D. Nurhadiyanto, Mujiyono, W. Abbas, Sutopo, S. Haruyama
Material coating may improve the material surface by repairing the appearance of a material and hardening or softening the surface. Stainless steel is hard to be coated because it is not a conductor in nature. Thus, there is a need to put an effort and creativity to coat stainless steel. SUS304 stainless steel has a relatively hard surface which functions as a seal, so it needs to be coated with softer materials in order to fill the flange surface roughness. This study aims to coat SUS304 with nickel using the electroplating method. Electroplating is a procedure that is initiated with the activation and nickel strike plating processes. The results of this study show that nickel can fully coat the SUS304. The nickel coat attaches well to the material, and there is no nickel crack on the material surface. © 2021, Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd.
Mechanical Engineering Education, Universitas Negeri Yogyakarta, Colombo street No 1 Karangmalang, Yogyakarta, 55281, Indonesia; Graduate School of Innovation and Technology Management, Yamaguchi University, Yamaguchi, Japan
