Regulations Designed to Protect against the Safety and Environmental Hazards of Hexavalent Chrome Have Increased the Cost of Chrome Plating.DUBLIN, Ireland -- Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c38418) has announced the addition of Chrome Plating Chromium plating solutions There are two types of chromium plating: industrial and decorative. Industrial chromium plating is also referred to as Hard Chrome or Engineered Chrome. Alternatives Thermal Spray Thermal Spray techniques are coating processes which involve spraying melted (or heated) materials onto a surface. As such thermal spraying is a line-of-sight process. The energy to heat the feedstock (coating precursor) is supplied by electrical (plasma or arc) or chemical means , Electroless Plating Electroless plating A chemical reduction process which, once initiated, is autocatalytic. The process is similar to electroplating except that no outside current is needed. , and Others to their offering. Chrome Plating Alternatives, a new study on alternatives to traditional chrome plating and their markets. This comprehensive examination of the subject discusses the various technologies, the industries in which they will-and won't-be used, and forecasts to 2011. Chrome Plating Industry --Environmental and health issues --Effects of pollution control laws --The industry today --Drawbacks in hard chrome --Economic factors Chrome Plating Target Market Analysis --Aerospace --Decorative --Industrial Chrome Plating Alternatives --Trivalent chrome --Plasma spray --High velocity oxy-fuel (HVOF HVOF High Velocity Oxygen Fuel ) --Electroless nickel boron boron (bōr`ŏn) [New Gr. from borax], chemical element; symbol B; at. no. 5; at. wt. 10.81; m.p. about 2,300°C;; sublimation point about 2,550°C;; sp. gr. 2.3 at 25°C;; valence +3. plating --Electroless nickel composite plating --Electrodeposited nanocrystalline cobalt-phosphorus coating --Electro-spark deposition --Explosive bonding --Physical vapor deposition Vapor deposition Production of a film of material often on a heated surface and in a vacuum. Vapor deposition technology is used in a large variety of applications. (PVD PVD abbr. peripheral vascular disease PVD Peripheral vascular disease, see there ) --Intensified plasma-assisted processing --Nickel-cobalt alloy coating Market Demand --Aerospace Actuator hydraulics hydraulics, branch of engineering concerned mainly with moving liquids. The term is applied commonly to the study of the mechanical properties of water, other liquids, and even gases when the effects of compressibility are small. Landing gear Gas turbines Other components --Automotive --Decorative --General industry --Heavy equipment --Oil field applications --Power industry Background on Chrome Plating Alternatives Used in a wide range of industries-aerospace, heavy equipment, automotive, papermaking, and others-chrome plating has become increasingly difficult in recent years. Regulations designed to protect against the safety and environmental hazards of hexavalent hexavalent having a valence of six. chrome have increased the cost of chrome plating and burdened facilities performing plating services. Several alternatives to chrome plating are available. High-velocity oxy-fuel (HVOF) is often favored due to its high performance, relatively low cost, and fast turnaround time (1) In batch processing, the time it takes to receive finished reports after submission of documents or files for processing. In an online environment, turnaround time is the same as response time. . In fact, HVOF will dominate most chrome substitutions. However, several interesting new technologies may establish their own markets within a few years. These include electroless nickel composite plating, which can deposit diamond-composite coatings and is not restricted to line-of-sight geometries. Other emerging techniques include explosive bonding, which allows stainless-steel coatings, and electrodeposited nanocrystalline cobalt-phosphorus alloys specifically targeted at inner diameters. Although many predicted that industry would make a sudden changeover from chrome plating to one of these new technologies that has failed to happen. Yet some market sectors have made-or are beginning to make-the switch. And while industry downsizing (1) Converting mainframe and mini-based systems to client/server LANs. (2) To reduce equipment and associated costs by switching to a less-expensive system. (jargon) downsizing and consolidation has led to the closure or offshore relocation of as many as half of the chrome plating shops in North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. , the chrome plating market today is fairly stable: --Many chrome plating shops are now thriving --Many customers have little or no interest in giving up on chrome --The legislative push toward alternatives has stabilized in North America --Europe is ambivalent and Asia is largely unconcerned with regulating chrome plating Suppliers of alternative coating/plating technologies are facing highly segmented markets where chrome plating users are resistant to making large capital investments. Understand the Markets Success for chrome plating alternatives will depend almost completely on economic competitiveness. At a time of tremendous flux and instability-within the supplier and user communities and the economy at large-the course of chrome alternatives in this decade is by no means clear. The success of chrome alternatives will depend on many factors and ultimately will come down to individual decisions based on economics. This market study Chrome Plating Alternatives examines each alternative technology in detail: its capabilities, its limitations, and its applications. It also explores the potential in each industry and forecasts market growth to 2011. Chapters are as follows: Chapter 1: Executive Summary Chapter 2: Introduction Chapter 3: The Chrome Plating Industry Chapter 4: Market Drivers and Target Markets Chapter 5: Chrome Plate Alternative Technologies Chapter 6: Market Forecasts List of Report Tables and Figures For more information visit http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c38418 |
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