Hard Chrome Plating

Hydro-Platers hard chrome plating meets each customer’s most stringent specifications and quality requirements. We plate to hundreds of different customer requirements including military plating specifications. Constant employee training and empowerment are key to maintaining our reputation for delivering superior quality hard chrome products, along with the use of the most accurate measuring and inspection equipment. Our plating technology is fully capable of meeting the demands of today and the innovations of tomorrow’s hard chrome. We are located in the Milwaukee, Wisconsin area.

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Cylinders Shafts & Rollers

Hard Chrome plating is essential to long life on such products as mobile & railway equipment, lawn & garden, backhoes, snowplows and rollers used in the paper and printing industry, to name a few. No matter the product or application, Hydro-Platers provides “Quality” plating and “On Time” delivery.

Maximum Capacities
Vertically 12 ft long

20″ diameter

4000# weight capacity

Horizontally 27.5 ft long

16″ diameter

6000# weight capacity

Inside Diameter 36″ diameter

51″ plating length

Hardness 70-80 Rockwell
Baking 18 ft long
Polishing 16″ diameter

to 30 ft

4000# weight capacity

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Salvage and Repair Plating

Hydro-Platers has a reputation for excellence in transforming parts, severely damaged by wear and use, back to their original specifications and tolerances. This includes OD and ID plating of worn or undersize parts, piston rods and hydraulic cylinders.

Maximum Capacities
Vertically 12 ft long

20″ diameter

4000# weight capacity

Horizontally 27.5 ft long

16″ diameter

6000# weight capacity

Inside Diameter 36″ diameter

51″ plating length

Hardness 70-80 Rockwell
Baking 18 ft long
Polishing 16″ diameter

to 30 ft

4000# weight capacity

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Production Parts

Hard chrome plating of production type parts, such as those used in the lawn & garden, appliance, automotive and fluid power industries is a Hydro-Platers specialty.

Maximum Capacities
Vertically 12 ft long

20″ diameter

4000# weight capacity

Horizontally 27.5 ft long

16″ diameter

6000# weight capacity

Inside Diameter 36″ diameter

51″ plating length

Hardness 70-80 Rockwell
Baking 18 ft long
Polishing 16″ diameter

to 30 ft

4000# weight capacity

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Bars & Rods

As a leader in hard chrome finishes Hydro-Platers is recognized nationally by partnering with global manufacturers. We chrome plate tens of thousands of pounds of cylindrical rods weekly for the automotive, fluid power, paper and printing industries. In addition, we are a rapidly growing source for high quality pre-plated industrial bar stock.

Maximum Capacities
Vertically 12 ft long

20″ diameter

4000# weight capacity

Horizontally 27.5 ft long

16″ diameter

6000# weight capacity

Inside Diameter 36″ diameter

51″ plating length

Hardness 70-80 Rockwell
Baking 18 ft long
Polishing 16″ diameter

to 30 ft

4000# weight capacity

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