Client – Hearing Aid Manufacturer OEM A world leader in manufacturing and delivering advanced hearing solutions. Hearing Aid Battery Contact OEM had designed a component which served as a battery contact within a hearing aid. Fabrication of the part would be by progressive die stamping. The contact would be made from beryllium copper over which would be plated nickel and gold. The contact was small and contained a variety of fragile features. Initial experience revealed that tradition barrel plating techniques were causing shape damage to the part. The OEM authorized a change to the stamping die in order to produce the part on a strip, however, the volume demand and lack of local plating resources indicated that reel-to- reel plating would not be optimal. It was decided to rac

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