Improved Process Capabilities for Groove Repair

Historically, selective plating has been a manual process dependent on the skill of the operator. By optimizing the process and equipment, operators can achieve consistent, uniform deposits for a variety of challenging applications including the repair of internal grooves.

Advanced selective plating techniques have been developed for the challenging application of repairing internal grooves that have experienced severe corrosion. Many groove configurations require uniform, high thickness deposition of a plated deposit onto any, or all, of the surfaces with a minimal need for intermediate machining steps. The attendees will see how a combination of engineered, Wrap-Less™ anode design along with optimized computer controlled operating parameters has led to reduced downtime, high quality and repeatable selective plating repairs. By working closely with the customer, custom plating systems can be developed to reduce operator set-up time, part handling, and number of applications – effectively achieving better lead times and meeting production schedules.

This presentation will review the stages of developing the selective plating process for plating grooves from manual operation to automated process. Through case studies of different groove applications, this presentation will demonstrate how selective plating can be used for repair or for OEM applications to apply engineered deposits in internal grooves for dimensional repair and to provide corrosion protection.