​Surface Metallization

ThermoPlating (a Trademark of Microbonds) is a revolutionary New Technology for Surface Metallization that is "Cleaner and Leaner". The coating material by Microbonds is applied and cured using a specially designed system. It is a low cost of ownership process that aligns well with corporate GREEN Initiatives. Silver-on-copper, silver-on-aluminum, silver-on-stainless, silver-on-nitinol, gold-on-tungsten, palladium-on-copper, palladium-on-silver are a few of the combinations that have been tested.

​​​Benefits of ThermoPlating technology:

• ​Elimination of entire electroplating facility
• ​Reduced energy consumption
• Drawing + cleaning + annealing + plating combined into one system 
• Small equipment footprint with lower manpower & facilities overhead
• No water usage or waste water emission
• Clean air emissions
• Metals cost reduction, by close to 100% metal utilization
• Significantly reduced regulatory overhead
• Fast, flexible product changeover
• Ability to change coating thickness on-the-fly
• Pin-hole free coatings with less metal thickness compared to electroplating
• Coating other base metals directly (e.g. stainless steel, aluminum, tungsten...)
• Metallizing plastics for EMI shielding
• ​Plating directly onto substrates that are traditionally difficult to electroplate, enabling new and improved products

Silver coated copper wire on spool