Once the part has been cleaned, it is ready to receive the electroplating. One way of plating large quantities of small workpieces at the same time is by barrel plating. In this process, large, plastic barrels are filled with quantities of workpie...
The processes of electroplating, anodizing and galvanizing produce several different wastestreams, including contaminated wastewaters, metallic sludges, and air emissions. In most plating shops, the bulk of the waste comes in the form of wastewater...