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News Release from: Abssac | Subject: Solid gold electroforms
Edited by the Engineeringtalk Editorial
Team on 02 August 2005
Gold electroforming allows intricate
constructions
Drawing on more than 40 years of experience, a new patent pending electroforming technology allows Abssac to now supply solid gold electroforms.
Drawing on more than 40 years of experience, a new patent pending electroforming technology allows Abssac to now supply solid gold electroforms Electrodeposited products are formed by machining a precision mandrel to the shape of the desired form (or inside of the bellows) and then depositing the correct thickness of quality metal on to the mandrel
This article was originally published on Engineeringtalk on 22 Feb 2000 at 8.00am (UK)
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The mandrel is then dissolved away leaving the precision finished product behind.
Enabling the use of gold within applications has allowed some remarkable properties of the material to be exploited.
For example, gold is the most nonreactive of all metals.
It is benign in all natural and industrial environments.
Gold does not react with oxygen, which means it will not oxidise or tarnish.
Gold is among the most electrically conductive of all metals and is able to convey even a tiny electrical current in temperatures varying from -55 to +200C.
Gold is also the most reflective and least absorptive material of infra-red (or heat) energy.
High purity gold reflects up to 99% of infra-red rays but is it also an excellent conductor of thermal energy or heat.
Lastly, gold is ideal for invasive or implantable medical devices as it is one of the least rejected materials in the human body.
This unique combination of properties makes gold a vital component in many medical, industrial, and electrical applications.
By refining the gold electroforming technique Abssac can supply extremely intricate parts with unusual shapes, thin walls, deep crevices and other design features.
The electroforming process is especially crafted for tolerance-critical miniature parts and makes them suitable for both flexible bellows and rigid electroformed components.
The controlled electroforming process can also vary the wall thickness in different places on the same part for selective rigidity and flexibility allowing hollow parts with walls as thin as 12um for miniature applications including electrical bellows contacts and precision instrument applications. Request a free brochure from Abssac ...
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