Energy efficient pulse-reverse regimes of electrodeposition

Pulse reverse power modes are used in order to obtain metal coatings with similar or better characteristics, compared with the coatings produced by constant current. Pulse reverse modes in-crease production and energy efficiency of electroplating cells with the use of higher density currents. In this paper, we investigate optimisation of systems for standard electrodeposition by choosing thesuitable duration and intensity of the pulses. It was shown that energy efficiency of the process can be achieved with satisfactory quality of coatings and without expensive and often dangerous additives in the electrolyte.