Plating, anodizing and passivation for Corpus Christi manufacturers, port work and coastal service equipment, run at our McAllen plant. AS9100D and ISO 9001:2015 registered, ITAR registered.
Corpus Christi carries port and marine fabrication, refining and petrochemical support, wind energy components and a machine shop base that serves all three. Salt air changes the finishing question. A coating that lasts years inland can fail in months on the coast, and the difference is usually the process selection and the post-treatment rather than the thickness.
Zinc-nickel with the right post-treatment carries substantially more salt spray hours than standard zinc, and stainless that has been machined or welded usually needs passivation before it will behave like stainless again. We will tell you which applies to your part.
We run neutral salt fog in our own chambers at both plants for process control. When your specification requires a certified result, we run it through an ISO/IEC 17025 accredited laboratory and supply the certificate with your parts.
Nitric passivation at McAllen and citric at Rowlett, to ASTM A967 and AMS 2700, with the method and class your print calls out rather than whichever one is easier to run.
AS9100D and ISO 9001:2015 registered, ITAR registered and DFARS compliant. Every order ships with a Certificate of Conformance referencing the exact specification and revision.
Our team works in English and Spanish, which matters when your engineers, buyers and drivers do too. Send the print in whichever language your team works in.
The McAllen plant is a straight run south from Corpus Christi on US-77 and I-69E. For most Corpus shops that is a closer full-line finisher than Houston, and it avoids the congestion that turns a Houston round trip into a multi-day proposition. Consolidating releases into one run usually beats paying freight twice on every lot.
Not sure whether your part needs passivation, a heavier zinc-nickel, or a plated-then-coated stack for the environment it lives in? Send the print and the service condition and we will tell you what the specification actually requires.
It depends on the substrate and the service condition, but for steel in a coastal environment zinc-nickel with the appropriate post-treatment generally outperforms standard zinc by a wide margin. For stainless, the answer is usually passivation done correctly rather than a coating at all. Send the print and we will make a specific recommendation.
We run ASTM B117 neutral salt fog in our own chambers at both plants for process control. Gleco is not an accredited testing laboratory, so when your specification requires a certified result we run it through an ISO/IEC 17025 accredited lab and supply the certificate with your parts.
Zinc and zinc-nickel, cadmium, electroless nickel, sulfamate nickel, bright nickel, chem film, Type II and Type III anodize, nitric passivation, bright tin, gold, matte and bright silver, and bright dip on copper and brass. Alkaline zinc, citric passivation, matte tin, dry film lube and zinc phosphate run at Rowlett.
Tell us the part envelope and weight when you send the print. Tank and rack capacity varies by process, and we would rather tell you up front that something will not fit than find out on the dock.
It depends on the process, the lot size and whether the job needs outside testing. Send the print with your quantity and required date and you will get a real date.
Two Texas plants under one AS9100D and ISO 9001:2015 quality system. Same processes, same certifications, same purchase order.
Tell us the substrate, the specification, the quantity and the service environment. We will confirm the process and a real lead time.
Precision metal finishing since 1979. Plating, anodizing, coatings and passivation from three Texas facilities.
Our paint, powder & Cerakote division: Gleco Paint & Powder Coating
Gleco Rowlett
2220 Grisham Drive
Rowlett, TX 75088
972-475-4300
Gleco McAllen
3800 W. Ursula Ave
McAllen, TX 78503
956-800-4069
