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Repairing Coating on Aluminium Grooved Traverse Drum

i have a spinning machinery rigid part named as GROOVED TRAVERSE DRUM which is aluminium alloy die-casted and yarn passes from the grooves during winding yarn to a cone. There is a coating (light nickel color) over this part which is very hard even more hard than hard anodizing. The coating has been damaged and I want to repair it by applying re-coating. please tell what is the coating type and what is method for re-coating.

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M irfan
buyer - Pakistan
September 15, 2010

Hi, Mr. Irfan

Looks like hard chrome plating to me, and that would not surprise me for machinery of this sort.

Regards,

Ted Mooney, P.E.
Striving to live Aloha
finishing.com - Pine Beach, New Jersey
September 17, 2010

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