In which areas is the application of mold electroforming more common?

2021-11-09 10:29

The use of mold electroforming has been improving increasingly. With the continuous development and updating of technology, the technology of mold electroforming is also constantly advancing, and the speed of improvement is very fast. Currently, the application range of mold electroforming is actually very broad because mold electroforming can be applied in many industries. The main purpose of electroforming is to precisely replicate fine, complex, and some special-shaped workpieces that are difficult to process by other methods, such as manufacturing printing plates for banknotes and stamps, record molds, lead type molds, metal art replicas, reflectors, surface roughness samples, microporous filters, dials, electrodes for electrical discharge machining, and high-precision diamond grinding wheel substrates.

 

Electroforming solutions use aqueous solutions containing electroforming metal ions such as sulfates, amidosulfonates, fluoroborates, and chlorides. The main drawback of electroforming is low efficiency, with the typical thickness of the electroformed metal layer being 0.02 to 0.05 millimeters per hour. By using high-concentration electroforming solutions and appropriately increasing the solution temperature and enhancing stirring, the current density can be increased, shortening the electroforming time and thereby improving electroforming efficiency.