Common electroplating categories

1, chemical plating

On the surface of the substrate after activation treatment, metal ions in the plating solution are catalyzed and reduced to form a metal coating process. This is a process that involves many of our processes, through which post-plating and other processing can be carried out as a pre-treatment process for plastic parts.

2. Electroplating

The process of using electrolysis to form a uniform dense, well-combined metal or alloy deposit layer on the surface of the formed product, although this process is more complex, but has the advantages of many types of deposited metal, the obtained color is diverse, and it is relatively cheap compared with similar processes.

3. Electroforming

The process of making or reproducing metal products by electrolysis by depositing metal on the mold (which can separate the mold from the metal deposit). This treatment requires special surface effects on our final products, for example, for clear grinding and etching spacers or for special acute angles. The part shape is usually made of copper material first. The alloy is then deposited on its surface by an electroplating process. Usually the deposition thickness reaches tens of millimeters, and then the cavity is cut and inserted into the cavity of the mold, and the plastic parts are injected. The parts processed in this way will have special effects on the boundaries of corners and several surfaces to meet the needs of the design. Usually we see a lot of high-gloss and pitted electroplating effect of plastic parts with high quality requirements are usually designed by such means.

4, vacuum plating

Vacuum plating mainly includes vacuum evaporation plating, sputtering plating and ion plating several types, through distillation or sputtering and other ways to deposit a variety of metal and non-metal films on the surface of plastic parts, through this way can get a very thin surface coating, and has the outstanding advantages of fast speed and good adhesion, but the price is also high, can operate less metal types. It is generally used as a functional coating for higher-grade products, such as as an internal shielding layer.