Plating automation is simply the process of using specialized machinery and equipment to perform the various procedures in the electroplating application. Plating automation requires less human intervention than traditional manual plating processes.
Key plating automation benefits include faster job processing times, fewer production errors and defects, and reduced labor costs. Perhaps the most important benefit of plating automation is that it can ultimately lead to increased profitability.
Installing automated measurement instruments from NeXT directly into your reel-to-reel plating line provides you with real time measurements of plated coating thicknesses. This enables you to react to breaches in tolerance limits faster and reduce wastage of coating materials. Where expensive materials like gold and palladium are plated, cost savings could be very significant. With just a few microns of gold plating saved per batch, the instrument is amortized in less than a year and continues saving money for you.