Training: Hard Chrome Plating
Operator Training
ChromeTech provides operator training for hard chrome plating. This training is conducted at your facility, and normally includes a combination of classroom and tankside sessions. Generic training classes are available, or custom training courses can be created specifically for your parts, workers or business.An example of a training outline may be found here
Hard Chrome Plating Knowledge
Industrial chromium electroplating is a complex electrochemical process. Even the best plating shops have bad days or difficult parts. Comprehensive training from an expert can provide these benefits:- Reduced rework of parts
- Reduced postplate grinding
- Reduced labor costs
- Reduced chemical usage
- Reduced chromium waste or emissions
- Better deposit quality
- More uniform chrome thickness
- Faster rates of deposition
- Faster turn-around time
- Faster masking times
- Faster fixturing times
- Chemistry for hard chrome plating
- Direct current power for hard chrome plating
- Creation of improved plating logs
- Rack and fixture design
- Conforming anodes vs. stick anodes
- Preplate cleaning
- Preplate etching: chemical and reverse etch
- Bussing, conductors and contact pressure
- Ramping up power at beginning of plating cycle
- Current density choices and limitations
- Plating by volts vs. plating by amps
- Effect of bath temperature on deposit quality
- Prediciting / calculating rate of depostion
- Predicting when to pull parts
- Optimized rinsing techniques
- Pollution control
- Waste minimization
- Computerization of hard chromium plating