HARDCHROME PLATING

■ Hard Coating ■ Non Fretting Anti-Galling

■ Low Friction ■ Superfinishing to Mirror Finishes
■ Excellent Wear Resistance ■ Thinwall Technology or Heavy Build-Up
■ Good Corrosion Resistance ■ 0.25 – 1,000 Micron Thick
■ "Cold" Process ■ Grinding and Polishing Service

For information
please contact:

Hardchrome Engineering Pty Ltd

ABN 97 005 291 083

Melbourne
175 Wellington Road
North Clayton 3168
Victoria, Australia

Telephone
+61 (0) 3 9561 9555
THE PROCESS
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+61 (0) 3 9561 9155 Hard Chrome plating is an electrolytic method Hard Chrome is classed as a "COLD" process,
of depositing Chrome for engineering the operating temperature of 50 – 60°C
applications, from a Chromic acid solution. ensures no detrimental effects to the physical
Adelaide
8 Watervale Drive Deposits can be applied from .25 – 1,000 or mechanical properties of the base materials.
Green Fields 5107 microns thickness for a wide range of Hard Chrome can be deposited successfully
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applications. The thinner deposits being used and advantageously onto most metallic
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components in wear applications or corrosive
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used for salvage and repair of worn, damaged
or mis-machined components.
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THE PROPERTIES (with the exception to Chlorides and MACHINING – Hard Chrome
other Halides), hence its wide-spread deposits can be successfully
use in the Food and Chemical finished by grinding, linishing
HIGH HARDNESS – electro-deposited Industries. or polishing.
Chrome is extremely hard, with typical
values of 850 - 1050 HV (63 – 70
SACRIFICIAL WEAR LAYER – APPLICATIONS –
HRc), hence the term "Hard" Chrome.
Since Hard Chrome deposits are • Hydraulic and Pneumatic
This makes it an excellent coating for
readily removed with chemical Piston Rods and Cylinders
wear resistant and abrasion resistant strippers, without detrimental effect to • Plastic and Rubber Rolls,
applications such as Moulds and Dies, the base material, the part can be Moulds, Dies, Screws, etc.
Punches, Bearing and Seal surfaces, stripped and re-plated repeatedly,
and sliding components. • Automotive and Mechanical
when wear shows, without loss or
components
damage to the base part. This is a
LOW COEFFICIENT OF FRICTION – significant advantage for high wear, • Press Tools and Punches
Hard Chrome has a very low high cost parts such as Plastic Moulds • Print Cylinders and Plates
coefficient of friction, approx. one half and Dies where abrasive filled plastics • Food Machinery
that of Steel. The coefficient against are used.
• Valves, Gates and Bodies
Steel of 0.16 lubricated (0.21 dry),
makes it ideally suited for such • Mining Equipment
applications as Bearing and Seal • Timber and Paper Processing
surfaces, and machinery components. Equipment
PHYSICAL PROPERTIES
Density 6.90 – 7.18 g/cm3 • Pump Shafts and Rotors
WEAR RESISTANCE – The high Atomic Weight 52.01 • Textile Components
hardness and low frictional properties Atomic Number 24.
of Hard Chrome provide it with Melting Point 1,8500C LARGE CAPACITY – Hardchrome
extremely good resistance to abrasive Coef. of Friction 6 x 10–6/0C Engineering offer some of the
and erosive wear, extending the life of Thermal Conductivity 0.67 W/cm–0K
largest capacities available, with
components such as Moulds, Dies and Electrical Resistivity 13 – 66 micro hm/cm
16 tonne lifting facility (25 tonne
Punches etc, up to ten times in most Youngs Modulus 15 x 106 lb/in2
in Adelaide) and plating tanks
cases. Elongation 1.0%
capable of accepting components
Hardness 850 – 1050 HV
up to 8.0 metres in length and
CORROSION RESISTANCE – Taber Wear
1.3 metres diameter.
Hard Chrome has an extremely high Resistance 2 – 3 mg/1000 cycles
resistance to atmospheric oxidation, Ultimate Tensile
Strength 200 MPa
and a good resistance to most
Magnetic Properties Non-magnetic
oxidising and reducing agents
Coef. of Friction
(against steel) 0.16 lubricated
– 0.21 dry

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