Base Materials and Plating
Base Materials
- BeCu is used because it is an excellent electrical conductor and is easily machined and hardened.
- Stainless Steel provides a much harder base material and is mainly used on medium to aggressive tips styles to provide longer lifetime.
- Phosphor Bronze is a choice for barrel material due to its excellent wear property.
- Brass is a very good electrical conductor, easy to machine and will accept all plating types.
- Nickel Silver proven as a good electrical conductor and provides excellent dimensional repeatability.
- HyperCore™ is a new base material which provides you with longer life as there is no plating required. Only used on Semiconductor probes.
Plating
- Gold provides excellent electrical performance for low-resistance applications.
- LFRE proprietary hard plating alloy. Used on lead-free (RoHS) PCB boards and contact points. Approx. 5 times harder than gold plating to extend tip lifetime. Less prone for solder transfer on 100% Tin applications.
- Rhodium is very hard corrosion resistant, and typical preferred when maximum tip life is preferred.
- Nickel relatively hard plating and mainly on probes used for its and very good chemical resistance.
- Primeguard is a very hard plating option only used on Semiconductor probes to extend life and cleaning cycles on 100% tin or palladium based applications.
- HyperCore™ is a new base material which provides you with longer life as there is no plating required. Only used on Semiconductor probes.
