KP Galvano s.r.o.COMPANY PROFILE

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50% PLASTIKA a .s .

50% KOVOFINIŠ a .s .

PLASTIKA a.s.

• 50%co-owner of KP Galvano s.r.o.

• More than 60 years o f exper ience in the plastics industry

• Nearly 90% of total production is concentrated on automot ive

• Product design, development & tool production, surface treatment, assembly

• Flexible technical solutions in development, production and logistics

• Intense and integrated customer relationship

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KOVOFINIŠ a.s.

• 50%co-owner of KP Galvano s.r.o.

• Almost 70 years in manufacturing surface treatment equipment

• Experience in automotive, aerospace and engineering

• Development and design capacity including programming

• St rong suppor t : Service and support at the new plant site

• Possibility of quick reaction to changes and new customer requirements as well

as changes in legislation

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Star t o f product ion 4Q/2020

Galvanic line

• Fully automated

• Designed for plating ABS and ABS/PC

• Maximum batch dimension 2600 × 300 × 1200 mm

• Maximum yearly capacity 300 000 m 2

• Designed for pretreatment possibilities with hexavalent Cr and also chromium-free

• Final chromium plating is possible in hexavalent and also trivalent Cr: trivalent Cr

sulfur and chloride

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PLATING POSSIBILITIES ACCORDING TO TL528

Acco rd i ng to spec i f i ca t i on fo r each pa r t l i ne p rov i desp la t i ng i n ba ths :

M i c r o p o r o u s

n i c k e l

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M i c r o c r a c k e d

n i c k e l

S a t i n

n i c k e l

EXTERIOR PARTS

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EMBLEMS, LETTERS, GRIP MOLDING

INTERIOR PARTS

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PARTS FOR CLUSTERS – RINGS, FRAMES

PLATING PROCESS DIAGRAM

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Electrolytic section

Chemical setionLoading/Unloading

Etching

Degreasing

Loading/Unloading

Reduction

Activation

Accelerator

Electroless nickel

Acid Copper

Semi-Bright nickel

Bright nickel

Microcracked nickel

Bright chrome Cr 6+

Reduction

Drying

Loading/Unloading

Chrome free etching

Degreasing

Neutralization

Rack inhibition

Satin nickel

Microporous nickel

Bright chrome Cr 3+

Pasivace

Racks stripping

Loading/Unloading

Stripping Cr

Stripping Ni a Cu

Cleaning in HNO3

Cleaning in HNO3

Drying

Loading/Unloading

PROCESS MONITORING

• Testing parameters of galvanic baths

• Quality control/proces monitoring/optimize galvanic process

SOLUTION ANALYSIS

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MATERIAL TEST ING

• Quality control of chrome coated plasticparts

• Chrome-coated plastic parts – analysisof defects and causes of origin

Bright chrome

DUR-Ni

Bright nickel

Bright copper

Semi-Bright nickel

Chemical nickel

Immersion copper

SOLUTION ANALYSIS CAPABILITY

• Surface tension measuringBubble pressure method, Wilhelmy Plate, DuNoüy ring

• Atomic emission spectrometry

• Hull Cell

• pH, conductivity, density determination

• UV/VIS Spectrometry

• Analytical determination of baths parameters - titration

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MATERIAL TESTING CAPABILITIES

• Visual properties (visual evaluation and color matching) Matte chrome surfaces, high gloss chrome surfaces

• Coating system analysis-coating thicknessMicroscopically, coulometric, STEP Test, X-ray fluorescence, Fuhrmann test

• Adhesive strenghtCross-cut test

• Temperature resistance and resistance to environmental cycle test Stability under heat, resistence to sink marks, PV 1200

• Corrosion resistanceCASS test, PV1200 followed by NSS Test

• Verifying the origins of defects – chrome plated plastics partsCut, sample encapsulation, microscopic evaluation

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06.05.2020KP Galvano | Název prezentace 14

THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION.

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