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Electroplating injection molded parts
Compared with metal parts, plastic electroplating products can not only achieve a good metal texture, but also reduce the weight of the products. While effectively improving the appearance and decorativeness of plastics, it also improves its electrical, thermal and corrosion resistance performance. However, the selection of plastic materials for electroplating must comprehensively consider factors such as material processing performance, mechanical properties, material cost, electroplating cost, difficulty of electroplating, and dimensional accuracy.
Customized Electroplating Shrapnel Parts
1. Different principles
Electroplating is a process that uses the principle of electrolysis to reduce metal ions to metals in an electrolyte solution through the action of an external current, thereby obtaining a metal coating on a charged body; while hot-dip plating is a process that uses physical vapor deposition to evaporate the metal and deposit it on the surface to be treated to form a metal film layer.
2. Different coating properties
Due to different principles, the coating properties of electroplating and hot-dip plating are also different. Electroplating is often used to increase corrosion resistance, oxidation resistance and conductivity on the surface of the substrate, while hot-dip plating is mainly used to increase the appearance of decorative and mechanical strength
Customized Electroplating Shrapnel Parts
The advantages of electroplating are low cost and controllable coating thickness, which is suitable for some substrates with simple shapes and low thickness requirements; but the disadvantage is that the coating is not as uniform and dense as hot-dip coating, and it is easy to form small pores and cracks, making the substrate prone to corrosion and oxidation. Electroplating is suitable for some situations that do not require high surface strength but have high requirements for appearance and corrosion resistance, such as household appliances, auto parts, etc.
