Electroforming process
Abstract
Abstract PROCESS FOR ELECTROFORMING METAL ARTICLES BY (1) SPRAYING A THIN CONDUCTIVE COATING OF METAL ON A NON-CONDUCTIVE MALE MODEL; (2) ELECTROPLATING A THIN LAYER OF METAL ON THE COATED MALE MODEL; (3) APPLYING A MOLD MATERIAL ON THE ELECTROPLATED LAYER OF METAL ON THE MALE MODEL TO FORM A FEMALE MOLD; (4) WITH DRAWING THE MALE MODEL FROM THE FEMALE MOLD WHICH HAS THE EFFECT OF TRANSFERRING THE ELECTROPLATE LAYER AND THE CONDUCTIVE COATING ONTO THE SURFACE OF THE FEMALE MOLD; (5) STRIPPING THE CONDUCTIVE COATING LAYER FROM THE SURFACE OF THE FEMALE MOLE; AND (6) ELECTRODEPOSITIONG A METAL ARTICLE IN THE FEMALE MOLD TO PRODUCE AN ELECTROFORMED ARTICLE HAVING A SURFACE FORMED BY THE ORIGINAL ELECTROPLATED LAYER.
Inventors
- 👤 Byron Edward Blakeslee
- 👤 Thaddeus Joseph Gajewski
- 👤 Akio Ishida
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