Thin Dense Chrome (TDC) adds a new standard to combating wear and corrosion - a unique, very hard, very dense chrome coating, to gain maximum benefit from your tools and machine parts.
TDC is a massive improvement over conventional hard chrome-plating technology. Showing substantially harder coating (approx 72 HRc) with vastly improved adhesion to the base materials, the coating is also far more corrosion resistant. Low-temperature application of the coating(<60 °C) and accurate thicknesses of 5 to 25 microns, depending on the application, produce a coating which follows the exact contours of the base metal, without the need for post grinding.
TDC is applied through a unique electro-chemical plating technique using state of the art equipment, as well as imported Japanese know-how and technology from a key Toyota supplier. All this has been put together at a world class premises in Mobeni, Durban. The plant includes a full effluent processing facility to ensure the plant and process is 100% environmentally friendly.

• High hardness
• Smooth matt silver surface finish
• Controlled thickness between 5 and 25 microns
• Very low micro-crack density
• High Corrosion Resistance
• Large Capacity of 6m x 3m x 2.5m and weights of up to 20 tons
• Low coating temperatures of less than 60°C

Benefits:

• Remarkable wear resistance
• Low friction
• Smooth gliding properties
• Anti-seizure characteristics
• Corrosion resistance

Simply put, TDC is very slippery, very hard, resistant to most industrial corrosive environments, and best of all it has a bond strength far superior to that of conventional chrome.

Automotive Body Panel Tooling:

Proven as a trusted technology and used throughout the world by the major automotive manufacturers, TDC adds all the benefits required by quality orientated, production driven body panel shops in the automotive industry.

Benefits include:
• Less scoring and dirt spots
• Better formability – less splits and thinning
• Reduced downtime
• Increases cycle times
• Increased quality
• Extended tool life
• Can be stripped and recoated
• Can be locally applied
• Will not chip, peel, crack or flake due to superior adhesion
• Increases lubricity
• Enhanced corrosion resistance
• Coating turn-around in less than 24 hours

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