The Top 5 Reasons to Replace your Plating Barrel
The Top 5 Reasons to Replace Your Plating Barrel
In the metal plating industry, productivity is valuable and there is no space for downtime, lost product, or reworking parts. Often platers and manufacturers delay their barrel replacement well beyond the lifespan of the barrel, trying to make it last as long as possible. Delaying barrel replacement exposes platers to five critical consequences: poor plating quality, increased rework, inconsistent plating thickness, chemical contamination, and operator safety risks. In this article, we will briefly discuss each of these five risks and share some of the knowledge we have gained over our over 20 years of experience in the metal plating industry.