What are the differences between electroplating, vacuum plating, ion plating and spray plating?

Electroplating is a process in which a layer of other metals or alloys are plated on the surface of certain metals by using the principle of electrolysis. It is the process of using electrolysis to attach a metal film to the surface of metal or other materials to prevent metal oxidation (such as rust) and improve wear resistance, conductivity, light reflection, and corrosion resistance (copper sulfate, etc.), and enhance the beauty of the product

Vacuum plating mainly includes vacuum evaporation, sputtering and ion plating. They are all used to deposit various metal and non-metal films on the surface of the plastic part through distillation or sputtering under vacuum conditions. In this way, a very thin surface coating can be obtained, and at the same time it has the outstanding advantages of fast speed and good adhesion, but the cost is also high, and it is mainly processed on the surface of stainless steel.

Ion plating is a kind of vacuum plating. It is a method of using gas discharge to partially ionize the gas or the evaporated substance, and deposit the evaporated substance or its reactant on the substrate under the bombardment of the gas ion or the evaporated substance ion. Because the effect of ion plating is more smooth and shiny, it is widely used in the water cup industry.

Spraying is also called thermal spraying. Use the spraying material in the molten state to spray on the surface of the metal, alloy, plastic, ceramic and other workpieces with a power device. Note that the sputtering is not carried out in a vacuum state.

The simple comparison is that the cost of electroplating processing is low, but it is not environmentally friendly. Vacuum plating, especially vacuum ion plating, has a good processing effect, but the cost is relatively high. Spraying is environmentally friendly, but due to conditions, the spraying effect is not optimal.

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