MultiPlater

£198.50 + VAT

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The MultiPlater is Spa Plating’s in-house made power source. We have designed this unit specifically for our bench top electroplating processes.

Its unique features include

  • a clear and easily adjusted LCD display
  • easy switching between pen, brush and tank plating mode
  • very compact and lightweight

This power source will allow you to pen, brush and tank plate all with one unit. The clear LCD display shows you the volts and amps you are using. Moving from one mode of plating to another is smooth and hassle free.

With just one power source you can now drive multiple plating processes and stages.

Please click on the ‘Video’ tab above to see how straightforward this electroplating machine is to use.

It comes with its own 12v/3amps/36w adapter which has an input voltage of between 100  and 240 volts AC at 50/60 Hz, 1amp max.

Here is our MultiPlater setup for gold pen plating. You can easily adjust the volts by simply turning the LCD display.

Here is our MultiPlater setup for gold brush plating. Accurately adjusting the volts for our different plating solutions is very straightforward, thanks to the easy to read display.

Here is the MultiPlater setup for gold tank plating. The LCD display makes switching between pen/brush plating and tank plating really straightforward.

Please note that if the red light at the bottom of the display is showing when beaker/tank plating should be taking place, it indicates there is a fault in the electrical plating circuit.

Here is the back of the MultiPlater. It shows the red on/off switch and the white switch which you use for toggling between pen/brush and tank plating.
It also includes the 2.1mm DC socket (in this case plugged into the 12v DC adaptor.

Here is the MultiPlater start-up splash screen, that first appears when you switch it on.
Included on this screen is the version of hardware (in this case v046, the type that the MultiPlater is set to, Version-4 (all three modes accessible – Tank, Brush/Pen and Advanced) and the screen version, in this case the letter D.
This screen automatically changes to the last setting that you used the MultiPlater on after a few seconds, whether that was brush/pen plating or tank plating.

 

The MultiPlater can easily power brush, pen and tank plating. Here the MultiPlater is set up for gold tank and silver pen plating. Note how it is also powering a cleaning tank. It is easy to ‘gang up’ our tank plating equipment so that you have fewer trailing wires crossing your workspace.

 

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Product overview

The MultiPlater is a bench-top electroplating rectifier incorporating a multifunctional graphic user interface with switching capability.
It is designed with the emphasis on small scale brush, pen and tank operations and facilitates the transitioning between the processes.

Dimensions and weight

Length 7.5cm
Width 9cm
Height (top of wedge) (note 1) 7.5cm
Height (bottom of wedge) 4.6cm
Weight (without adaptor) 215g
Material ABS
  1. Height with feet included

Contents

1 x MultiPlater, 1 x Adaptor, 1 x UK Power Cord with UK plug.

Footnotes
EU adaptor included if sold to a country in the EU.

Single Mode feature

Our MultiPlater can be shipped fixed in a single mode; for example either in Tank mode only or Brush/Pen mode only. Should you wish this to be done, please request by email or as a note when you check out on our online shop.

 

Technical data

Input voltage 12 volts (max) via 2.1mm DC Jack Plug (see notes)
Output voltage 0 – 8 volts
Output current 0.0001 – 4.0 amps (
Output power 32 watts (max)
Voltage display resolution 0.1 volt
Current display resolution 0.0001 amp (0.1 milliamp)
Over temperature protection 100℃
Ripple voltage 150 peak-to-peak

Notes:

The MultPlater is supplied with an adapter which has an input voltage of between 100  and 240 volts AC at 50/60 Hz, 1amp max.

Do not exceed an input voltage of 12 volts as this may result in device failure.

Firmware updates

Date

Firmware update

Notes

09.09.24

V026-UI RevB

Accuracy increased in 0.0001 –
0.005 amp range

22.10.24

V041-UI RevC

ON Switch always off when switching
from Brush to Tank mode

29.10.24

V046-UI RevC

Reduce size of red/green light and
remove black border

27.11.24

V046-UI RevD

Corrects red/green light flicker at
low current

 

 

General guide;

Certain small items, for example Swabs, Nibs and Plating Pens can be sent by normal post within the UK

  • The courier option for UK deliveries is FedEx
  • Free UK mainland delivery available on orders over £200
  • International orders usually 3-5 working days.

For all price quotations for deliveries, please add your items to our shopping cart. You will be able to see the shipping costs by clicking on the ‘Calculate shipping’ button in the cart and before checking out.

Fault Diagnosis

Tank plating mode fault

Possible cause

Corrective action
No plating
 MultiPlater not set up correctly. Perform the following checklist:

1. Check that the adapter is
powered up.
2. The lead from the adapter is plugged into the back of the MultiPlater.
3. Switch the MultiPlater on by pressing the red on/off switch at the back of the unit.
4. If the MultiPlater is still in Brush/Pen plating mode, change this to Tank
Plating mode by long pressing on the white toggle switch at the back of the unit (the display should show ‘Standby’ in yellow).
5. When your workpiece is ready to be plated and immersed in the plating
solution, briefly click the white toggle switch at the back of the unit to power up the plating circuit.
A green dot should show at the bottom of the display. If this is a red dot, then
see below.
No plating.
 Faulty wiring on the plating circuit. Bad contact or no
contact.		 1. Check that the black connection from the MultiPlater is connected to the work piece via the black lead and the red connection to the beaker rings or mesh electrodes via the red lead.
2. If more than one plating beaker is used, check the beakers are ‘daisy-chained’ correctly.
3. Clean all the connections in the plating circuit.
No plating
 Short circuit on plating circuit. Please note if this is the
case, a beep will sound to alert you when powering up the plating circuit by
clicking the white button.		 Check the plating circuit for shorts.
Slow plating
 Intermitent electrical current flow shown by the the
indicator light flickering between red and green.This can happen especially
when silver plating very small items and is an indication that the amps are too
low.		 1. Increase the amps in small increments until the green light
illuminates continuously.
2. Check that you’ve estimated the surface area correctly and increase if
necessary.
3. Check that you’re not a factor of 10 out on the amps. Easily done when
counting the zeros after a decimal point.

Brush/Pen plating mode fault

Possible cause

Corrective action
No plating
 MultiPlater not set up correctly. Perform the following checklist:

1. Check that the adapter is
powered up.
2. The lead from the adapter is plugged into the back of the MultiPlater.
3. Switch the MultiPlater on by pressing the red on/off switch at the back of the unit.
4. If the MultiPlater is still in Tank plating mode, change this to Brush/Pen
Plating mode by long pressing on the white toggle switch at the back of the unit (the
display should show ‘BRSH/Pen’ in black with the voltage in blue below).
5. When your workpiece is ready to be plated and you touch the swab to your work piece, a green dot should appear at the bottom of the display indicating electricity flow.
If no dot appears, then see below.
No plating.
 Swab or pen nib not saturated with plating solution. Dip the swab or pen nib back in the plating solution and try again.
No plating.
 Faulty wiring on the plating circuit. Bad contact or no
contact.		 1. Check that the black connection from the MultiPlater is connected to the work piece via the black lead and that the red lead connection from the MultiPlater is connected to the Electrode Handle or Plating Pen via the red lead.
2. Clean all the connections in the plating circuit.
No plating
 Short circuit on plating circuit. Please note if this is the
case, a beep will sound to alert you when powering up the plating circuit by
clicking the white button.		 Check the plating circuit for shorts.

Tank plating

Connect up your plating circuit as per your requirements.
When you’re ready to start plating, make sure the MultiPlater is powered up and in Tank plating Mode.
The three levels of readiness for tank plating are:

  • Standby (in amber)
  • Red dot (at bottom of display)
  • Green dot (at bottom of display)

Standby level is when the plating circuit is not live and it’s safe to place your work piece in the plating beaker.

A red dot indicates that the plating circuit is live and could damage your work if you place it in the beaker with the power to the plating circuit on. Keep your MultiPlater in Standby mode until your work piece is immersed in the beaker. It is then ok to click the white switch at the rear of the unit to power up the plating circuit.

A green dot incicates that the work is in the beaker, the plating circuit is live and electricity if flowing (it’s plating).

To summarise:
1. Lower your work into the beaker in Standby (amber).
2. Click the white switch at the rear of the MultiPlater.
3. The display should switch from amber to green indicating plating is taking place.

If there is a problem, a red dot will appear at the bottom of the display indicating that the output is live but too little or no electrical current is flowing (please refer to the FAQs tab for further information on such issues).
Note that if the true current is less than ten percent of the indicated current, the red light illuminates.

Brush or pen plating

Connect up your plating circuit as per your requirements.
When you’re ready to start plating, make sure the MultiPlater is powered up and in Brush/Tank plating Mode.
When in Brush/Plating mode, the plating circuit is always live. The screen will only show its mode, ‘BRSH/Pen’ in black
with the volts you’ve chosen beneath in blue.
The two levels of readiness for brush or pen plating are:

  • Blank display with only mode and volts showing
  • Green dot (at bottom of display).

The green dot should illuminate as soon as you touch your swab to the work piece. If the green dot doesn’t appear it indicates that although the plating circuit is live, there is a problem (please refer to the FAQs tab for further information on such issues).

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