Chromium Plating Maintenance Schedule : Products Finishing

Chromium Plating Maintenance Schedule

Article From: Products Finishing, Arthur S. Kushner, Consultant

Posted on: 2/1/2002

Question: Can you supply a maintenance schedule for our hard chromium plating baths?

Question:

Can you supply a maintenance schedule for our hard chromium plating baths? H.C.

Answer:

This is a good question! It is always nice to find people that are concerned about regular scheduled maintenance of their plating baths. Here is a general maintenance schedule that is a good place to start. As you can see, this schedule is not rocket science by any means but just plain common sense. You may want to modify it to fit your specific requirements.

Daily Maintenance

Clean electrical system components

Adjust liquid level of tank

Check temperature of bath

Check overall concentration with hydrometer

Weekly Maintenance

Clean anodes with wire brush and alkaline cleaning solution

Check rectifier cables and bus bars

Analyze for chromic acid

Analyze for sulfate

Analyze for trivalent chromium

Analyze for iron and copper as required