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Electroless or chemical plating applies a consistent coating layer of nickel, copper, chromium or other metal to finished parts without relying on an external electrical source, by staging several ...

Chrome plating is hardly a matter of dipping a bumper into a tank filled with chemicals. It is a long, involved process that often starts with polishing and buffing, cleaning and acid dipping.

Since the end of the Second World War the use of plastics has increased remarkably due to a systematic exploitation of their principal advantages, i.e. lightness, flexibility and toughness, ease of ...

Applications for 3D printing are growing at dizzying speed. One new strategy, however, stands out because it marries plastics, 3D printing and electroplating to easily create a complex research ...

The hunt is on for an industrial process to replace chrome plating and a Stratford company says it's found it. U.S. Chrome Corp. said it has three new, patent pending, metal coatings and has already ...

Since 1986, California has classified hexavalent chrome as a toxic air contaminant to which there is no safe level of exposure. Despite that, it remains the ingredient used in chrome plating, but ...