Since 1957

About us

Industrial hard chrome in Franklin Park since 1957. Direct to base metal for wear life, restoration, and irregular geometry.

The process

The work started by rejecting decorative chrome over copper and nickel as the model for industrial parts. The shop plates directly to base metal for uniform coverage into recesses and odd shapes.

The shop plates new cutting tools, gears, and molds that need wear life, and restores worn or mismatched parts. Heat reflectivity, inherent lubrication under load, and a dense, void-free surface are the practical reasons engineers specify it.

Process capabilities

1893 Studebaker electroplating illustration, public domain: plating shop above and polishing and grinding rooms below. Not Nova Chrome and not Franklin Park.
1893 Studebaker electroplating illustration — public domain (Gray and Parker, Gies & Co., Buffalo). Historical atmosphere only; not Nova Chrome, not Franklin Park, and not current tanks.

The plant

Address
3200 Wolf Rd, Franklin Park, Illinois 60131

Bond

A surface that is meant not to chip, peel, or crack in service.

Density

Void-free chrome so corrosion does not start under the plate.

Control

Uniform hardness across the chromed area, including tight prints.

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