Plastic plating-The difference between domestic hardware plating and plastic plating
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What is the difference between "metal plating" and "plastic plating"?
1. The difference between hardware and plastic plating materials
The substrate for metal plating is metal, such as iron, zinc alloy, copper alloy, etc. The substrate for plastic plating is plastic. Because the substrates are different, the processes processed in the early stage are completely different, but the subsequent plating is basically the same. This is the difference found in the materials of the two.
2. The difference in the price of hardware and plastic plating
Regarding the price of the two: It depends on what material you use to coat the land, and also depends on the coating thickness requirements and testing requirements. Many factors will affect the plating price. For example, if you want to apply chromium plating to a plastic part with a small surface area, it will be cheaper, but it will be more expensive to apply gold plating to a relatively large hardware part, and the coating thickness directly affects the price. Therefore, it is necessary to analyze the problem based on the actual situation, and the two are not comparable.
However, if the same plating is used, plastic plating is more expensive because the plastic plating process only takes a few more steps and is not easy to coat. It is relatively difficult and the cost will naturally be high.
3. The difference between hardware and plastic plating process
The processes of plastic plating and plastic plating are: degreasing-hydrophilic-roughening-neutralization-prepreg-activation-degelatinization-chemical nickel-pyrocopper-acid copper-nickel-chromium
The process of hardware electroplating is: cleaning--electroplating copper sulfate--electroplating semi-gloss nickel--electroplating all-gloss nickel--electroplating chromium--drying
4. The difference between the characteristics of hardware and plastic plating
The characteristic of plastic plating is that it is not conductive itself and requires conductive treatment first, that is, activation and chemical plating, so that a layer of metal film is firmly adhered to the surface. After that, it is no different from metal plating.
