I was just looking for some information on local Chrome Platters, and came across a notification that from this year no Chrome parts are allowed on new cars. This ban is because the chroming process releases very toxic carcenogenic pollutants.
So if you have any parts that could do with re-plating, get it done sooner rather than later, as a total ban on chrome is a possibility.
Thanks for the heads up👍
"Significantly, the impact of the EU's own intended legislation on decorative chrome plating in the automotive industry is lessened by the existence of an alternative process, known as trivalent plating. This means that the notion of the EU banning chrome plating outright is a red herring."
"Switching to trivalent was a risk, because it's a totally different process that requires new equipment and a completely different mix of chemicals. The government has talked about banning hexavalent for years, and now they're finally doing it. So chroming companies are either switching to trivalent or they're going to stop chrome plating altogether."
https://www.magnetomagazine.com/articles/proposed-eu-chrome-plating-ban-isnt-what-it-seems/
What about hard chroming as used on fork stanchions, hydraulic cylinder piston rods etc.
Yep , you'll need a bulldozer with nice shiny rams to bulldoze those politicians out of parliament , 🤣
part of my paid job was to alochrom plate aluminium. Ally is oily and paint needs a primer to stick , so Alochrom is needed.
since the new regs a couple of years ago, platers have stopped original chrome and alochrom plating as there are no chemical stocks left. Although the ruling relates to this year no supplier wanted to get left with something they could not sell SO stopped producing and found different processes.
China still uses the carconogenic chrome as might India, but we dont, and our customer in Germany does not nor do the platers we and I use.
I used to Alochrom in a room with a low ceiling and then in a metal shed , where the hot water and steam hit the roof and dropped down on me. Ive had neck and thyroid cancer, can I sue the company? If you see the lads in the plating shop I use for my bike parts (and our company uses) the majority do not look the full ticket!!
Just an insight, we made radio cases for the Army, made from Ally billet, we plated. The MOD specified non chromate plating. The reason??
If a soldier was shot , and the bullet passed through the radio pack, they did not want to risk being sued by the family that he died from cancer caused by the plating.. ignoring the fact the bullet actually killed him, in todays society, where there is blame there is a claim.
regarding chrome plating, most of it is zinc plate, I used a Frost kit to do some and you add a blue liquid which makes it deeper. most Chrome/zinc plating is "decorative". Hard Chrome is a different matter, and I would ask Philpots what they use.
Errr, how could the cancer develop in a corpse? ???
its the thoughts of the MOD, they did not want to have the possibility of being blamed and sued .
Rule out the possibility and you cant be blamed.
we had to go to the expense of setting up a second line for the jobs with and without chromate.