Electroforming Defects During Metal Deposition on Plastic Substrate Produced by Additive Manufacturing

Authors

  • Gurpreet Singh Phull  PhD Research Scholar, Department of Production and Industrial Engineering PEC University of Technology, Chandigarh, India
  • Sanjeev Kumar  Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering PEC University of Technology, Chandigarh, India
  • Ravinderjit Singh Walia  Professor,Department of Mechanical Engineering Delhi Technological University, Delhi, India

Keywords:

Electroforming; Fused Deposition Modeling; Additive Manufacturing; Nickle Plating

Abstract

Additive manufacturing is evolving as an important process in the product and tooling development as direct or indirect process in the recent decade. The hybrid processes are being experimented by using additive manufacturing for the development of a component, assembly, EDM electrode, inserts or moulds etc. The investigated work in this paper highlights the possible manufacturing defects surfaced during metal deposition on fused deposition produced modelling. The study is the compilation of the observations during the experimentation of deposition of nickel and copper on the plastic substrate for process parameters of electroforming. The challenges of the depositions are categorized in two parts (i) Problems due to the Process (ii) Problems due to the Design. The main process parameter influenced the quality of the deposition found are activation of the nonconductive plastic, current density, solution concentration and agitation of the bath. The design of the components to be plated requires special attention about sharp corners, edges, hidden area and vertical walls.

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2018-02-28

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Gurpreet Singh Phull, Sanjeev Kumar, Ravinderjit Singh Walia, " Electroforming Defects During Metal Deposition on Plastic Substrate Produced by Additive Manufacturing, International Journal of Scientific Research in Science and Technology(IJSRST), Online ISSN : 2395-602X, Print ISSN : 2395-6011, Volume 4, Issue 2, pp.1179-1188, January-February-2018.