While electroplating is very popular for its low cost, many customers realize later on that nickel and chrome electroplating or the use of stainless steel does not provide the intended outcome of total life cost reduction that was the original goal. THE IMPORTANCE OF PLATING Plating is usually th...
2. Is the Hexavalent chromium free coating basically a Zinc-Nickel plate with a topcoat? 3. Are the costs of both of the platings (hexavalent chromium free coating and trivalent chrome) very similar? Or is the trivalent chrome process a substantially higher cost? Thank you! ElizabethElizabeth...
due to 1) the high cost of nickel metal, 2) the reliability of composite plating baths, and 3) the decreased cost of particulate dispersions for plating baths due to the growing economies of scale that has been achieved with the increased popularity of composite electroless nickel plating. More...
Recently, a number of new electrolyte systems have been developed to lower the cost and widen the pH range for nickel deposition; however, the most common still in use are Watts type baths, which take advantage of the complexing effects of borate ions and its ability to cathodically shift hy...