Plating SLA/DTM parts

From: Sean Ryan (ryan@rtp.ericsson.se)
Date: Tue Sep 23 1997 - 17:33:38 EEST


Hello:

Has anyone plated (vacuum Al, electroless Cu, Ni, etc) SLA or DTM parts?
I have had FDM (Stratasys) parts plated using vacuum metalization
and electroless copper/nickel.

This plating would be for electrical and not cosmetic reasons.

Questions:

1. What resin (SLA) or material (DTM) works best?

2. What plating process works best?

3. What service houses have done it?

4. Any other advise?

Any info would be appreciated and I'll try to post the responses.

Thanks,

Sean Ryan
Senior Technical Leader
Advanced Mechanical Development
Ericsson Inc. - Cellular Phones
RTP, NC USA



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