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-----Chroming Defects
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2007
I'm an ISO Coordinator in this company the producing knitting parts. I am handling quality improvement program at which currently working to reduce the defects in chroming process.
We're having a problem that is called white head - white color appears at the top of the part after chroming.For me I believe it would not come from the setting of the parts in the chroming clamps or jigs. It may be caused by the setting of Voltage/Ampere/Chroming time.
What do you think it the cause of this white color?
ISO Coordinator - Klang, Selangor, Malaysia
Hi, Uzaimi. You call it "white head", but others might call it whitewash, or burning, or something else. We just don't have enough to go on. Is this a hard chroming process? Have you successfully plated them in the past? Can you send a picture?
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Popatbhai B. Patel
electroplating consultant - Roseville, Michigan
February 6, 2008
Hi, if the parts are bright nickel , them flash chrome for a decorative finish, then the white marks could be caused by a break of contact of power during the flash chrome cycle, or burnt, or even because the chrome is too cold.
If the parts are hard chrome plated , you can sometimes get the white marks due to poor jigging contact - too much heat being generated at the point where the jig and component meet.
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March 16, 2008
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