Processes for selectively plating one component of multi-component plastic articles and articles produced thereby
Abstract
Abstract THERE ARE DICLOSED HEREIN PROCESSES FOR PRODUCING MULTI-COMPONENT PLASTIC WORKPIECES IN WHICH AT LEAST A FIRST COMPONENT THEREOF HAS A PLATED METAL COATING THEREON, AND WORKPIECES PRODUCED BY SUCH PROCESSES. THESE PROCESSES GENERALLY COMPRISE PROVIDING A STRIKE SOLUTION, PROVIDING A MULTI-COMPONENT WORKPIECE INCLUDING A FIRST COMPONENT FORMED OF A FIRST PLASTIC MATERIAL ON WHICH A METAL IS DEPOSITED UPON APPLICATION OF THE STRIKE SOLUTION THERETO AND AT LEAST A SECOND COMPONENT FORMED OF A SECOND PLASTIC MATERIAL ON WHICH NO METAL IS DEPOSITED UPON APPLICATION OF THE STRIKE SOLUTION THERETO, APPLYING THE STRIKE SOLUTION TO THE WORKPIECE TO DEPOSIT A METAL STRIKE ON THE FIRST COMPONENT WITHOUT DEPOSITING A METAL STRIKE ON THE SECOND COMPONENT, AND PLATING A LAYER OF PLATING METAL OVER THE METAL STRIKE TO PROVIDE A PLATED METAL COATING ON THE FIRST COMPONENT WHILE NO METAL IS PLATED ON THE SECOND COMPONENT.
Inventors
- 👤 Peter D Kennedy
- 👤 Harold M Goldstein
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