Background information

The component, manufactured for Joy Mining, was approximately 1.5m square, by 1m deep. It appeared to be a solid block of steel, with two small holes in opposing corners on one face. The block however contained an intricate series of pipework, which would be used to carry water as a coolant. This pipework required plating to ensure corrosion prevention.

What we did

To plate the component, flexible pipes were connected to the holes in the block and the electroless nickel plating solution was pumped from a holding tank through the block and back to the holding tank, on a continuous basis. As electroless nickel has to be at 90°C to operate, the block was immersed in a tank of cleaning solution, maintained at 70-80°C to prevent heat loss and flash rusting of the exterior of the block. The plating solution was analysed and maintained with additions made to the holding tank.

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