Hard Chrome and Polymer Plating
For 70 years and counting, Ace Roll & Shaft has been the premier source for quality plating services. Whether you need selective plating for trouble areas or a complete surface revamp, our skilled technicians have you covered. With our reliable, precision machining equipment, we can handle a variety of jobs, from CNC grinding, honing, milling, and turning to cylindrical OD/ID grinding and more. Whether your project entails professional CMC machining services or high-quality coating services, you're in good hands with Ace Roll & Shaft. Read on to learn more about one of our plating service specialties: hard chrome plating and polymer plating.
For greatly extended life for metal surfaces, choose hard chrome and polymer plating. This process is designed to provide the ultimate in performance, safeguarding against high corrosion and wear. Contact our shop today to learn more about our plating services and request an estimate to get started!
Advantages:
• Dramatically increased corrosion resistance
• Enhanced lubricity
• Improved release property
• Reduced friction
• Virtual elimination of galling
• Extended wear resistance
Properties
From numerous tests under varying conditions, hard chrome and polymer plating has shown itself to have the following:
Adhesion: By eliminating corrosion (the ultimate underlying cause of undermining and flaking), this coating shows excellent adhesion.
Corrosion Resistance: Generally, hard chrome and polymer plating produces 100 x corrosion resistance. Salts, chlorides, and other corroding agents cannot penetrate the dense microstructure of the bonded polymers.
Lubricity: This process produces a much smoother surface with a lower coefficient of friction, complete with unique “non-stick” characteristics.
Release: Because of the increased lubricity, the surface has optimum release properties. This extends the surface life and improves the quality of the product.
Reduced Porosity: While conventionally plated surfaces are very porous, hard chrome and polymer is not. The material is extremely dense, and no base metal is exposed. When impregnated into the crystal structure, hard chrome and polymer completely seal the substrate.
Wear Resistance: In tests under “real world” conditions, hard chrome and polymer improves wear resistance up to 10 times (compared to untreated surfaces).
Thanks to all of the qualities above, you can expect longer part life, longer production runs, less downtime, and improved product quality when you have your components plated in hard chrome and polymer.
