Mechanical zinc plating is accomplished by tumbling small parts in a drum with zinc and proprietary chemicals.
Mechanical zinc plating equipment.
Zinc plating configuration form.
Mechanical galvanization is the same process but applies to coatings that are thicker than 0 001 in 0 025 mm.
About mechanical plating mechanical plating isan effective means of applying zinc tin or other ductile metals or mixtures of ductile metals to metal substrates usually steel in the mechanical plating process impact energy is transferred from a rotating open ended oblique barrel through glass beads resulting in the cold welding of fine metal dust particles to the substrate.
Small iron and steel parts usually limited in size to about 8 9 inches 200 300 mm and weighing less than one pound 0 5 kg are cleaned and flash coppercoated before loading into a plating barrel.
Mechanical zinc plating and galvanizing systems offer the perfect solution when the potential for hydrogen embrittlement exists.
Additionaly compared to hot dip galvanizing mechanical plating does not require threads to be chased after plating.
At chem plate industries we offer a wide range of mechanical plating processes including standard zinc plating and galvanizing silver plating zinc aluminum coatings tin coatings and our cp 2000 process which is a quad metal.
It is commonly used to overcome hydrogen embrittlement problems.
Steel of any hardness can be processed quickly and effectively offering the same high protection as conventional electroplated zinc deposits.