Company Canada
Hard Chrome Alternative
PERFORMANCE
- Nanostructured metal coatings with properties which meet or exceed those of hard chrome (wear resistance, corrosion resistance, coeffecient of friction)
PROCESS
- Produced using a cost-effective, high efficiency process
- Simple drop-in or retrofit to current hard chrome plating operations (barrel, rack, reel to reel, brush, etc.)
- For line-of-sight and non-line-of-sight applications
ENVIRONMENTAL
- Complete elimination of chromium.
- Relative Ranking of Leading Replacement Technologies
with reference to Hard Chrome
Process Advantages
- High efficiency process (less power consumption than chrome plating)
- Up to an eight-fold increase in deposition rate (increased production rate)
- No need for hydrogen embrittlement relief (increase in product turnover)
Property Advantages
- Unlike hard chrome, the nanostructured coatings are fully dense (no microcracks or porosity), have good ductility, and provide:
- Superior sliding wear resistance
- Superior corrosion resistance (without the need for a nickel underlayer)
- A low coefficient of friction
