Electroplating

Electroplating is the process of electro-depositing a precious metal such as gold,silver,rhodium,copper or bright nickel onto a different surface thereby enhancing its finish.

The process carried out in a tank, which contains a complex aqueous solution and includes a metal in chemical form e.g. copper sulphate In sulphuric acid with copper anodes, together with an amount of gold In block form. By passing a carefully controlled electrical current through the solution held in the tanks a specific amount of metal (e.g. gold) is transferred from the anode on to the item to be plated.

The basic process is the same for all metals that can be electroplated eg. gold,silver,copper,nickel etc.
Using the Laws of Physics, the weight and therefore the average thickness of the metal being deposited can be calculated.

BJS now uses a third generation of digital computerised control systems for all of it's electroplating to ensuring that their clients receive exactly the amount of metal that is required.

The information on all plating work is stored for 5 years, so when a client wants the same plating again, the system plates the work In exactly the same way as the earlier batch, ensuring consistency from piece to piece and from year to year.

By using state of the art equipment, you can be assured that your work has been monitored, controlled and tracked through all processing, to meet your specifictions and conforms to the International quality Standard ISO 9001:2008

Electroplating costs are generally based on surface area and thickness of the required deposit and the amount of preparatory surface work required.

A few examples and reasons for plating are given below: