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Chrome plating is hardly a matter of dipping a bumper into a tank filled with chemicals. It is a long, involved process that often starts with polishing and buffing, cleaning and acid dipping.

When Bosch was evaluating design alternatives for its new EV14 fuel injector, they wanted to improve the precision of fuel injection over a 100,000 mile lifetime. The critical component in reaching ...

Electroless or chemical plating applies a consistent coating layer of nickel, copper, chromium or other metal to finished parts without relying on an external electrical source, by staging several ...

The process that makes gold-plated jewelry or chrome car accents is now making powerful lithium-ion batteries. Researchers have developed a method for electroplating lithium-ion battery cathodes, ...

In decorative applications like car bumpers and trim, a thin layer of chrome (a few millionths of an inch) is typically applied on top of a previously applied bright nickel plating. That’s a massive ...

Lincoln Industries is launching a massive new nickel-chrome plating line, the largest in company history and one the company believes may be the largest in North America. The company announced its ...