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Non-magnetic Plating on Stainless Steel

I am looking for a non-magnetic plating to be applied to AISI 430F stainless steel for an electro-magnetic design. The plating is being used specifcally to keep an air gap of the 7 to 10 micron range between magnetic materials in a solenoid application. It is not being used for corrosion resistance. Tin-Zinc has been offered, however, I was hoping something more readily available would be suggested.

Paul Gallagher
- Altavista, Virginia
2005

Most of the electroplated metals and alloys are non-magnetic (copper, zinc, tin, brass, bronze, chrome, some nickel alloys, and of course the precious and semi-precious metals). What other restrictions do you have, hardness, temperature, electrical properties, complex geometry, dimensional control?

Guillermo Marrufo
Monterrey, NL, Mexico
2005

High Phosphorous Electroless Nickel is non magnetic and will evenly coat the parts.

Todd Osmolski
- Charlotte, North Carolina, USA
2005

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