Decorative Chrome Plating

Chrome Plating is a technique of electroplating a thin layer of chromium onto a Metal mechanical Component. The chromed layer can be of different types, the common one is the decorative one.

Decorative Chrome Plating, sometimes called nickel-chrome plating provides corrosion resistance, ease cleaning procedures, or increased surface hardness. Sometimes a chrome may be used for aesthetic purposes.

Auto, Motors and Furniture are the major fields of application.

The Mechanical Part is submitted to different stages as the manual cleaning to remove all residual traces of dirt and surface impurities, then it is placed into the chrome plating vat, where it is allowed to warm to solution temperature.

Applications of plating current vary for the required time to attain the desired thickness and depending on the substrate to be chrome-plated.