Technical Paper
Selective Portable (Brush) Electroplating
1990-04-01
900972
It is a plating shop that is portable, which means you take the plating shop to the work. Instead of what is ordinarily assumed in the Plating Industry, the work must be taken to the plating shop. This could be in house, across town, across country, or around the world. It could be easy if your are fortunate enough to have an in house tank plating shop, with all the headaches that plague this industry today. The air and water pollution and floor space in vast amounts, along with very expensive capital equipment. A Selective Brush Plating Installation will cost less than (1) average size tank. The average cost of standard materials brush plating for .001″ (0.0025cm) on 10 square inches (64 square centimeters) is between $2.00-$2.50 (U.S. dollars). If you were utilizing Brush Plating everyday the disposables might reach 55 U.S. gallon (208 liters) in a 30 day period. These can be disposed of through a licensed hazardous waste concern.
