Product category:
Plating and plating systems
News Release from: Metrohm UK
Edited by the Manufacturingtalk Editorial
Team on 26 February 2008
Analyse electroless nickel plating baths
at-line
An at-line analyzer uses well established hardware and software to perform at-line analysis of nickel, hypophosphite and alkalinity in electroless nickel plating baths.
Electroless nickel layers are normally nickel-phosphorus alloys For the reductive chemical deposition of nickel with phosphorus inclusions, sodium-hypophosphite is used as the reducing agent (reductant)
This article was originally published on Manufacturingtalk on 22 May 2008 at 8.00am (UK)
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Metrohm has combined the best aspects of laboratory and online systems to produce the 875 ProcessLab: a fully customised, automated at-line system for analytical testing.
To apply even nickel layers to the workpieces, the content of nickel, reductant and the alkalinity have to be determined periodically.
For the determination of the ingredients an automated ProcessLab system is used.
All liquid handling steps such as taking sample aliquots, dosing of reagents, titration and cleaning are performed by pumps and burets controlled by ProcessLab.
A sample aliquot is transferred either to the vessel for alkalinity and nickel analysis or to the vessel for reductant content determination.
Metrohm ProcessLab is a new atline analyser continuing the success of the Titrando range of laboratory titrators.
Metrohm told manufacturingtalk that the system uses well established hardware and software, including the Titrando titrator and tiamo software.
Advantages include the following.
* The industrial PC and I/O controller for sending information to process control systems.
* ProcessLab can be used at several different points in the manufacturing process. Request free introductory details about products from Metrohm UK ...
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