Products/Services

ATC designs and manufactures custom electroplating fixtures, primarily for hard chrome plating and nickel sulfamate plating.  We also provide on-site services, including set-up and training.  Our market focus includes the aerospace and automotive industries and the defense department’s depot activities.

Hard Chrome Plating

ATC’s approach to hard chrome plating fixtures includes:

• No-Mask design. Eliminates the need to mask parts.
• Conforming anodes.  Allows for maximum plating rates, reduced cycle times, and uniform deposits.
• Rapid and easy set-up.  Reduces labor costs and operator training requirements.
• Exact centering.  Allows for close anode to cathode spacing and results in faster plating rates and more uniform coatings.
• Multiple surfaces plating.  Allows for simultaneous plating of eight or more different surfaces on landing gear or similar part.
• Electrical connectivity/conductance. We have devised an approach that provides a highly conductive copper connection below the solution level, without the possibility of bath contamination.
• Anode encasement.  Protection of anode from bending/breakage.  Avoids worker exposure to lead-chromate film.
• Reduced air exhaust obstructions.  Streamlined design that avoids above solution obstructions.
• Complete instructions.  Fully illustrated step-by step instructions for fixturing each part.
• Service.  On and off-site service, training and repair provided.

Nickel and Cadmium Plating

ATC nickel and cadmium electroplating fixtures and associated support tooling consist of variations of conforming and no-mask conforming anode systems.  This tooling is custom designed for each application utilizing pure nickel, cadmium, steel, stainless steels, platinum and platinized titanium anode materials.

Do you have a large part that doesn't fit into your existing plating tank?  ATC also specializes in out-of-tank flow-style anode plating systems for large parts.