Car Door Handles
The automotive industry demands ever reduced weight and resulting fuel savings, which is an important aspect in car manufacturing. By combining comparably low weight and production expenses of plastic parts with perfect metallic appearance, plating on plastics (POP) is the ideal solution. Most of modern car door handles are made of plated plastic today.
Typical Process Sequence with Recommended Products (Common application):
Substrate | >> Polyamide |
Sweller | >> Noviganth® PA Sweller Plus |
Conditioner | >> Noviganth® PA Conditioner |
Activator | >> Noviganth® PA Activator |
Reducer | >> Noviganth® Reducer |
Electroless Ni, Cu or Ni Strike | >> Noviganth® Ni PA |
Acid Copper | >> Cupracid® 210 (or other Cupracid® process) |
Semi-Bright Nickel | >> Mark 90 |
Bright Nickel | >> UniBrite B-100 or Makrolux® NF |
Bright Chromium | >> Bright Chromium Bath CR 843 |
or Additional Finishes (also used for other internal parts):
Satin Nickel instead of Bright Nickel | >> Satilume® Plus AF or Velours® Nickel or TriChrome® White or TriChrome® Smoke |