How does hard chrome plating meet hardness requirements?

How does hard chrome plating meet hardness requirements?

Mon Feb 10 09:32:44 CST 2025

Hard chrome plating needs to be exported to foreign countries, but the hardness of the plating can not reach the customer's standard, what should we do? Many plating factories choose to prepare their own hard chrome solution in order to save cost, but with the improvement of product performance requirements of foreign customers, the products plated by self-prepared solution may not be able to meet the requirements, and then we need to use commercialized hard chrome additives.

Why? Let's analyze it from three perspectives:

① In terms of plating performance, hard chrome additives help to improve the hardness and wear resistance of the plated layer. The active ingredients in these additives refine the chromium grains and make the plated layer denser, thus increasing its hardness and wear resistance. The hardness of plated layers using Bigely hard chrome additives can reach 950 HV, which greatly enhances the mechanical properties and service life of the plated layer.

② Hard chrome additives also show significant advantages in terms of production costs. These additives typically increase plating rates and shorten plating times, thereby improving productivity. At the same time, they ensure consistent plating quality, reducing rework and waste due to plating quality problems. In addition, the additives help to maintain the chemical stability of the plating bath, which extends the bath life and further reduces production costs. The performance of plating baths using Bigely hard chrome additives remains stable after several batches of continuous use, which also controls production costs to a certain extent.

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Guangdong Bigely Technology Co., Ltd. ,founded in 2003, is a high-tech enterprise integrating R & D,production, sales and service, specializing in the production of electroplating additives. As a famous electroplating additives source manufacturer in China, Bigely Technology is a national high-tech enterprise with a strong research and development team, which has over 10 engineers with more than 20 years' working experience in the electroplating industry. 

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