Design Guide: Best Practices for Busbar Plating

June 10, 2026 3:54 pm Published by Storm Power Team

Understanding best practices for plating of busbars is a critical factor that needs to be taken into account from the beginning of the design process. Because it can directly impact contact resistance, thermal performance, corrosion resistance, and joint reliability.

This new comprehensive Busbar Plating Best Practices Design Guide provides details regarding key aspects of the plating process, including:

• How to select a finish
• Tin (Bright and Matte)
• Tin Whiskers
• Nickel and Electroless Nickel
• Silver High Performance Contact Finish
• Tin Lead and Tin
• Aluminum Busbar Considerations
• Aligning Plating with Assembly and Maintenance
• Storm Support for Design Engineers

This Design Guide is a reference that you will want to keep handy for helping busbar plating achieve unique design objectives.

Download the Busbar Plating Design Guide here

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