BHC Industries is pleased to offer top-notch hard chrome plating services for aircraft, large production parts, cylinder bores, and other equipment, in accordance with military, federal, and proprietary specifications. Perhaps our greatest expertise is in plating pump barrels, which is our main application for on- and off-shore drilling. Focusing on hard chrome, electroless nickel, manganese phosphate, and other materials, we provide polishing and grinding, and additional services like honi...

BHC offers multiplegrinding capabilities. Our cylindrical grinding machines allow us to grind ODsupto 8-tons in weight. We hold tolerances up to ± 0.0005” or better and RMS finish up to 16-Ra. We furnish pre/post plating machining or grinding thatincludes repair of engineering features, removal of service damages andsurface hardened coatings (i.e.carburize, carbide, nitride,​​​​​​​ plasma, metal spray, plating)etc....

BHC provides phosphorous Electroless Nickel plating process at its California facility, capable of processing parts up to 10-feet, with high-temp hardness bake capabilities.BHC Texas provides Silicon Carbide coating for various applications. It’s a nickel carbide phosphorus plating process that is applied at high temperature. Coating  provides a lubricative and hard synergistic surface for increased wearand abrasion resistance, making it a wise choice for com...

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BHCprovides its metal finishing services to the wind/power/solar and other turbine industries, that often involves refurbishing components, salvagemachining of servicedworn parts, plating and grinding,withinashortdelivery time frame.We provide low embrittling platingfor high strength fasteners, gears,pumps and other engineered parts....

It was Barkens long-term goal to diversify its business and serve the Aerospace and Defense needs. To do so, we’ve established a comprehensive quality management system that’s currently accredited by the Aerospace/Defenserecognizedcertifying agencies and registrars. We now provide metal finishing services to US prime contractor tier suppliers and end-users, including the DOD and FAA repair stations....

Artificial lifts are mainstay in the US petroleum industry where a large percentage of wellsutilizes artificial stimulation for crude oil extraction. Due to non-stop use, they sustain heavy wear, needing periodic refurbishment. Because of sheer volume, a cost effective solution is a must. Since low cost Asian solutions have logistic challenges,BHC invested in the designof fixtures and equipmentto streamline the process and mitigate problem.  This commitment has resulted in contact...

This part demonstrates our ability to precision grind and apply metal coatings to large diameter shafts. Job requiresgrinding andplating with extensive masking. The shaft is ground on a Landis OD Grinder capable of holding tolerancesup to +0.0000/-0.0005”with a 16 RMS finish.It’s a cycled production component, with a customer-imposed turnaround of 2 to 5 working days....