Photo Gallery
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- Anode Fabrication Station
- Gridmat Casting Station
- Pouring Molten Lead into Aluminum Gridmats
- Hammering the Flat Gridmats into Cylindrical Shape
- Welding the Gridmats Together (1 of 2)
- Welding the Gridmats Together (2 of 2)
- Final Assembly Welding
- Assortment of Small Conforming anodes
- Anode Assortment for Hydraulic Rods
- Another Assortment of Anodes for Hydraulic Rods
- Small Conforming Anode on Reversible Rack
- Conforming Anode for Smaller Diameter Rods
- ID Anode on Reversible Rack
- Vertical, Flat Tank Anode
- Conforming Anode for Medium Rods
- Conforming Anode for Short Rods or Cylinders
- Ganged Conforming Anode for Plating Eight Parts at Once
- Conforming Anode for Large Rods
- A Pair of "Ganged" Conforming Anodes for I.D. Plating
- Conforming Anode for Large Rolls
- Conforming Anode with Two Diameters
- Small Anode Storage Station
- Installing Centering Disk and Measuring a Medium Diameter Rod
- Preparing a Large Eye-end Rod for Plating
- Scrubbing a Rod with Pumice
- Scrubbing a Rod with Household Cleanser
- Scrubbing a Large Roll with Pumice
- Double Ending - Preparing for 2nd Plating Cycle of Same Cylinder
- Centering Disk on Bottom of Large Rod
- Wiping Down a Long Rod
- A Long, Small Diameter Rod
- Plating Selective Journals of a Crankshaft on a Reversible Rack
- Crankshaft on a Reversible Rack
- Plating a Blind Bore on a Reversible Rack
- Centering Disk and Masking on Gland End of Rod
- Cathode Fixture for Hollow Rods or Tubes
- Cathode Fixture for Hollow Rods, Cylinders or Tubes
- Small V-block Cathode Fixture
- Medium V-block Cathode Fixture
- Double V-bar Fixture
- Simple Cathode Fixture for Small Eye-end Rod
- Small Piston Rod Mounted on a Reversible Rack
- Small Piston Rod Plated on a Reversible Rack
- Lowering a Reversible Rack into the Chrome Plating Tank
- Small Cylinder with Two Centering Disks
- Double-Ending a Part That Is Too Long for the Plating Tank
- Smaller Diameter Rod Fixtured for Double Ending
- Fixture for I.D. Plating of Large Bore
- I.D. Fixture with Another Large Bore
- Fixture for Plating Railroad Wheel Bearings
- Fixture for Chrome Plating Diesel Locomotive Cylinder Liners
- Lifting Fixture
- Close-up Photo of a Lifting Fixture
- Lowering a Steel Roll into the Chrome Plating Tank
- Heavy Solid Steel Roll Plating in a Conforming Anode
- Large Hollow Roll
- Another Large Roll
- Chromium Plating Only the Bottom Region of a Large Roll
- Large Diameter, Solid Piston is Lowered into Chrome Plating Tank
- Large, Eye-end Rod in Plating Tank
- A Pair of Forged Rods
- Double-ended Piston with Center Gland
- Rinsing a Medium Rod
- Medium Eye-end Rod After Rinsing and Unmasking
- Rod Plated with Stick Anodes
- Small Rod Ready to Plate
- Small Shafts and a Pump Rotor
- Small Diameter Pump Rotors Plated with Chromium
- Rinsing a Pump Rotor After Plating with Chromium
- Good Hard Chromium Plate on a Pump Rotor
- Some Pump Rotors and Pistons Just Plated with Chromium
- Large Diameter Piston to be Plated with Chromium
- Pump Rotor Plated with Chromium
- Three Pump Rotors Plated End-to-End
- Plating Line for Applying Thin Chrome Deposits with Short Plating Cycles
- Aqueous Soak Clean Tank with Oil Skimming Capacity
- A Small Plating System for Mold Inserts
- Rectifier Controls for Semi-Automatic Plating
- Hydraulic Repair Shop with Chrome Plating System (1)
- Hydraulic Repair Shop with Chrome Plating System (2)
- Hydraulic Repair Shop with 14' Deep Tanks
- Hydraulic Repair Shop with 12' Deep Tanks
- Hydraulic Repair Shop with 12' Deep Tanks - Side View
- Facility for Jet Engine Overhaul (Pic 1 of 4)
- Facility for Jet Engine Overhaul (Pic 2 of 4)
- Facility for Jet Engine Overhaul (Pic 3 of 4)
- Facility for Jet Engine Overhaul (Pic 4 of 4)
- Belt Polishing a Hydraulic Rod
- Belt Polishing a Small Diameter Rod
- Dot Welding Pits in a Rod
- Adding Chromium Trioxide Crystal to the Plating Tank
- Adding Chromium Trioxide Crystal to a new Plating Tank
- Equipment Room
- Makeup Air System
- A High Efficiency Heat Exchanger
- A High Efficiency Air Pollution Control Device
- Rolling Carts for Hydraulic Rods
- Secondary Containment Pit Under Construction
- Installing a Deep Tank in the Containment Pit
- Welding a Plastic Ventilation Hood
- Welding a Plastic Ventilation Hood
- Punching Holes in Copper Bussing