New Parker ToughShield Plus brings zinc-nickel plating to the next level

Parker Hannifin has introduced the newly developed proprietary ToughShieldPlus zinc-nickel surface treatment for all tube fittings and adapters worldwide. With this new development, Parker says it is bringing the zinc-nickel plating technology in the market to the next level.

The plating is said to provide excellent resistance for increased corrosion prevention while maintaining optimum properties and assembly values. And Parker claims ToughShieldPlus is the first commercially available standard plating system for fluid power systems to provide up to 3,000 hours of resistance to red corrosion.

The costs of corrosion are significant across all industries. Every day, millions of fittings and adapters are used in the most challenging customer applications where they can be exposed to fertilisers, mud, air pollution, salt in the air, and other aggressive media that can cause rust. Once in the system, corrosion, as an electromechanical reaction, can easily spread to more costly components. Therefore, it is important to prevent corrosion and to keep it out of the system by using the most resistant components.

ToughShieldPlus has been designed to save customers time and money with extended tube fitting and adapter life, easier maintenance, and increased resistance to corrosion migration to other system components – meaning the uptime of the equipment is increased, preventing aesthetic quality concerns and savings on potential warranty costs.

ToughShieldPlus complies with the leading industry standards such as DIN and SAE as well as the environmental standards RoHs, REACH and ELV.