Electro-plating
Electro-plating is the deposition of a metal on a conducting base material from a mostly aqueous electrolytic solution of the metal to be deposited. The galvanic process takes place because of an external circuit with an oxidising anode and a reducing cathode.
An important requirement for the successful development of a strong and adhesive plating is a fat- and oxide-free surface of the base material.
For the development of specific coatings enhanced by corresponding pretreatment procedures and related coating parameters test-setups can be built up in the short-time scale with a fast characterisation afterwards.
The following pictures show selected examples:
High-purity electroplated copper on an aluminium substrate
Electroplated copper on tungsten bolts
Electroless copper plus electroplated nickel on permalloy