It is a pump housing, we are looking at both the bearing and rotor bores. We can machine Ni plating without destroying the tools, whereas we have seen tools get destroyed from machining on chrome plating.
The casting does not meet dimensional conformance requirements, and I am looking for an alternative to chrome plating or welding. The bores are out of tolerance so the chrome would be difficult due to the required grinding and tight space to do so. The welding could warp the piece that has...
Would there be anything inherently wrong with nickel plating (electro or electroless) cast stainless steel such as CA6NM? Any other suggestions with using nickel?
