1. Vacuum coating makes the plastic surface have a metallic texture; because compared with aluminum, copper, iron, stainless steel and other metal parts, the manufacturing process of plastic parts has the unique advantages of large quantities, low cost and easy processing. Plastic parts have replaced or are increasingly replacing metal parts in the appearance of industrial products, greatly reducing the manufacturing cost of industrial and consumer electronic products, and enhancing and consolidating the price advantage of products in the competition in the same industry.

2. Endow plastic products with electrical conductivity; compared with simple plastic parts, plastic products processed by vacuum coating can give products good electrical conductivity according to the needs of the application, such as electromagnetic shielding performance (EMI) emphasized in the processing and manufacturing process of most electronic consumer goods. ) can be obtained by conducting a conductive vacuum coating process on the inner wall of the plastic part. Under the same effect, the vacuum coating EMI process has an unparalleled cost advantage compared to the original manufacturing process using copper foil or aluminum foil.

3. Non-conductive vacuum plating (NCVM) can be carried out; for the decorative parts of electronic consumer goods that need to transmit wireless signals to the outside during the work process, it is necessary to ensure that the plastic parts have metallic luster and the metal plating layer on the plastic surface will not. To shield or attenuate the radio signals of the equipment (such as Bluetooth signals, radio frequency signals, etc.), the non-conductive vacuum coating (NCVM) technology came into being. This vacuum coating technology not only ensures the metal texture of the plastic surface, but also does not affect the The external signal transmission of the equipment; compared with the electroplating of water electroplating, the conductivity of the coating affects the electronic signal, and the non-conductive vacuum electroplating (NCVM) process provides a perfect choice for the majority of design and development engineers to have the best of both worlds.

4. Single-layer electroplating can be performed; generally speaking, the outer surface of the plastic product or the inner surface of the plastic product can be vacuum-plated separately, while the other surface can retain the original appearance and function of the plastic. Compared with the water electroplating process of immersion operation, it is another hurdle that cannot be overcome.

5. The color of vacuum electroplating processing technology is diversified. Due to the convenience of the process, vacuum electroplating can adjust the formula and ratio on the basis of the three primary colors of red, yellow and blue to form ever-changing electroplating color effects (such as pink, red, green, etc. ), while water electroplating can only produce a few color effects such as light chrome, matte chrome, black chrome, white chrome, etc., which is incomparable with the color richness of vacuum electroplating.

6. The material is suitable for a wide range; water electroplating can usually only perform electroplating processing on ABS plastic and a small amount of ABS+PC plastic materials, which has certain limitations, while the vacuum electroplating process can be applied to a wide range of plastic materials, except for ABS, In addition to ABS+PC plastic, vacuum electroplating can also process metal coating effect on the surface of common engineering plastics such as PC, PP, PMMA, PA, PS, PET, etc. With the development and maturity of technology, it can even be carried out on the surface of soft plastic. Vacuum coating processing, such as TPU, TPE, PVC soft rubber, silicone, rubber products, etc.

7. Translucent vacuum electroplating can be carried out; in view of the increasingly trendy shape design of modern consumer electronic products, the hidden display screen of the front-end electronic products now adopts the semi-transparent vacuum electroplating technology. The principle is that in the LED display The outside of the screen is equipped with a layer of transparent plastic window processed by translucent vacuum plating. When the device is not turned on, its LED display panel is hidden and invisible. When the device is powered on, the LED light-emitting fonts on the display panel can be seen through. The electroplated plastic window is seen by consumers or users, thereby greatly improving the sense of technology and fashion of the product.

8. Environmentally friendly and non-toxic; vacuum electroplating technology is a process of physically attaching molten metal ions to the surface of plastic products to form a coating layer. The entire processing process does not need to add any chemicals or chemical agents. It is a pure natural Non-toxic and environmentally friendly processing technology, as the world pays more attention to green environmental protection, chemical water electroplating processing technology has gradually faded out of high-end electronic consumer goods, food-related reasons due to the existence of trivalent chromium, hexavalent chromium and other non-environmental reasons. supplies, toys and related industries.

9. Increase the hardness of the plastic surface; the easy molding characteristics of plastic materials determine that the surface does not have good scratch resistance. After UV vacuum plating is completed, a layer of light-curing UV coating is added to the surface of the coating layer. The hardness of the surface of the product is greatly improved, and the scratch resistance, scratch resistance and wear resistance of the product are improved. The maximum hardness can reach 4H level, far exceeding the scratch resistance and wear resistance level of the water electroplating process.

10. Excellent environmental weather resistance; the vacuum electroplating process can give the product better resistance to extreme use environments, such as high temperature and high humidity resistance, low temperature resistance, hot ironing, high salt (salt spray resistance), and ultraviolet radiation aging resistance , Cosmetics resistance, sweat resistance, acid and alkali resistance and other properties; the general fuel injection process or water electroplating process cannot meet these performance requirements. It is believed that behind the crazy upward growth of new IoT hardware and electronic cigarettes, there will be more opportunities and challenges, which requires more cross-border exchanges and thinking of CMF personnel.