The maintenance workload for fixtures is relatively high, but by focusing on the following three aspects, the damage rate of fixtures can be significantly reduced.

(1) Proper care must be taken. The environment in the electroplating workshop is relatively poor, and the used hanging tools must be cleaned thoroughly and stored in a categorized manner. Efforts should be made to prevent erosion from acidic or alkaline fogs. It is also not advisable to pile them up, as this may cause breakage due to hooks entangling with each other.

(2) Timely removal of excessively thick coatings. After multiple uses, the coating on the hanging device will become thicker. If it is not removed in a timely manner, the rough surface of the hanging device will cover the surface of the plated part, affecting the normal deposition of metal and making it difficult to thicken the coating at that location.

Over-thick plating on hanging fixtures can lead to excessive consumption of energy and resources during use, and due to the脆 nature of the plating, it can also cause the support hooks to break.

Nickel and chrome coatings can be broken off with a hammer, and then the coating can be peeled off with a wire cutter. Other coatings can be removed using the normal removal process in the coating removal solution.

(3) Damaged hanging fixtures should be repaired promptly. The support hooks on the fixtures are prone to breakage and detachment, which not only reduces the utilization rate of the fixtures but also affects the excessive plating thickness on the plated parts hanging on the hooks around them.

If the insulating rubber on the fixture detaches or lifts, it not only affects the deposition of the plating layer around that area, but also causes the solution to pool there, potentially contaminating the solution for the subsequent process.