Nickel Plating Procedure.
1. Mechanical Cleaning Pretreatment: The pipe, fitting, welded assembly are sand blasted from inside to remove rust, scales, paint etc. adhering to the surface.
2. Chemical Cleaning: The Sandblasted components are taken for chemical cleaning to ensure the surface is free of oil, grease and any other substances adhering to the surface to be plated. The chemical cleaning takes place in following steps:
a) Soak Cleaning: The components are dipped in SK-40/CK1/F-50 ( Degreasing Alkaline chemical ) chemical solution maintained at 60-70 ºC for 10-15 mins. The concentration of solution is 25-30 gm/litre of water.
b) The components are subsequently rinsed in water at room temperature for 12-15 mins, to remove the residual chemical.
c) The components are Acid pickled in H2SO4 (10-25 % v/v) solution kept at room temperature for 10-15 mins.
d) The components are again rinsed in water for about 10 mins to remove the residual acid.
e) The components inside is recirculated with Sulphamic Acid solution for 10-15 mins at room temperature. The concentration of Sulphamic acid is initially kept at 30-40 gms/litre.
f) D.M. water rinse.
3. Nickle Plating: The component to be plated is taken for plating process immediately after the cleaning process; Nickel Anodes are placed in Titanium baskets placed at the centre of the component & Nickel Sulphamate solution is recirculated inside the component. This solution consists of Nickel Chloride & Boric Acid. The composition of solution is Nickel metal- 70-75 gms/litre; Nickel Chloride 4-6 gms/litre & Boric Acid- 30-35 gms/litre. The recirculation is continued for 1500 mins at current Density of 20A/Sq. feet is maintained throughout the duration. This will ensure uniform deposition of 400 microns ( minimum ) of nickel in the inside surface of pipes, fittings etc.
4. Post Cleaning: The assembly is thoroughly cleaned with water, 2 times each for a duration of 2-3 mins to remove the chemicals and dried. The assembly is then stress relived at 190-200 ºC for 120 mins.
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