Considerations for digitalisation of nickel electroforming
Roy, Sudipta and Andreou, Eleni (2024) Considerations for digitalisation of nickel electroforming. Transactions of the Institute of Metal Finishing. pp. 1-8. ISSN 0020-2967 (https://doi.org/10.1080/00202967.2024.2416323)
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Abstract
This paper is a ‘follow-on’ from a paper previously published in this journal dealing with the laboratory to pilot scaling up approach using Industry 4.0 manufacturing methods. In particular, the paper reports a strategy for developing a model for the electroforming of nickel from a sulphamate electrolyte at laboratory scale which could subsequently provide an educated approach for transferring the process to a larger scale. At the laboratory scale, a rotating disc electrode assembly was used, which is a standard instrument to determine electrochemical parameters. Thereafter, small scale nickel discs were electroplated using this equipment, and a model of this process was developed and validated against those experimental results. These parameters were then used to actually produce electroforms in a prototype, 18 L tank system. Cross-validation between practical experiments and simulations followed which allowed for fine-tuning the model until it was consistently predicting the real process results within an acceptable error. Overall, it was found that a secondary current distribution model could be used for reasonably accurate description for the electroforming process, and could provide a quick virtual tool at a production facility.
ORCID iDs
Roy, Sudipta ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3399-035X and Andreou, Eleni ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2973-2697;-
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Item type: Article ID code: 91031 Dates: DateEvent25 October 2024Published25 October 2024Published Online9 October 2024Accepted29 September 2024SubmittedSubjects: Technology > Chemical engineering Department: Faculty of Engineering > Chemical and Process Engineering Depositing user: Pure Administrator Date deposited: 01 Nov 2024 10:52 Last modified: 04 Nov 2024 09:36 URI: https://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/id/eprint/91031