Where Our Coatings Are Used
Use Cases
Server Rack and Cabinet Hardware
Server chassis, rack rails, mounting brackets, cage nuts, EIA rail hardware, side panels, drawer slides, and lockable cabinet hardware.
Power Distribution and Bus Bar Hardware
Bus bars and lugs, PDU and UPS hardware, grounding connectors, bonding straps, and panel mounting hardware that carry current and require consistent contact resistance.
Cooling System Components
Heat sinks, cooling plates, CRAC unit hardware, in-row cooling brackets, condensate drain fittings, and immersion cooling tank hardware.
Cable Management and Connectivity
Cable tray hardware, conduit fittings, raceway supports, fiber management brackets, patch panel hardware, connectors, and EMI/RFI shielding components.
Telecom and Edge Infrastructure
Outdoor cabinet hardware, antenna mount brackets, cell tower hardware, and base station enclosures exposed to weather, temperature cycling, and coastal environments.
What These Finishes Do
Key Benefits
Electrical Conductivity and Signal Integrity
Uniform plating on bus bars, contacts, and connectors keeps contact resistance low and signal paths clean across the life of the equipment.
EMI/RFI Shielding
Conductive finishes that maintain reliable bonding between cabinet panels for proper electromagnetic shielding in data center, government, and defense environments.
Corrosion Protection
For cooling system hardware exposed to condensation, telecom enclosures exposed to weather, and data center hardware in coastal or humid environments.
Thermal Management
Process selection that protects heat sinks and cooling plates without impeding the heat transfer they exist to provide.
Dimensional Precision
Tight-tolerance plating on rack and cabinet hardware that won't change critical fit dimensions or interfere with 19" EIA rail compatibility.
Environmental Compliance
RoHS- and REACH-compliant, hex-chrome-free chemistries that meet the sustainability criteria built into modern IT infrastructure procurement.
Precision Protective Coatings for IT Infrastructure
Downtime is the enemy in IT. Every server rack, every bus bar, every cable tray and every cooling plate has the same brief: be there, perform consistently, and never become the reason the rack goes dark. The plating on each of those parts is the small, invisible difference between a fastener that holds for ten years and one that loosens, between a connector that conducts cleanly and one that drifts, between a heat sink that dissipates and one that doesn’t.
CMC supplies the protective finishes that data center, telecom, and edge infrastructure manufacturers specify when reliability has to be repeatable across thousands of identical components. Our menu covers what the industry actually runs: tin for connectors and bus bar hardware where contact resistance and solderability matter; electroless nickel for precision rack and chassis components that can’t tolerate dimensional drift; zinc and zinc-nickel for telecom outdoor enclosures that face weather, condensation, and salt air; and uniform finishes across rack hardware that has to clear the tight tolerances of 19″ EIA standards.
Across four facilities and 17 processing lines, we have the volume to support hyperscale program runs and the precision to handle the low-volume specialty work. Our chemistries are RoHS- and REACH-compliant and fully hexavalent-chromium-free, matching the sustainability criteria built into modern IT infrastructure procurement. Send us a print or a part description and we’ll match the right process to the geometry, the operating environment, and the standard you need to meet.
Finishes we most often recommend for IT infrastructure
Specifying hardware for an IT program?
Send us a drawing, a specification, or a part description. We’ll recommend the right finish for the operating environment, the spec it has to meet, and the volume your program needs.