Passivation treatments differ from one another with regard to the solutions and temperatures they use. The different possible treatments are listed in the global lookup table passivationTreatments. By default, aPriori assumes the use of the treatment that takes the shortest time among those that are appropriate for the part (based on the material’s cut code and whether the part has been machined). If no appropriate treatment is found, the treatment that takes the longest time is assumed. (See Passivation formulas.)

With this process setup option, you can override the default, and specify a treatment explicitly. Select a treatment from the Select Treatment dropdown list.

By default, the number of parts passivated at one time is calculated based on a number of factors, including part dimensions, part weight, tank dimensions, and tank weight capacity (see Passivation formulas). With this process setup option, you can override the default and specify the number of parts explicitly. Enter a value greater than or equal to 1.