Electroplating Plastic for Superiror EMI Shielding

Electroplating PlasticCybershield electroplates plastic resins, steel, copper and copper alloys.

  • Capability complements Cybershield industry leading electroless plating plastic know-how.
  • Cybershield can now deposit metal thicknesses up to 0.003" (75 µm) onto plastics and selected metals.
  • Electroless plating is typically limited to plating thicknesses of less than 400 micro-inches (10.0 µm), electroplating plastic can cost effectively build metal thicknesses to almost any thickness requirement you have.
    • Added copper & nickel thickness offered by electroplating provides superior EMI shielding over full EMI RFI range from less than 10 KHz to over 10 GHz frequency
    • Provides highly durable coating due to added metal thickness - offers outstanding resistance to corrosion and abrasion in harshest operating conditions, including military and industrial applications.

Contact Cybershield to review your requirements or to discuss design options.  We will promptly respond to your phone or email inquiry and provide technical assistance to help you design a cost effective product design.

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Resin Selection is Important for Successful Plastic Plating Application

Table below list many of the plastic resins that are plateable (not total list but includes major plateable resin families).  Contact Cybershield to review your plating plastic requirements and to determine if the resin you plan to specify is plateable.  

Polycarbonate ABS
Polycarbonate/ABS Blend Polyetherimide (Ultem)
Polyphthalamide (Nylon) Polystyrene
Polyethersulfone (PES) Polypropylene
Polyetheretherketon (PEEK) Noryl
Liquid Crystal Polymers (LCP) Graphite and Graphite-Epoxy Composites

Cybershield can produce electroplating plastic parts up to 27 inches X 60 inches X 20 inches in its automated plating line.

Cybershield supports customer production requirements and streamlines supply chain with Turnkey Manufacturing Services:
  • Injection Molding
  • Plastic Metallization
  • Mechanical Assembly Services
  • Automated assembly
  • Full project turnkey responsibility where we will take your specification and will have all the components tooled and produced.
Our applications specialists are ready to support your next EMI RFI shielding requirement project from conception through production.Contact Cybershield for Technical Specifications, EMI & RFI shielding effectiveness data, Process Capability, and Application Assistance.