Electroplating Profile - pt.3
Reprint from an article in Product Finishing Magazine, July 2002 issue Profile of Professional Plating By Beverly Graves, editor In order to fulfill its commitment to precise electroplating control, ProPlate® realized that the key would be to control the process to a higher degree than what historically had been the norm. Several systems have been installed during the past four years. The first was a proactive, periodic maintenance protocol for all of the chemistries in the plant. A survey of the finishing industry for an effective software package to facilitate this goal led Mr. Ingalls to the realization that there is a crucial link between software and the physical plant. This link is continuous and timely inputs were necessary to the monitoring software of the current aging of each chemical bath. So, before any software package could be successfully implemented, ProPlate® developed the tools, procedures and training required to maintain a timely flow of data into software. Information such as gold, silver, rhodium or nickel bath aging is monitored through continuously using amp-hour meters. Other non-powered baths are monitored via inputs to the order entry system and the projected routing of scheduled product through the manufacturing process. |