ITI's which provides courses for Electroplater

Sem. I

Sr. No.

Subjects of Study

Trade Practical

Trade Theory

1

Implementation in the shop floor of the various safety measures.

Occupational Safety and Health

2

Demonstration of Trade hand tools.

Identification of Trade-Hand tools Specifications

3

Practice in using cutting pliers, screw drivers, etc

Fundamental of electricity

4

Practice on soldering

Solders, flux and soldering technique

5

Verification of Ohm’s Law, Verification of Kirchoff’s Laws

Ohm’s Law, Resistors, Kirchoff’s Laws

6

Demonstration and identification of types of cables

Introduction of National Electrical Code Voltage grading of different types of Insulators, Temp. Rise permissible

7

Identification and use of wiring accessories

Common Electrical wiring Accessories, their specifications in line with NEC

8

Grouping of Dry cells for a specified voltage and current

Chemical effect of electric current

9

Allied Trades

Introduction of fitting trade

10

Drilling practice in hand drilling and power drilling machines

Types of drills description and drilling machines, proper use, care and maintenance

11

Practice in using snips, marking and Cutting of straight and curved pieces in sheet metals.

Description of marking and cutting tools such as snubs shears punches and other tools like hammers, mallets, etc.

12

Trace the magnetic field.

Magnetism

13

Determine the characteristics of R, XL and XC in A.C. Circuits both in series and parallel.

Alternating Current

14

Practice on Earthing

Earthing

15

Determine the resistance by Colour Coding Identification of active/passive components.

Basic electronics

Project Work

Sem. II

Trade Practical

Trade Theory

1

Practice on dismantling of DC Generator, study different parts, measurement of resistance of armature, shunt field & series field.

Principles of DC Generator, Right hand rule, function of commutator

2

Effluent treatment of hazardous chemicals in plating shop

Terms used in Electroplating

3

Cleaning the articles before plating such as scrubbing with emery paper, wet sand, scratch brushes, wire wheel etc.

Abrasives and Adhesives used for the preparation of wheels, various compounds used for polishing and buffing Corrosion and its types

4

Practice in cleaning by means of tumbling barrels, preparing of suitable dips and pickling of removing of scales from surface of iron and steel, ultrasonic cleaning, and anodic/cathodic cleaning

Equivalent of weight of compounds, acids, oxide, reduction of acids and stopping off compounds.

5

Cleaning specific metals such as iron, steel, stainless steel, nickel, brass, copper etc.

Metals and alloys their properties such as hardness, conductance, malleability, ductility, luster, specific heat, specific gravity

6

Practice in plating articles for copper plating, electroplating of Iron rods, plates with copper.

Properties of acid, alkalis & salts, general chemicals used in plating, common metals & their commercial names, calculation of time required or given plating with given current density.

7

Practice in preparing the job for nickel plating, different process involved, methods to be adopted for articles made of iron , copper ,brass, and other alloys and different process of nickel plating.

Different process of nickel plating and its applications, heavy nickel plating for corrosion resistance.

8

Preparation and testing of solution for electro deposition of nickel, preparation and setting up of nickel plating vat, determination of ECE of nickel

Volumetric analysis concentration of solution

9

Practice in nickel plating , adjusting of current and time for different thickness of deposition

Sulphamate nickel plating, Nickel plating, bath treatment and maintenance.

10

Electroplating of nickel, duped nickel plating, electrolysis nickel plating.

Analysis of cyanides , catalysis, addition agents, catalytic agents, colloids, throwing power, factors influencing throwing power

Project Work

Sem. III

Trade Practical

Trade Theory

1

Practice in Preparing the job for Chromium Plating, Coating and Plating

Safety precautions & Exhaust, composition of chromium plating solutions

2

Direct Hard Chromium plating Practice and pre treatment for the same and precaution to be taken, insoluble anodes configuration.

Types of Chromium Deposits, plating on die castings, bright chromium on sheet, Chromium on aluminum and testing of plated surface, stripping, faulty deposit, causes and remedies, health hazard and chromium coloring

3

Preparation of Job for Cadmium plating, preparation of solution on testing the acidity and density of solution, setting up of VAT for Plating

Properties of cadmium, cadmium solution preparation, analysis, thickness of deposit, testing of solution

4

Preparation of articles made of copper, nickel, steel etc.,

Factors considered for a good electro plating erection plating tanks, capacity of plating tanks, general process of silver plating.

5

Practice in silver plating, adjusting current density and time for the required thickness of plating on different articles such as wrist watch cover, spectacles frames and camera parts etc.,

Arrangements of VATS, conductors connecting, rheostat and instruments in an ideal electro plating plant process, amalgamating silver strike solution for nickel plated jobs, process of bright silver plating, cathode movement of heavy silver deposit

6

Preparation of jobs made of non ferrous metals and alloys for gold plating by hot cleaning or degreasing, pickling etc., practice in gold plating.

General process of gold plating solution, Gold alloys pre treatment, plating operation of alloys or carat plating and recovering of gold, electro guilding of metals, applications of gold deposit. Anodes for gold plating

7

Further practice in gold plating, Preparing the solution for green gold, pink gold, rose gold, practice in heavy gold plating, maintenance of gold plating VATS.

Striping of gold plating by electrolytic method, immersion method, general troubles, causes, rectification.

8

Practice in preparing solution for brass plating, testing for acidity, setting up of the VAT, and practice in electro deposition of brass.

Properties and preparation of brass salts, preparation of solution, process of electro deposition of brass, effects of verification of current density, general troubles, causes and remedies.

9

Practice in preparing solution for zinc plating, preparing job for the same, zinc plating practice, stripping of zinc deposit, barrel plating, stripping of different metals e.g. nickel, chromium, lead, tin, cadmium, copper etc

Zinc and its properties, effect on zinc, protection of iron and steel by zinc, types of zinc baths, preparing the work for plating, electro galvanizing process, causes, remedies and diagnosis.

Project Work

Sem. IV

Trade Practical

Trade Theory

1

Preparing the solution for Tin plating, Setting up for Tin plating bath, Practice Tin Plating Process. Preparing solution for different alloy metals.

Tin and its uses, advantages of tin coating, alkaline bath and acid bath their analysis, Process of tin plating of different types, such as hot dipping, chemical replacement (Wiping) and contact Plating.

2

Preparing the sulphuric acid solution for aluminium anodizing, setting up the anodizing vats and to practice the same

Anodizing and its types, applications, uses

3

Practice in metal coloring by different Methods such as chemical, electrolytic etc

Brass etching and application and electrolytic process of cleaning the metals for coloring

4

Practice on gold, silver plating on small articles like paper pins, safety pins and gem clips etc.

Barrel plating and its application and different

5

Practice in plating different alloys such as muntez metal, delta alloys etc

Chemical etching or chemical milling for steel and aluminium parts

6

Practice in conversion coating on different materials such as aluminium, zinc, , copper, Steel, magnesium alloys

Conversion coatings process, phosphating, bonderising, alodine, chromate conversion, Blackening etc

7

Practice in testing different plated jobs for determining the local thickness, adhesion of deposit on base metals by using different methods such as micro meters , BNF Jet test methods etc

Inspection of platted surfaces and to test using micrometer, BNF jet test methods ultrasonic thickness tester etc.

8

Inspection and testing of electroplated articles

Inspection and testing procedures to be adopted for various electroplating jobs

9

Installation of machinery for electroplating shops, practical study with regards to suitability and selection of equipment, advantages and disadvantages.

Calculation pertaining to consumption of anodes, estimation materials and quantity required for constructing and etching, plating vats, cleaning etc

Project Work