JP2008127626A - Hanger for plating, work partial plating apparatus and method and piston - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To carry out the partial plating of a work with high precision without applying a masking tape and to facilitate the attaching and detaching work. <P>SOLUTION: A support rod 14 to be inserted into a boss hole 6a of a piston 1 is provided to be connected to a main rod 12 of a hanger body 11. A shield member 30 is fixed to the main rod 12 and a shield body 31 surrounds the outer periphery of the piston 1. The boss hole 6a of the piston into which the support rod 14 is inserted is held between a projecting part 24 for a stopper of the support rod 14 and a press moving plate 35 provided in the shield body 31. The distance between the upper part side 31a of the shield body 31 and a piston crown part 2 is fine gap D1 of about 2 mm and the distance between the lower side part 31b and the outer surface of a slide surface part 5 is an extended gap D2 of 4 mm. An opening part 33 is formed at a position opposed to both slid surface parts 5 in the shield body 31. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a plating hanger used for performing partial plating only on a predetermined area of a piston as a workpiece, a partial plating apparatus and method for the workpiece, and a piston as a workpiece partially plated by this method. It is.

  For example, an engine cylinder in a reciprocating engine for automobiles has a piston that slides in the cylinder. However, a piston made of aluminum or an aluminum alloy has been put into practical use from the viewpoint of weight reduction. Has been. Electrolytic plating of Fe, Fe—Cr alloy, Cr, Ni or the like is performed on the outer surface of the piston in order to improve slidability and wear resistance.

  Here, the piston that slides on the inner surface of the cylinder is provided with a portion to which a seal member is attached. That is, an annular groove is formed at one or more places on the outer peripheral surface of the piston, and the seal member is held by the annular groove. The seal member is in sliding contact with the inner surface of the cylinder, but the portion where the groove is formed is kept in a non-contact state. Further, in order to ensure the straight advanceability of the piston and enable smooth operation, a limited sliding surface portion is provided on the piston, and the sliding surface portion is slid with respect to the cylinder inner surface. That is, on the outer peripheral surface of the piston, a portion that slides directly with the cylinder inner wall and a portion that does not contact the cylinder inner surface are formed, and the portion that does not contact the cylinder inner surface does not necessarily need to be plated. Rather, the portion where the seal member is mounted has a concave-convex shape with a groove formed. Therefore, when this portion is plated, the current density partially changes and the plating film thickness does not become uniform. . Therefore, the mounting portion of the seal member is subjected to precision processing, and the surface state is maintained in the machined state as described above. In short, of the outer peripheral surface of the piston, plating for improving wear resistance and the like is limited to the sliding surface portion, and the portion where the seal member is mounted is partially plated without plating. .

  In the case of performing electrolytic plating, in order to perform partial plating, a part of the workpiece, that is, a non-plated area is masked and immersed in a plating tank. If the masking member is attached to the workpiece, the attaching and peeling operations become troublesome. Therefore, a method of performing partial plating without attaching a masking tape or the like is disclosed in Patent Document 1, for example. In this Patent Document 1, a shield member is disposed so as to face a workpiece, and a region to be plated is limited by adjusting a gap between the shield member and the workpiece.

  Generally, an anode and a cathode are arranged in parallel in a plating tank filled with an electrolytic solution, and a current is passed between the anode and the cathode to deposit a metal for plating on the cathode side, so that A plating layer is formed. If the current density between the anode and the cathode is constant, a plating layer having a uniform thickness is formed. When a shield having electrical insulating properties is disposed between the anode and the cathode, current flows so as to bypass the shield. When the cathode side is partially covered with a shielding object, the current density differs between the part facing the shielding object and the part directly facing the anode. When the shield is brought closer to the cathode side, a portion where no current flows is generated on the cathode side. When the shielding object and the cathode are faced to each other through a very small space, for example, a few mm, the boundary part of the shielding area of the cathode changes from the part not covered with the shielding object to the covered part. As a result, the thickness of the plating layer continuously decreases, and a region covered with a shield and having no plating adherence is formed from a certain position.

In the plating tank, the workpiece is the cathode, the anode plate is placed opposite to the workpiece, and the workpiece is covered with the shield member. In the non-plated area, that is, in the non-plated area, there is a minute gap between the shield member and the workpiece. Intervene space. On the other hand, in the area to be plated, that is, in the plating area, the distance between the shield member and the workpiece is increased, or more preferably, an opening is formed in the shield member, and the plating area is positioned in this opening. In a portion where a minute gap is formed between the surface of the workpiece and the shield member, the plating metal is not deposited on the workpiece surface, but the plating metal is deposited on the workpiece surface at a portion where the interval is widened. Thereby, the member having the masking function can be brought into a non-contact state with respect to the workpiece, and partial plating can be performed only on a necessary portion.
JP 2004-190128 A

  As described above, when the workpiece is a piston, the overall shape is a substantially cylindrical shape. Therefore, the shield member is also substantially cylindrical, and the workpiece is inserted into the shield member before plating. To be incorporated. Further, after the plating process is completed, the workpiece is removed from the shield member, and a new workpiece is incorporated. In the assembled state, the non-plated region of the workpiece and the shield member must be evenly faced through a minute gap and fixed in a stable state over the entire circumference. If the work and the shield member are slightly shifted or tilted, the space between the work and the shield member in the non-plated area consisting of the seal member mounting part will be partially expanded. The metal for plating may be deposited.

  If the diameter difference between the outer diameter of the workpiece and the inner diameter of the shield member is made extremely small, even if there is a relative positional shift between the workpiece and the shield member, it can be reliably held at an interval at which the plating metal is not deposited. However, when it does so, attachment / detachment between a workpiece | work and a shield member will become difficult. Moreover, the plating requires a plurality of pretreatments such as a degreasing step, a pickling step, an alkali etching step, an acid activation step, and a zinc replacement step, and a water washing step is added between these steps. Therefore, the workpiece must be stably held so that the relative position of the workpiece does not shift with respect to the shield member even during each of these steps. As described above, since not only the work is attached to and detached from the shield member but also the work for fixing the mounted work is required, there is a problem that these work are extremely difficult and troublesome.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above points, and its object is to perform partial plating of a work with high accuracy without attaching a masking tape or the like, and to attach or detach the work. It is to make it easy to do.

  In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, the invention of the plating hanger forms a piston crown part in which an annular groove is formed on the outer peripheral surface, and a boss hole that is connected to the piston crown part and to which a piston pin is attached. In order to plate the sliding surface portion by masking the annular groove portion in a non-contact manner using a piston composed of two boss portions and a sliding surface portion formed between the two boss portions as a workpiece. The work is detachably mounted and immersed in the plating tank, and is provided with a main rod, one or a plurality of round bars provided in connection with the main rod and inserted through the boss holes. When the hanger body having a supporting rod and the workpiece mounted on the supporting rod are surrounded, the non-plated region that is the portion of the annular groove is a minute gap in which the metal for plating cannot be deposited. And a shield member that is formed of a cylindrical electrical insulating member having a gap or an opening in which a plating metal can be deposited in the plating region that is the sliding surface portion, and is detachably connected to the main rod; The hanger body is provided with a stopper for restricting the insertion length of the boss portion into the support rod, and a pressing member is provided on the inner surface of the shield member. It is characterized in that the position of the workpiece is fixed so as to be adjustable with respect to the shield member by making contact with a portion other than the plated region and the non-plated region of the workpiece.

  Here, generally, the non-plating region formed by the annular groove forming portion formed on the outer peripheral surface of the piston crown portion is an upper position of the piston, and the boss portion and the sliding surface portion extend below the piston crown portion. It is located at the skirt-shaped part. The minute gap formed between the inner surface of the shield member and the piston crown portion where no plating metal is deposited depends on the type of plating metal, the current conditions to be applied, the distance between the workpiece and the anode, etc. The following is desirable. The minute gap is most preferably about 2 mm in order to reliably prevent the plating metal from adhering and to prevent the shield member from being attached or detached. The distance between the sliding surface portion that is the plating region and the inner surface of the shield member is preferably about 4 to 6 mm, and it is most desirable to form an opening at a position facing the sliding surface portion. Therefore, as the shield member, the inner surface is thick on the upper side and thin on the lower side, and a step is provided between them to form an opening having a slightly smaller area than the sliding surface portion. It can consist of In addition, when two anode plates are arranged in parallel so as to face each other with an equal interval between the two opening portions, the thickness of the plating layer formed on the sliding surface portion can be further uniformed. desirable.

  The work has its boss hole inserted into a support rod, and the support rod is connected to the lower end portion of the main rod or the vicinity thereof and extends in the horizontal direction or obliquely upward perpendicular to the axis of the main rod. One supporting rod may be provided, but two supporting rods can be provided in the left and right directions in consideration of the weight balance. When three or more are provided, it is desirable to arrange them radially at regular intervals around the main rod.

  The difference in diameter between the outer diameter of the support rod and the inner diameter of the boss part is preferably as small as possible without causing any trouble in inserting and removing the workpiece. As a result, the workpiece is substantially fixed except for the direction in which the workpiece comes out of the support rod and the direction of rotation about the support rod. The support rod is provided with a stopper to restrict the insertion length. For example, the stopper can be configured to have a step on the support rod, or one or more protrusions can be formed on the outer surface of the support rod. it can. The shield member is attached to the hanger body so as to be fitted to the workpiece. At this time, the pushing member provided on the inner surface of the shield member pushes the workpiece toward the stopper forming portion side in the axial direction of the support rod, thereby fixing the workpiece in the direction of coming out of the support rod. The A pair of left and right push members are provided, and the workpiece is clamped between these and the stopper, and the workpiece is fixed in the direction of coming out of the support rod and in the rotational direction. As a result, the workpiece and the shield member are stably fixed in a state where the gap is accurately managed. Here, the workpiece has a non-plating region in the piston crown portion and a plating region constituting the sliding surface portion. However, plating metal may be deposited on other portions, and the plating metal may adhere. It is an arbitrary area that does not pose a special problem even if it is not. Therefore, the stopper protrusion and the pushing member are brought into contact with this arbitrary region.

  The work immersed in the plating tank is connected to a DC power source as a power supply member, and the power supply path can be provided in the hanger body. For example, the workpiece may be connected to the power supply member by, for example, a configuration in which an electrode pin that comes in contact with and away from the upper surface of the piston crown portion of the workpiece is provided. If an urging means such as a spring that urges the electrode pin in a direction to contact the piston crown portion is attached, the workpiece and the electrode pin can be reliably connected.

  Next, the plating apparatus according to the present invention is characterized by a partial plating hanger configured as described above and a plating tank for masking the annular groove portion of the workpiece and plating the sliding surface portion. The hanger is configured so that the hanger is attached to the main rod with two support rods inserted into the boss holes of the workpiece, and the hanger is detachably connected to the hanger. The non-plated area that is the part of the annular groove surrounds the workpieces mounted on the saddle, and is formed as a minute gap that prevents the plating metal from being deposited, and an opening is formed in the plated area that is the sliding surface part. Each of the support rods is provided with a stopper, and is provided on the inner surface of the shield member. A moving member is provided and is mounted so that these stoppers and the pushing member are brought into contact with parts other than the plating area and the non-plating area of the workpiece, and two anode plates are provided inside the plating tank. These anode plates are arranged so as to face each opening of the shield member at equal intervals.

  Furthermore, the invention of the partial plating method includes a piston crown portion in which an annular groove is formed on the outer peripheral surface, and two boss portions that are connected to the piston crown portion to form a boss hole to which a piston pin is attached, Using a piston having a sliding surface part formed between both bosses as a work, a hanger body provided with a round rod-like support rod on the main rod, and a cylindrical electrical insulating member detachably connected to the hanger body It is removably attached to a hanger composed of a shield member and is immersed in a plating tank so that the annular groove portion of the workpiece is made a non-plating region and plating is performed on the sliding surface portion as a plating region. The hanger body is inserted into both boss holes of the boss part of the hanger body, the cathode side of a DC power source is connected to the work, and the shih A non-plating region made up of the annular groove portion is made into a minute gap that prevents the plating metal from being deposited, and the plating region made up of both sliding surface portions is attached to the shield member. The workpiece is fixedly held by facing the provided opening and sandwiched between a stopper provided on the support rod and a pushing member provided on the shield member at a portion other than the plated region and non-plated region of the workpiece. The shield member is connected to the hanger body, and two anode plates connected in parallel to the anode side of the DC power source are provided in the plating tank in parallel, and the hanger is attached to both the shield members. Openings are arranged oppositely with an equal interval between these anode plates, the workpiece is immersed in an electrolytic solution, and a direct current is passed between the anode plates and the workpiece to perform partial plating. It is characterized in that.

  According to the present invention, it is possible to perform partial plating on a workpiece with extremely high accuracy without attaching a masking tape or the like, and it is possible to easily attach and remove the workpiece to / from the shield member of the workpiece.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. Here, the workpiece to be plated is a piston that slides in a cylinder in an automobile reciprocating engine or the like, and a plated region and a non-plated region are formed on the outer peripheral surface thereof. These areas are not plated areas or non-plated areas.

  The structure of the piston 1 is shown in FIGS. In the figure, the piston 1 is composed of a piston crown portion 2 and a skirt portion 3, and the piston crown portion 2 is a portion having a substantially covered cylindrical shape on the upper side of the piston 1, and an annular piston ring is provided on the outer peripheral surface thereof. The groove 4 is formed in a plurality of stages. A piston ring as a seal member is attached to the piston ring groove 4 formed in the piston crown portion 2. The skirt portion 3 provided continuously with the lower portion of the piston crown portion 2 is composed of a sliding surface portion 5 and a boss portion 6 that are formed alternately at two locations in the circumferential direction. A boss hole 6 a is formed in the boss portion 6, and a piston pin (not shown) is attached between the boss holes 6 a of both boss portions 6. The piston 1 reciprocates in the cylinder, and the connecting rod connected to the piston pin attached to the boss portion 6 moves up and down by the operation of the piston 1. The sliding surface portion 5 is a portion that slides with the cylinder inner surface when the piston 1 reciprocates in the cylinder.

  Of the piston 1, the piston ring mounted on the piston ring groove 4 of the piston crown 2 and the sliding surface 5 of the skirt 3 slide relative to the cylinder. Therefore, the main body portion of the piston 1 slides only on the sliding surface portion 5 in the skirt portion 3. In order to reduce the weight of the piston 1, the material itself is made of aluminum, aluminum alloy, or the like, and the sliding surface portion 5 is iron-plated (or iron-chromium alloy plated) in order to improve slidability and wear resistance. ) Is given.

  Thus, on the outer peripheral surface of the piston 1, the sliding surface portion 5 is an area to be plated, that is, a plating area. Further, a piston ring groove 4 is formed in the piston crown portion 2 to form a complicated concavo-convex shape, and machining is usually performed in order to maintain finishing accuracy. Therefore, the part of the piston ring groove 4 has a shape having a corner portion, and when this part is plated, the current density is concentrated on the corner part and becomes partially thick. Therefore, the entire piston crown portion 2 is a non-plated region where plating is not performed. Further, the boss portion 6 prevents the plating metal from depositing in the boss hole 6a and the edge portion thereof, but the outer surface is an arbitrary area where the plating metal may or may not be plated. It is.

  As described above, the piston 1 is plated with a limited area on the sliding surface portion 5, and the portion of the piston crown portion 2 in which the piston ring groove 4 is formed is not plated so that the plating metal is not attached. This is an area. Plating is electrolytic plating, but partial plating is performed by immersing the piston 1 as a workpiece in a plating tank 40 (see FIG. 10) described later. For this purpose, the hanger 10 shown in FIGS. 4 to 9 is used.

  As is apparent from FIGS. 4 and 5, the hanger 10 is roughly composed of a hanger body 11 and a shield member 30. The hanger body 11 has a main rod 12 having a square cross section, and as shown in FIG. 6, a transfer hook portion 13a and a power supply hook portion 13b are connected to the front end portion of the main rod 12. ing. In order to perform plating, a plating tank 40, a plurality of processing tanks for pre-processing the plating tank, and a plurality of processing tanks for post-processing are arranged. Each tank is provided with a conveying means for sequentially immersing the hanger 10 on which the piston 1 is mounted. The transfer hook 13a is engaged with the conveying means, pitch-fed, and moved up and down. Is called. In addition, since the structure of this conveyance means is conventionally known, the illustration and description are abbreviate | omitted.

  Two support rods 14 and 14 are connected to a position near the lower end of the main rod 12 so as to project to the left and right in a direction perpendicular to the axis of the main rod 12. Each of these support rods 14 is for supporting a piston 1 as a workpiece, and two hangers 1 are mounted on the hanger body 11. As shown in FIGS. 7 and 8, the piston 1 is inserted into the support rod 14 with the boss hole 6 a in the boss portion 6 in a so-called skewered state. The support rod 14 is a round bar-like member, and the outer diameter thereof is substantially the same as the inner diameter of the boss hole 6, and the support rod 14 is inserted in a state where there is substantially no gap in the boss hole 6 of the piston 1. Is done.

  Guide rods 15 a and 15 b are connected to the main rod 12 at a position above the support rod 14 near the upper end and near the support rod 14, and extend in a direction parallel to the support rod 14. Be present. These guide rods 15a and 15b are formed with guide holes (not shown) through which the electrode pins 16 are inserted and guided. A flexible cable 17 is connected to an upper end portion of the electrode pin 16 inserted through the guide rods 15a and 15b so as to be movable up and down, and the other end of the cable 17 is connected to the power supply hook portion 13b. Yes. The cable 17 has a conductive wire inserted in an insulating coating, and one end of the conductive wire is connected to the power supply hook portion 13 b and the other end is connected to the electrode pin 16. Further, the feeding hook portion 13b (and the transfer hook portion 13a in contact with the feeding hook portion 13b) is exposed at the bent tip portion, but is connected to the main rod 12, etc. Is covered with an insulating member. Further, a spring receiving portion 18 is attached to the electrode pin 16, and a biasing means for biasing the electrode pin 16 downward is provided between the spring receiving portion 18 and the upper guide rod 15a. And a stopper ring 20 is attached at a position above the guide rod 15a of the electrode pin 16. The electrode pin 16 is movable in the vertical direction by a predetermined stroke. Therefore, when the piston 1 is inserted into the support rod 14, the electrode pin 16 is lifted up, and after the piston 1 is inserted, the action of the external force applied to the electrode pin 16 is released. The electrode pin 16 is press-contacted to the upper surface of the crown portion 2, and the electrical connection therebetween is ensured.

  Next, the shield member 30 is made of an electrically insulating member such as a synthetic resin, and has substantially cylindrical shield bodies 31 and 31 surrounding the two pistons 1 attached to the support rod 14 extending to the left and right. It is comprised from the connection part 32 provided between both shield main bodies 31 and 31. FIG. The shield body 31 has a thick portion on the upper side 31a and a thin portion on the lower side 31b, and a step portion 31c made of an inclined surface is formed on the inner surface side. In a state where the piston 1 is inserted through the support rod 14 and fixedly held at a predetermined position, as shown in FIG. 8, the inner peripheral surface of the upper side 31a of the shield body 31 and the piston crown portion of the piston 1 2 is a minute gap D1 of about 2 mm, and the gap between the lower side 31b and the outer surface of the sliding surface part 5 in the skirt part 3 is an enlarged gap D2 of at least 4 mm.

  Furthermore, an opening 33 is formed in the shield body 31 at a position facing both the sliding surface portions 5 of the piston 1. These openings 33 are spaces having an area slightly narrower than the area of the sliding surface portion 5, and in particular on the lower side, the lower end portion of the sliding surface portion 5 is covered by the shield body 31, and the above-described enlarged space. Faced with D2. In addition, the end wall 33a on the upper end side in the opening 33 is an inclined surface, thereby smoothing the flow of the plating solution and the gas generated during plating, and bubbles at the boundary between the plating region and the non-plating region. So that pits are not derived.

  The shield member 30 is detachable from the hanger body 11 and is fixedly held by the main rod 12 of the hanger body 11. For this purpose, an insertion passage 34 through which the lower side of the main rod 12 is inserted is formed in the connecting portion 32 provided between the shield bodies 31 and 31. And the notch part 34a for making the support rod 14 approach to a predetermined depth position is formed in the right-and-left wall part which comprises the insertion path 34. As shown in FIG. The wall portion in which the notch 34a is formed constitutes the wall surface of the cylindrical shield body 31. Therefore, a portion of the cylindrical portion is missing at the shield body 31 due to the notch 34a. become. For this purpose, the main rod 12 is provided with an interpolating piece 21 having a circular arc surface so as to interpolate the notch 34a.

  A guide portion 34b is formed so as to protrude inwardly on one side of the front and rear wall portions in the insertion passage 34, and the guide portion 34b is formed in a guide groove formed on one side surface of the main rod 12. 12a is engaged. Due to the engagement between the guide portion 34b and the guide groove 12a, the shield member 30 is assembled in a state in which it is accurately aligned with the hanger body 11. Further, in order to hold the shield member 30 so as not to drop downward in the assembled state, as shown in FIG. 9, a key insertion hole 22 is formed near the lower end of the main rod 12. A key 23 is inserted into the insertion hole 22. When the key 23 is inserted into the key insertion hole 22, the front and rear portions thereof protrude from the key insertion hole 22, and the shield member 30 abuts against these protrusions, thereby preventing the main rod 12 from falling off. .

  Further, a stopper projection 24 is provided on the outer peripheral surface of the support rod 14 at a predetermined position in the axial direction thereof, so that when the piston 1 is inserted through the support rod 14, the stopper projection 24 comes into contact with the stopper projection 24. It enters to the position, and the insertion length of the piston 1 into the support rod 14 is regulated at this position. Further, on the inner surface of the shield body 31, push plates 35, 35 made of a thin vertical plate projecting inward are provided at positions almost facing the stopper projection 24. When the piston 1 as a work is assembled in the hanger body 11 and the shield member 30 is connected, the piston 1 is sandwiched between the stopper projection 24 and the push plate 35. Here, the abutting portions of the push plate 35 and the stopper projection 24 with respect to the piston 1 are arbitrary regions on both sides of the boss portion 6 where the boss hole 6 a is formed.

  In order to incorporate the piston 1 into the hanger 10 configured as described above, with the shield member 30 removed from the hanger body 11, the piston 1 is inserted from the front end side of the support rod 14 connected to the main rod 12 of the hanger body 11. A boss hole 6a in the boss portion 6 is inserted. Here, an electrode pin 16 is attached to the hanger body 11, and the electrode pin 16 protrudes downward by the action of a spring 19. Accordingly, the piston 1 is inserted along the support rod 14 so that the electrode pin 16 is lifted against the urging force of the spring 19. When the piston 1 is inserted to a position where it comes into contact with the stopper projection 24 provided on the support rod 14, the force acting on the electrode pin 16 is released.

  As a result, the electrode pin 16 comes into contact with the upper end surface of the piston crown portion 2, and the piston 1 is temporarily held so as not to drop off from the support rod 14. The support rod 14 and the boss hole 6a are inserted with almost no gap therebetween, and the boss portion 6 of the piston 1 is in contact with the stopper projection 24 of the support rod 14. As a result, the piston 1 is movable in the direction of rotating around the support rod 14 and in the direction of pulling out from the support rod 14, but is fixedly held in the other directions and does not cause misalignment. .

  In this state, the shield body 31 of the shield member 30 is fitted to the piston 1 from below the hanger body 11, and the main rod 12 is inserted into the insertion passage 34 of the connecting portion 32. A pusher plate 35 is attached to the inner surface of the shield body 31, and the pusher plate 35 abuts on both sides of the boss hole 6 a forming portion of the boss portion 6 of the piston 1 in accordance with the insertion operation of the shield member 30. Thus, the piston 1 is sandwiched between the two pushing plates 35 and the two stopper projections 24, and is fixedly held in the rotational direction and the direction of pulling out from the support rod 14. In addition, even if the piston 1 is slightly displaced or tilted by giving the upper inner end of the pusher plate 35 roundness, the posture is corrected by the pusher plate 35.

  When the shield member 30 is fitted to the hanger body 11 to a predetermined position, specifically, when the key insertion hole 22 is positioned below the shield member 30, the key 23 is inserted into the key insertion hole 22. insert. Thereby, the shield member 30 comes to be connected to the hanger body 11, and the incorporation of the piston 1 into the hanger 10 is completed. When the piston 1 is incorporated in the hanger 10 in this manner, the position of the piston 1 is accurately adjusted with respect to the shield body 31, the inner peripheral surface of the upper side 31 a of the shield body 31, and the piston crown portion 2 of the piston 1. A uniform minute gap D1 is formed between the outer peripheral surface and the entire circumference.

  The hanger 10 on which the two pistons 1 are mounted as described above is fed into a plating apparatus in order to perform partial plating on the sliding surface portion 5. Here, when performing partial plating on the piston 1, as pretreatment, for example, degreasing, water washing, acid washing, water washing, alkali etching, water washing, acid activation, water washing, zinc replacement, water washing, acid washing, water washing, In general, the steps of zinc replacement and water washing are sequentially performed. Therefore, in order to perform each pre-processing process mentioned above, the tank filled with each processing liquid is arranged, and the hanger 10 is immersed in each tank sequentially.

  After this pretreatment, as shown in FIG. 10, iron plating is applied to the sliding surface portion 3 a of the piston 1 in the plating tank 40. The plating tank 40 is filled with an electrolytic solution, and anode plates 41 and 41 are provided so as to be immersed in the electrolytic solution. A feeding bar 42 is provided at an upper position of the plating tank 40. The DC power supply device 43 has an anode connected to the anode plate 41 and a cathode connected to the power supply bar 42. Therefore, when the power supply hook 13b of the hanger 10 is engaged with the power supply bar 42, the piston 1 is connected to the cathode through the cable 17 and the electrode pin 16 connected to the power supply hook 13b. When the DC power supply device 43 is turned on in this state, a DC current flows between the piston 1 and the anode plate 41, and the sliding surface portion 5 as a plating region in the piston 1 is iron-plated.

  Here, in the piston 1, the sliding surface portion 5 becomes a plating region, and the power supply hook portion 13 b of the hanger 10 is engaged with the power supply bar 42 in order to perform plating with a uniform film thickness in this plating region. Sometimes, the openings 33 on both sides formed in the shield main body 31 face the anode plate 41, respectively. In addition, the distance between both sliding surface portions 5 and both anode plates 41 is set to be equal.

  Thus, the plating conditions, that is, the type of the electrolyte, the distance from the anode plate, the current density, the temperature, the immersion time in the electrolyte, etc. are kept constant, and the member to be plated is shielded with the shield member in a non-contact state. Then, as shown in FIG. 11, the plating area and the thickness of the plating layer change according to the distance between the member to be plated and the shield member. When the interval is 5 mm, as shown by line A in the figure, the plating film thickness starts to decrease from 7 mm before the portion covered with the shield member, and enters 4 mm into the portion covered with the shield member. Even at this position, a plating with a thickness of about 10% is formed with respect to the thickness of the plating layer in a portion not covered with the shield member. And, the line B in the figure shows an interval of 4 mm, and the plating film thickness starts to decrease from 6 mm before being covered with the shield member, and the plating film thickness of the portion covered with the shield member is Compared to the case where the interval is 5 mm, the thickness is slightly reduced, but plating having a thickness with substantially the same tendency is formed. Furthermore, when the interval is reduced to 3 mm, as shown by the line C in the figure, the plating hardly adheres at the inner 6 mm of the portion covered with the shield member. Furthermore, as shown by the line D in the figure, when the distance is reduced to 2 mm, the thickness of the plating layer suddenly decreases from around 3 mm outside the boundary of the shield member, and the outside of the boundary at the boundary of the shield member decreases. The thickness of the plating layer suddenly decreases from around 3 mm, and no plating layer is formed at 5 mm inside the boundary.

  From the above, the minute gap between the inner surface of the upper side 31a of the shield body 31 arranged so as to surround the piston 1 and the non-plated region provided with the piston ring groove 4 in the piston 1 is set to approximately 2 to 3 mm. . When the plating thickness on the sliding surface portion 5 is about 15 μm, the transition portion from the plating region to the non-plating region is about 10 mm, and the thickness of the plating layer continuously decreases at this transition portion. If this distance is further reduced, the width of the transition portion can be narrowed. However, in the piston 1, even if such a transition portion exists, it does not become a particular problem. Further, if the minute interval is about 2 mm, there is no inconvenience that it is difficult to attach and detach the piston 1 to the hanger 10. Considering the ease of attaching and detaching the piston 1 to the hanger 10 and the like, if the distance between the inner surface of the upper side 31a of the shield body 31 and the outer surface in the non-plated area of the piston 1 is about 2 mm to 4 mm, it is extremely accurate. High partial plating can be performed. And since the space | interval of the outer surface of piston 1 and the inner surface of the shield main body 31 is substantially uniform over the perimeter, there is no possibility that the metal for plating will adhere to a non-plating area | region.

  And in order to form the plating layer of uniform thickness in a plating area | region, let the structure of the opening part 33 formed in the shield main body 31 be an appropriate thing. The opening 33 serves as a boundary between the non-plating region and the plating region. However, the entire sliding surface portion 5 that is the plating region is not exposed in the opening 33. The opening shape is slightly smaller than 5. As described above, this is in consideration of the wraparound of the plating at the boundary portion. And since the lower end part of the sliding surface part 5 is substantially edge-shaped, since the current density will become high in this edge part if this lower end part is the opening part 33, it covers with the shield main body 31 partially. This prevents the plating layer from becoming thick.

  In addition, since the upper side 31a of the shield body 31 is thick, depending on the shape of the end wall, the plating solution may be disturbed near the boundary between the plating region and the non-plating region. Gas generated in the liquid may stay. However, since the formation portion of the opening 33 on the thick upper side 31a of the shield body 31 is an inclined wall 33a, the plating solution or gas flows smoothly and there is no risk of pits or the like. The boundary portion becomes highly accurate, and a sharp and straight boundary line is formed.

  In addition, after the plating layer is formed on the piston 1, post-processing consisting of water washing, tin plating, water washing, and drying steps is performed. Here, the tin plating after the iron plating is performed in order to improve the familiarity of the sliding surface portion 3a of the piston 1 with the cylinder, and it is not always necessary to perform the tin plating as a post-treatment.

  As described above, the outer surface of the piston 1 which is a workpiece is in a completely exposed state without contact with any member. Therefore, in the pretreatment stage, for example, treatment liquids for performing acid treatment, alkali treatment, etc. It can be completely removed in the water washing step performed after the above, and when introduced into the plating tank 40, the plating treatment can be performed in a state where the above-mentioned treatment liquid is not attached at all. Therefore, the adhesion of impurities to the piston 1 after the plating treatment is eliminated, which is not only preferable in appearance but also can suppress the occurrence of corrosion and the like.

  Further, the upper end portion of the main rod 12 in the hanger body 11 is provided with a power supply hook portion 13b to be engaged with the power supply bar 42 when the hanger 10 with the piston 1 mounted in the plating tank 40 is immersed. The power supply hook 13b is mounted above the center of gravity of the entire hanger 10. As a result, the hanger 10 is held in the vertical state, so that the sliding surface portion 5 which is the plating region of the piston 1 is held in a state where it faces the anode plate 41 accurately. On the other hand, since the transfer hook part 13a for transferring between tanks is formed at a position deviated from the center of gravity of the hanger 10, when the transfer hook part 13a is engaged with the conveying means, The hanger 10 is inclined, and the hanger 10 is pulled up from each tank in this state. For this reason, when the hanger 10 to which each processing solution stored in each tank including the plating solution is pulled up from the tank, the hanger 10 is returned to the tank, and the processing liquid to the next tank Can be prevented, and contamination of the processing liquid in each tank is prevented. In addition, when the hanger 10 is transferred between the tanks, either the transfer hook 13a or the power supply hook 13b can be engaged with the conveying means at the same time, if necessary.

It is a front view of the workpiece | work in this invention. It is AA sectional drawing of FIG. It is BB sectional drawing of FIG. It is a front view of the hanger which mounted | wore the workpiece | work. It is a principal part block diagram which isolate | separates and shows a hanger main body, a workpiece | work, and a shield member. It is a right view which shows the upper part of a hanger main body. It is principal part sectional drawing which shows the state which mounted | wore the hanger with the workpiece | work. It is CC sectional drawing of FIG. FIG. 8 is a bottom view of FIG. 7. It is explanatory drawing which shows the state which has plated with respect to the piston as a workpiece | work. It is a diagram which shows the change of the thickness of the plating layer formed in the edge part vicinity of a shield member according to the space | interval of a shield member and a workpiece | work.

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DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Piston 2 Piston crown part 3 Skirt part 4 Piston ring groove 5 Sliding surface part 6 Boss part 6a Boss hole 10 Hanger 11 Hanger body 12 Main rod 13a Transfer hook part 13b Power supply hook part 14 Support rod 16 Electrode pin 23 Key 24 Stopper projection 30 Shield member 31 Shield body 31 a Upper side 31 b Lower side 31 c Stepped portion 32 Connecting portion 33 Opening portion 35 Pushing plate 40 Plating tank 41 Anode plate 42 Power feeding bar 43 DC power supply device

Claims (7)

A piston crown part having an annular groove formed on the outer peripheral surface, two boss parts connected to the piston crown part to form a boss hole to which a piston pin is attached, and a slide formed between the two boss parts. A piston composed of a moving surface part is used as a work, the formation part of the annular groove is masked in a non-contact manner, and this work is detachably mounted in order to perform plating on the sliding face part, and immersed in a plating tank. A plating hanger
A hanger body having a main rod and a support rod made of one or a plurality of round bars provided in connection with the main rod and inserted through the boss holes;
When the work mounted on the support rod is surrounded, the non-plating region that is the portion of the annular groove is a minute gap in which the metal for plating cannot be deposited, and the plating region that is the sliding surface portion is plated. It is composed of a cylindrical electrical insulating member formed with a gap or an opening where the metal can be deposited, and comprises a shield member that is detachably connected to the main rod,
A stopper for restricting the insertion length of the boss portion into the support rod is provided on the hanger body side, and a pressing member is provided on the inner surface of the shield member. The stopper and the pressing member are connected to the workpiece. A plating hanger characterized in that the workpiece is fixed to the shield member so as to be position-adjustable by being brought into contact with a portion other than the plating region and the non-plating region. The plating hanger according to claim 1, wherein the shield member has a minute gap of 4 mm or less between the workpiece and the non-plating region, and is separated from the plating region by at least 4 mm. The stopper is provided on the support rod, and the pushing member is composed of a pair of plate-like members provided on the inner surface of the shield member. The stopper and the pushing member are on both the left and right sides of the boss hole of the workpiece. The plating hanger according to claim 1, wherein the plating hanger is configured to come into contact with an area outside the sliding surface portion. The hanger body is provided with an electrode pin that can be brought into and out of contact with the upper surface of the piston crown portion of the workpiece, and the electrode pin is provided with a biasing means that biases the electrode pin in a direction to contact the piston crown portion. The plating hanger according to claim 1, wherein: A piston crown part having an annular groove formed on the outer peripheral surface, two boss parts connected to the piston crown part to form a boss hole to which a piston pin is attached, and a slide formed between the two boss parts. In a plating apparatus comprising a hanger on which a work piece is detachably mounted with a piston comprising a moving surface portion, and a plating tank for masking the annular groove portion of the work and plating the sliding surface portion. ,
The hanger has a hanger body with two support rods inserted into the boss holes of the workpiece on the main rod, and the workpieces detachably connected to the hanger body and attached to the support rods. And the non-plated region that is the portion of the annular groove is a minute gap that prevents the plating metal from being deposited, and the cylindrical electrical insulating member is formed with openings in the plated regions that are both sliding surface portions. Each of the support rods is provided with a stopper, and a pressing member is provided on the inner surface of the shield member to plate the workpiece. It is mounted so that these stoppers and the pushing member are brought into contact with the region other than the region and the non-plated region,
Two anode plates are provided inside the plating tank, and each anode plate is arranged so as to face each opening of the shield member at equal intervals. apparatus. A piston crown part having an annular groove formed on the outer peripheral surface, two boss parts connected to the piston crown part to form a boss hole to which a piston pin is attached, and a slide formed between the two boss parts. A hanger comprising a hanger body with a round rod-shaped support rod on the main rod and a shield member made of a cylindrical electrical insulating member detachably connected to the hanger body, with a piston having a moving surface part as a work It is a partial plating method for a workpiece that is detachably mounted and immersed in a plating tank, wherein the annular groove portion of the workpiece is used as a non-plating region, and the sliding surface portion is plated as a plating region,
Insert the both boss holes of the boss part of the work into the support rod of the hanger body, and connect the cathode side of the DC power source to the work.
The non-plating region formed by the annular groove portion is formed as a minute gap that prevents the plating metal from being deposited, and the plating region formed by the both sliding surface portions is the shield member. Facing the opening provided in
The workpiece is fixedly held by holding the workpiece between the stopper provided on the support rod and the pressing member provided on the shield member at a portion other than the plated region and the non-plated region of the workpiece, and the shield member is Connect to the hanger body,
Two anode plates connected to the anode side of the direct current power source are provided in parallel in the plating tank, and the hanger is disposed so that the openings of the shield member face each other at equal intervals between the anode plates. Then, the workpiece is partially plated by immersing the workpiece in an electrolytic solution and passing a direct current between the anode plates and the workpiece. A piston partially plated by the method of claim 6.

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