Detailed Project Report on electroplating on metals

ELECTROPLATING ON METALS
[CODE NO.3391]


Electroplating  is  a reliable and fast  deposition  process through which an adherent metallic coating is obtained on a  vast variety of metal surfaces. This process of applying protective  & decorative  coatings  has  so greatly  advanced  that  properties, dimensions of coat and coating rates can be strictly  controlled. Tin,  Silver, Rhodium, Platinum, Palladium Zinc,  Iridium,  Lead, Gold,  Nickel,  Chromium, Copper, Brass & aluminum are  the  most used  coatings on variety of metal substrates. Any metal &  metal alloy  product  produced  in  industries  can  be  provided  with suitable  protective/decorative  coating with the use  of  proper electrolyte   bath,  electroplating  equipments  &   accessories, anodes/cathodes and control instruments while discussing adherent coating,  it  is  advisable  to  understand  that   electroformed adherent coating is obtained exclusively by electroplating  while electro  deposition coatings may include electroless plating  and immersion  processes  too.  It is  remarkable  that  practical  & technological  phases  of  electroplating  matured  even   before Faraday's laws of electrolysis was pronounced. Until World War-I, electroplating was considered an art. The then electroplaters did not  bother  to  know even the fundamentals  of  electricity  and chemical reactions that took place in the electroplating process. At that time, appearance & appeal of the electroplated surfaces were considered more  important than the  physical  &  chemical properties  of the coat. It was around World War - II that close tolerances & rigidly specified properties converted electroplating  into a technology from its art -  status.  


COST ESTIMATION

Plant  Capacity                                            :    1000.00 SQM/day
land & Building (1000)Sq.Mtr)                  :    Rs.  89.50  Cr
Plant & Machinery                                       :    Rs.  49.00  Lacs
Working Capital for 1 Month                     :    Rs.  17.43  Lacs
Total Capital Investment                            :    Rs.  1.63   Cr
Rate of Return                                             :    32%
Break Even Point                                         :    61%


INTRODUCTION    
APPLICATIONS:-    
DECORATIVE APPEARANCE:-    
PROTECTIVE COATINGS:-    
SPECIAL SURFACE EFFECTS:-    
NEED FOR STANDARDIZATION:-    
B.I.S. SPECIFICATION    
FACILITIES, FOR A MODERN ELECTROPLATING UNIT    
PREPARATION OF ARTICLES BEFORE POLISHING    
MECHANICAL POLISHING OF PRODUCTS BEFORE ELECTROPLATING    
MARKET POSITION    
MARKET ANALYSIS OF THE END USE INDUSTRY SEGMENT    
PRESENTLY RUNNING ELECTROPLATING UNITS    
ELECTROPLATING PROCESSES (FOR BARREL ZINC PLATING)    
BULK ELECTROPLATING BY BARREL:-    
CONTROL OF PURITY OF BATHS    
BATH CONTROL:-    
METHODS:-    
B.   DICHROMATE PICKLING SOLUTION:-    
NITRIC - PHOSPHORIC ACID PICKLE:-    
ELECTROPOLISHING:-    
PROCESS FLOW SHEET    
NICKEL - AS A PLATING MATERIAL:-    
INDIVIDUAL ELECTROPLATING BATHS:-    
CADMIUM:-    
CHROMIUM:-    
TABLE 6. CADMIUM PLATING BATH:-    
TABLE 7. BASIS METAL HARDNESS AND THICKNESS OF HARD CHROMIUM:-    
TABLE 8. TYPICAL CHROMIUM PLATING CONDITIONS:-    
TRIVALENT BATHS:-    
BLACK CHROMIUM:-    
COBALT:-    
COPPER:-    
TABLE 10. TYPICAL BRIGHT ACID COPPER BATH:-    
TABLE 11. REPRESENTATIVE CYANIDE COPPER BATHS:-    
TABLE 12. PYROPHOSPHATE COPPER BATH:-    
TABLE 13. ACID COPPER PLATING:-    
TABLE 14. REPRESENTATIVE GOLD-PLATING BATHS:-    
NICKEL ELECTROPLATING    
NICKEL:-    
TABLE 15. INDIUM - PLATING BATHS    
TABLE 16. IRON - PLATING BATHS:-    
TABLE 17. LEAD AND LEAD - TIN ALLOY PLATING:-    
TABLE 18. NICKEL BATHS FOR HEAVY PLATING:-    
ZINC ELECTROPLATING & ALLOY PLATING    
TABLE 22. ALKALINE ZINC BATHS:-    
TABLE 23. REPRESENTATIVE ACID AND NEUTRAL CHLORIDE ZINC BATHS:-    
ALLOY PLATING:-    
BRASS PLATING    
COPPER-TIN ALLOY PLATING    
ELECTROPLATING OF ALUMINIUM    
POST PLATING TREATMENTS    
SUPPLIERS OF ELECTROPLATING PLANT AND MACHINERIES    
SUPPLIERS OF ELECTROPLATING SALTS & CHEMICALS    

APPENDIX – A:

 1.      COST OF PLANT ECONOMICS      
 2.      LAND & BUILDING                                      
 3.      PLANT AND MACHINERY                                  
 4.      FIXED CAPITAL INVESTMENT                             
 5.      RAW MATERIAL                                         
 6.      SALARY AND WAGES                                     
 7.      UTILITIES AND OVERHEADS                              
 8.      TOTAL WORKING CAPITAL                                
 9.      COST OF PRODUCTION                                   
10.      PROFITABILITY ANALYSIS                               
11.      BREAK EVEN POINT                                     
12.      RESOURCES OF FINANCE                           
13.      INTEREST CHART                                       
14.      DEPRECIATION CHART                                   
15.      CASH FLOW STATEMENT                                   
16.      PROJECTED BALANCE SHEET