle gold to violet tint.

Metalast TCP-NP is an environmentally friendly trivalent chromium formulation, free of toxic and dangerous hexavalent chromium. Metalast TCP-NP conforms to a wide variety of environmental and workplace safety regulations, such as RoHS, WEEE, ELV, REACH and the OSHA PEL.

Metalast TCP-NP is a proprietary chemistry developed by Pratt and Whitney Aircraft®, one of the world’s leaders in the manufacturing of civil and military aircraft engines and as such, this technologically advanced product was tested against the most rigorous standards used in high performance chromate conversion for aerospace applications.

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