BARREL PLATING MOLDED BARREL

Anode Systems, South Bend, Ind. Napco Inc., Terryuille, Conn.

Direct-connected anode baskets significantly in- crease productivity and reduce operating cost. These low-cost baskets also eliminate the wide variations in plating thickness that are common on barrel lines. These baskets eliminate anode bar cleaning and problems associated with poor electrical contact. As salt and corrosion build upon copper anode bars, regular anode baskets lose electrical contact, and the plating current drops. To compensate for the current loss, the barrel load must be reduced or the plating time increased. Direct-connected anode baskets com- pletely eliminate these problems by using a sealed power cable to deliver current from out- side the plating tank to the anode basket.

Napco Inc. offers the High Performance design, which greatly increases solution flow in and out of the barrel, decreases plating time, and increases drainage capacity. Napco also offers a wide range of portable style barrels, including custom tandem and multiplaters to meet special process requirements.

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PLATING BARREL DANGLER

Danglers Inc., Johnston, R.I.

A plating dangler system, designed to reduce both plating costs and downtime, features disposable, slip-on dangler heads, which can be attached to the cable in seconds and removed just as quickly once metal deposit has built up on it. A new head is then attached, without disconnecting the cable, and plating can be resumed instantly. Cable life is

also prolonged significantly, since hammering to remove deposits becomes unnecessary.

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Stewart Technologies Inc., Tempe, Ark

Barrel plating lines are designed for use with motorized barrels, eliminating the potential for a process tank to be “down” due to motor failure. Low-voltage power contacts are located at individ- ual tanks. These contacts are self-cleaning, where “latches” on the barrel assemblies slide over con- tacts on the tanks, effectively scraping the con-

BARREL

Jessup Engineering, Rochester Hills, Mich.

Jessup Engineering presents the Load Locker barrel, &ich is designed to prevent small parts from catch- ing inside the cover and causing misplated parts. The cover and door rail closure system incorporates hold- down tabs machined into its polypropylene rail along the length of both sides of the cover.

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