49565. What type of clip is used to hold parts in EN/BN? [Tennessee]

49565

What type of clip is used to hold parts in EN/BN? [Tennessee]

August 5, 2008

What materials can I use as hook or hangers in a Electroless Nickel Boron Nitride bath?

I am plating small parts and need some type of alligator clip to hold them

Mary Jones
- Johnson City, TN

August 6, 2008

Titanium sounds fine to me. There are many companies dedicated to manufacturing these items commonly called racks.

Guillermo Marrufo
Monterrey, NL, Mexico

August 6, 2008

If you are really going to use an alligator clip, I would try to find one that has not been plated, there might be such a clip that is stainless.
For racking in EN, I have used piano wire or brass wire for the contacts. Titanium racks will work well for many parts. Find the web site of a rack mfg. to see if anything looks like it might work.
The springs in alligator clips will fail after a few uses and your tiny part is on the bottom of a tank.

James Watts
- FL