Loose Connectors (CDP-2000)

CDP-2000 Controlled Depth Pin Plater

Technic's CDP-2000 is a precision electroplating machine designed for high accuracy controlled depth precious metal plating onto loose parts, typically for pins and sockets for the electronic connector industry. Considering that only a small area at the end of the part needs to be electroplated, tremendous savings can be realized when compared with conventional plating methods.

Parts may include:

Electrical connector pin and socket components

Spring plunger contacts

Terminal posts

Or any other pin/cylindrical shaped objects manufactured as single components.

Transport belts available with permanent inserts or removable cartridges depending on the volume and required flexibility.
Dual processing lanes can be configured with the same or two different component configurations. Common chemical reservoirs supply process cells in each lane.
Plating cells utilize precision fluid flow and level controls to produce controlled depth repeatability to within 0.5mm.
Menu driven computer reconfigurable anodes provide plating flexibility for a variety of part types including difficult to plate parts requiring high throw into internal recesses.
Contact roller connects cathode current to transport belt, providing noise-free low resistance electrical contact with minimal drag and no particle generation.
Plating cells utilize a synchronized backup conveyor, which provides pressure on each part through the cells for reliable cathode electrical connection in transport belt.

High, medium, or low volume production - Plated component throughput of 1000-20000 parts per hour
Rapid payback with up to 70% gold savings over conventional barrel plated parts
Unique plating cell and sparging design provides accurate and repeatable plating depth control and consistent part to part thickness uniformity
Plating cell eliminates the ‘brown ring’ at the demarcation line between controlled depth deposit and base deposit.

Manual or fully automatic, in-line or off-line loading and unloading of parts is available. Automation is accomplished using various technologies including:

Vibratory bowl feeders
Inline conveyor
Scara robot
Cassette-to-cassette

Data presented here is the summary data from an actual case study demonstrating Gold & Dollar savings achievable when using the CDP-2000 versus barrel plating of connector sockets and pins. Plating thickness profiles used for the calculation of savings are averages of a 20 piece sample size taken from a 200 part run for both the parts.

Gold Savings for Pin