Furniture / Jewelry / Fashion / Cosmetics Applications
Furniture Application
Tubular steel is one of the standard base-materials for furniture ware like chairs, tables or bed-frames. For an optimum decorative appearance and corrosion resistance, furniture ware is plated with copper, nickel and chrome deposits.
Atotech's product range includes the entire spectrum of surface treatment, from cleaning and pretreatment to subsequent electrolytic copper / nickel / chrome finishing. For environmental responsible chrome plating a variety of TriChrome® products is used.
Furniture Application - Typical Process Sequence with Recommended Products
Substrate | >> Tubular Steel |
|---|---|
Soak Cleaning | >> UniClean® 154 or TRI-MAX® series |
Electro Cleaning | >> UniClean® 280 or TRI-MAX® series |
Activation | >> UniClean® 675 |
CN Copper | >> Copperlume |
Acid Copper | >> Cupracid® 210 |
Activation | >> UniClean® 675 |
SB Nickel Plating | >> Mark Lev |
Bright Nickel Plating | >> Makrolux® NF |
Chrome Plating | >> TriChrome® or CR 843 |
Read more about Cupracid®
Read more about TriChrome®
Jewelry Application
Atotech offers a wide range of precious metal finishes for surfaces with a luxurious appearance ranging from jewelry and writing utensils to HIFI equipment. Atotech's product range includes the entire spectrum of surface treatment, from cleaning and pretreatment to subsequent electrolytic copper / nickel / chrome finishing. For environmental responsible chrome plating a variety of TriChrome® products is used.
The Range of Final Finishing Possibilities
Product | Application | |
|---|---|---|
Gold | Aurocor® and Orolux series with a very large range and variety of colors for every taste and the newest fashion | All kinds of decorative applications, furthermore hard Au for extreme wear and corrosion resistance |
Silver | Silverlume, Argalux® | Table ware, jewelry |
Palladium or Palladium/Nickel | Pallacor® HT, Palnilux | Jewelry, writing utensils, replacement for nickel as anti-allergic coating in mobile phones |
Ruthenium | Ruthen Decor, Ruthenoir Decor | Jewelry, interior car parts, writing utensils |
Rhodium | Rhodeco | Jewelry |
Application for Fashion and Cosmetics
ABS/PC and ABS is the standard base-material for coated fashion and cosmetics goods ranging from perfume cups and lip stick cases to heels. The Atotech product range includes technologies for the entire spectrum of plastic pretreatments, followed by subsequent electrolytic finishing like chrome, gold or ruthenium.
Typical Process Sequence with Recommended Products (Conventional Process)
Substrate | >> ABS/PC and ABS |
|---|---|
Chrome Etching | >> Noviganth® AK Additive CR |
Neutralizer | >> Noviganth® AK Neutralizer |
Pre Dip | >> HCl |
Activation | >> Noviganth® Activator PL |
Accelerator | >> Noviganth® AK Accelerator Plus |
E'less Nickel Plating | >> Noviganth® LFS or Ni PA |
Cu and Ni Plating | >> Cupracid® Ultra, Makrolux® NF, Satilume® Plus |
Cr or PMP Plating | >> CR 843, TriChrome® / Aurocor® / Orolux / Pallacor® HT / Ruthenoir |
Read more about Noviganth® AK
Read more about Cupracid® Ultra
Read more about Satilume® Plus
Read more about TriChrome®
Typical Process Sequence with Recommended Products (Direct Metallization)
Substrate | >> ABS/PC and ABS |
|---|---|
Etching | >> Futuron® ULTRA Additive Cr |
Conditioning | >> Futuron® ULTRA Reducer |
Pre Dip | >> HCl |
Activation | >> Futuron® ULTRA Activator |
Accelerator | >> Futuron® ULTRA Cu-Link |
Cu and Ni Plating | >> Cupracid® Ultra, Makrolux® NF, Satilume® Plus |
Cr or PMP Plating | >> CR 843, TriChrome® / Aurocor® / Orolux / Pallacor® HT / Ruthenoir |
Read more about Futuron® ULTRA
Read more about Cupracid® Ultra
Read more about Satilume® Plus
Read more about TriChrome®