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Stripping, Polishing & Plating – As Easy As 1,2,3!

Items that need metal plating require a very specific process in order to achieve the resulting finish that you want. First an item would be cleaned to remove any foreign substances such as oil, ...

RoHS-Compliant Metal Finishing

The metal finishing industry is regulated very strictly by a number of laws and compliances that both protect you, the customer, and the environment. One of these laws comes from European Law Directive 2011/65/EU ...

Types of Nickel Plating and Their Benefits

There are many products on the market that incorporate a type of nickel plating in the manufacturing process. Nickel plating involves adding a thin layer of nickel onto a metal object. There are a ...

A Dorsetware Christmas Tale

Once upon a time, Dorsetware, a metal finishing company in Poole, had a very odd encounter at Christmas. The team get all sorts of metal items through their doors for metal finishing, electroplating, chrome ...

Anodised Parts Help British Team Aim High

A British team is working to develop a car that will potentially be capable of reaching 1,000mph. Powered by a Eurofighter-Typhoon jet engine, Bloodhound SSC has been designed to break the world land-speed record ...

Different Surface Coatings for Different Purposes

Quick Reference Guide Metal Finishing for Corrosion Resistance Alkaline Zinc Nickel (excellent, even after thermal shock) Anodising (creates oxidic layer) Bright Acid Tin (withstands high heat and has non-toxic properties) Bright Nickel Plating (good ...

How We Handle Big Orders Using Our Forklift

As a leading plating and metal finishing company in Dorset, we take on many metal finishing projects. These can involve a large volume of items, meaning we need more than a little muscle – ...

BSI Accreditation – What Does It Mean?

Dorsetware Ltd is a plating and metal finishing company that is proud to hold membership with the British Standards Institution (BSI), which implements quality management standards throughout the UK. The BSI has a history ...

Pick Up & Drop Off Service

At Dorsetware we pride ourselves on delivering the best electroplating and anodizing services possible to our customers both within the workshop and outside the workshop, which is why we’re excited to talk about our ...

Fischerscope® X-Ray

At Dorsetware we pride ourselves in providing the best in electroplating and anodizing services but we wouldn’t be as good at what we do if we didn’t have the right equipment. Introducing the Fischerscope ...

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