20545 Center Ridge Road - Rocky River Ohio 44116 440-356-5552
Toledo, Ohio
In 2022, Cook-Leitch Inc. added Whitaker Finishing to our portfolio of metal finishing companies. Whitaker was founded in 1898, and today Whitaker remains a leader in the barrel plating industry--alkaline Zinc Nickel (Clear and Black), standard Zinc (Clear, Yellow & Black) and functional Copper (Cyanide) plating.
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Our fully automated barrel plating lines were designed and built by the Whitaker Finishing’ technical staff.
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Whitaker’s barrel lines are precisely controlled via our computer network system including auto-feed chemistry.
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Stampings—Whitaker’s barrel design allows us to barrel plate stampings which may otherwise need to be rack plated.
Why Whitaker Finishing?
• Communication with our customers is paramount!
• Whitaker's commitment to quality and prompt
delivery & service.
• We will respond to RFQ’s within 48 hours.
• Whitaker does NOT charge for break-ins on our
plating lines.
• Whitaker does NOT charge for PPAP
submissions (only outside lab fees).
• Whitaker has an excellent MRP & lot control
traceability system.
• We have on-site salt spray testing capabilities--
however, we continuously send parts to an outside
accredited lab so to verify our in-house results.
• Our quality lab can provide thickness certs and C of C's (Certificate of Conformance) with each shipment.
• We are ISO9001:2015 certified.
Barrel Zinc Nickel:
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Three (3) alkaline Zinc Nickel (ZiNi) 48” barrel plating lines with 6, 9 and 14 plating stations.
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Our alkaline ZnNi chemistry provides for a more uniform plating thickness across high & low current density areas.
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Whitaker offers ZiNi with Clear or Black passivates.
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We can offer a wide variety of Topcoats or Sealers.
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Whitaker Finishing can attain 1,000+ hours of salt-spray testing depending upon your specification.
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We meet a wide variety of automotive, agriculture, fluid power, etc. Zinc Nickel plating specifications--Call or e-mail us for a listing of those specifications (216.870.1098 or dbleitich@cook-leitch.com.
Barrel Zinc:
• Two (2) Zinc barrel plating lines were – 36” and 48”
barrels each with 8 specially designed & built plating stations.
• Whitaker’s barrel lines are precisely controlled via our
computer network system including auto-feed chemistry.
• Whitaker offers Zinc with Clear, Yellow, and Black passivates.
• We can offer a wide variety of Topcoats or Sealers.
• Again, Whitaker can certify our Zinc Plating process to a wide-
range of specifications--Call or e-mail us for a listing of those
Zinc specifications.
Functional Cyanide Copper:
• Whitaker offers copper cyanide plating which
provides a high-quality functional finish.
• We offer copper thicknesses ranging from flash to
.002” (50 microns) for certain applications.
• We copper plate a variety of products:
Weld Studs
Brake and Clutch Plates
Electrical Components
Nuts, Washer & Other Fasteners
Refrigeration Components
Cook-Leitch Inc. has proudly represented the metal finishing & plating industry since 1973