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Pop Goes the Plastic

Posted November 19, 2007 8:28 AM

Plating on Plastic (PoP) technology electrochemically plates plastic with a thin metal layer, giving a less expensive base more strength and stiffness. Parts can function in previously off limit areas, such as automobile engine compartments, to replace cast and machined components. A 100 micron layer acts like an exoskeleton. What applications can you imagine?

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11/20/2007 7:11 AM

Wave guides.

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11/28/2007 12:46 PM

They cant keep the plating on a grill in the automotive sector now they want to use it on engine parts daaaaaa.

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01/14/2008 6:10 AM

I can just see it now, an automobile engine made of plastic casting and plated in the bores, head and so on.

Cooling may be a problem yet to overcome.

Noise would appear to be a problem too, as the plastic will not absorb sound as well as cast iron.

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01/15/2008 4:32 AM

bicycle frames, and racks
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