Hard chromium plating finds extensive application in the engineering industry due to the extreme hardness of the coating, its resistance to heat, wear, corrosion, erosion or friction. The extreme hard...

Hard chromium plating finds extensive application in the engineering industry due to the extreme hardness of the coating, its resistance to heat, wear, corrosion, erosion or friction. The extreme hardness, excellent wear resistance and low co-efficient of friction of chromium deposits are used to advantage on cutting tools, gauges, dies, moulds piston rods, rollers, textile machinery parts, etc. and in many other industrial applications. Hard chromium deposits are also used for the building up of undersized and worn parts. Although the equipment and general principles are similar for decorative and hard chromium deposition is somewhat different from that involved in decorative plating and the thickness and hardness of the coating applied is considerably greater..