The path from ABS plastic to a chrome finish.
Plastic does not conduct electricity, so it has to be made conductive before it can be plated. Select a step, click a tank, or drag to look around the line.
Finished parts, not just plated ones.
On request we also injection-mould the parts to be plated. Five machines, including brands such as Arburg and KraussMaffei, produce the substrate in-house, so customers receive a finished part and scrap from handling between suppliers is avoided.
Every batch is tested in our laboratory for coating thickness, Cross-cut adhesion and CASS-SST before it is released to the customer’s production line.
Chrome-free pre-treatment
Our EU-funded SAMDOKAN project is nearing completion. It will allow ABS, ABS-PC, polyamide and polypropylene to be plated on the same line using pre-treatment chemistry that contains no chromic acid.
What to watch when moulding parts for plating
If you mould the parts yourself, these four points decide whether the coating will hold.