Upgrading Your Metal Shop’s Services

Anodizing and plating are lucrative industrial operations that fit well with other fabrication processes, so shops that play a role in another business’s parts pipeline often find adding a department for these services is well worth the investment. At the same time, it’s no small matter to finance a new anodizing tank and the control mechanisms needed to properly run through the process for any given parts. It’s also worth considering whether you need to invest in multiple tanks. If you only run one, you have to choose between offering just a single color and finish option and going through an expensive overhaul of the system and processes whenever you have an order for a new finish.
Resources Needed for Expansion
In addition to the tank and control mechanism, you’re going to need equipment for loading and unloading the racks that will hold parts as they go through the anodizing …