Tools
- Control: gauges, threaded conical cylinders.
- Cutting: bits, reamers, male cams, lines.
- Measuring: micrometers, verniers.
METALWORK
- Drawing: wires, matrices, punches.
- Extrusion: mandrels, matrices.
- Pressing: matrices, punches.
- Laminating: cylinders.
- Moulding: casting moulds, coreboxes.
TOOLING MACHINERY
Axles for: lathes, drill bits, milling machines, polishers, rectifiers.
Thermal machinery
Drivers, cranks, valve parts, turbine blades.
Hydraulic and oleo-pneumatic machinery
Piston shafts, casings, valves, pumps.
Pneumatic and vacuum machinery
Compressors, vacuum pumps, suction systems.
Mining and public works materials
Prop tubes, wearing parts for compressors.
Cars and combustion engines
Crankshafts, segments, cylinders, shock absorbers.
Aviation and spacecraft
Landing brakes, brake discs, helicopter crankpins.
Railways
Diesel engines, signalling equipment.
Electrical and electronics industry
Protective shields, parts for inductors.
Chemicals and plastics industry
Mixers, calenders, injection machines, sluice gates.
Nuclear industry
Control elements immersed in demineralised water.
Textile Industry
Embossing rollers, thread guides, continual rings.
Food industry
Mixers, biscuit moulds, dairy, margarines.
Paper industry
Ink regulators, cylinders, dryers and engravers.
Printing
Rotogravure cylinders.
Leather and footwear
Milling machines, plates and gear cylinders.
Photography/Optics/Cinema industry
Polishing plates and cylinders, projector cylinders.
Armaments
Gun barrel coatings, recoil brakes.
Ceramics, brickworks, glassworks
Press plates, pistons, augers, dies.
As noted previously, one of the most widespread applications of hard chrome plating is found in the field of recovery, either of workpieces that have been worn down due to continual use or those deemed out of specification during the manufacturing process.
