Strict controls over racking, nesting, and part orientation to ensure uniform plating thickness. 3. Equipment and Facilities
: Decorative Plating (Plastic and Metal Substrates) Process Table D : Electroless Nickel Plating Process Table E : Hard Chrome and Electropolishing Process Table F : Copper, Nickel, and Tin Plating
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Incorporating plating requirements into the initial product design and process flow.
This section reviews how parts are routed, identified, and stored throughout the facility.
AIAG CQI-11 (Special Process: Plating System Assessment) is a comprehensive framework designed to evaluate an organization's plating processes. Unlike standard quality management systems that focus on generic outputs, CQI-11 zeroes in on the specific control variables of surface finishing, electroplating, and mechanical plating. Core Objectives
A documented feasibility study must be performed and approved for each part, allowing for part family grouping.
This section requires that the organization has a dedicated and qualified plating person on-site, typically with at least 5 years of experience in surface finishing.
Auditors will interview shop-floor operators. Operators must know what to do if a parameter (like current density or temperature) falls out of specification.