Introduction Medical devices are required to function flawlessly in noisy hospital environment or in wide range of home or doctor’s office settings. This issue is widely recognized as sizable concern by medical device manufacturers, its industry association and US federal government. Demand for smaller, more compact devices and lighter weight … [Read more...]
Plated Plastic Antenna and Waveguide Systems
The use of plated plastic in antenna systems and waveguides is expanding due to several advantages that plated plastic offers, such as: Lighter weight compared to aluminum and other metals, which is especially important in many applications, especially in aircraft and space based systems. More complex design that can be achieved with … [Read more...]
Cybershield EMI Shielding Capabilities
Since 1987, Cybershield has served electronic equipment manufacturers as a full service, quality based supplier of functional and decorative metal coatings on plastics, which are finished to customer specifications and used to address a wide range of engineering needs, including: EMI/RFI Shielding ESD Control RF & Microwave … [Read more...]
EMI Shielding – Supply Chain Management & Cost Reduction
Managing the supply chain to produce low cost components and assemblies to meet engineering requirements needs multiple suppliers with the requisite skills or just one supplier that has all the required capabilities under one roof. For electronic equipment manufacturers, they need suppliers with capabilities including: Injection … [Read more...]
Plating Plastic Design Guidelines
As with resin selection, plastic part design is critical to successful application. There are design approaches that should be avoided if possible. Another issue includes inserts, which can be molded into the part or installed by heat staking or ultrasonic insertion prior to or after plating. If specifying 100 micro-inches (2.5 µm), … [Read more...]
Plating on Plastic Resin Selection
Plating on plastic technology was first developed in the mid 1980's to improve EMI shielding of electronic devices. A number of "plateable" resins such as ABS and Polycarbonate/ABS blends were developed at that time by resin manufacturers to enable plating on plastic. Since then, there has been significant advancements in the technology. Today, a … [Read more...]
