Plating & Anodizing

Deep Understanding of Metal

Our experience with metal manipulation dates back to 1940 when Paul Mueller opened a heating and sheet metal works company. Since then, we have evolved into a leading chemical processing equipment manufacturer with a deep understanding of achieving the composition, form, process, and temperatures you need.

Temperature Considerations

In applications like plating and anodizing metals, the conditions can vary and must be easily manipulated by the operators. Electrolyte concentration, acidity, solution temperature, and current can all affect your anodizing outcome. Whether you are mass plating, rack plating, continuous plating, or line plating, you need equipment that helps accomplish your end goal and is easy for everyone to use. That's why Paul Mueller Company manufactures reliable, efficient heat transfer equipment to help with your exact plating and anodizing specifications. We consider your space and maintenance challenges for the best configurations inside and outside the highly corrosive chemical bath. Our engineering experts understand the critical factors to keeping your chemicals heated or cooled at precise and constant temperatures. This ensures the chemical bath can do its job as intended and produce a flawless product every time.

Heat Transfer Options for Your Process 

Temp-Plate® Inflated Heat Transfer Surfaces have long been ideal for plating and anodizing processes. Extremely versatile, the panels can be used as immersion, clamp-on, or integral heat transfer surfaces and formed into various shapes and styles. Using various materials, Temp-Plate Inflated Heat Transfer Panels are crafted to be corrosion-resistant. No matter the environment, our plating tank heater and anodizing tank solutions offer low maintenance options. See below how our Inflated Heat Transfer Surfaces can assist with metal plating.

Accu-Therm® Plate Heat Exchangers provide a space-saving, easy-to-use alternative to traditional chemical bath heating. Unlike heat transfer panels, PHEs are outside the chemical bath. This could conserve space that may be necessary to operate at maximum capacity. Likewise, a PHE requires only one-fifth to one-half of the floor space of equivalent-capacity external heat exchangers, like shell and tube. Having easy access to your equipment can save time and resources when you're ready to perform routine maintenance on your equipment.

Features at a Glance

Temp-Plate®

• High Operating Pressures
• High Operating Temperatures
• Corrosion Resistant
• Easily Formed to Shape You Need
• Immersion Heating and Cooling
• Clamp-on Heating and Cooling
• Integral Jacketing
• Low Pressure Drop Design
• Foul-Free 100 Coating

Accu-Therm®

• High Efficiency
• Lightweight and Compact
• Easy to Clean and Inspect
• Close Approach Temperatures
• Cross Contamination Eliminated
• Expandable
• True Counterflow