In order to meet customers’ special needs for PEEK performance, the company’s R&D department has successfully developed a PEEK surface electroplating process, which can be divided into: chemical plating and electroplating. At present, the metal coatings that can be used for electroplating on the PEEK surface are: gold, silver, copper, nickel, and chromium.
Since PEEK high-performance special engineering plastics have good insulation properties, the surface resistance value of PEEK can reach 103 ohms through the composite modification process, and the surface resistance of PEEK can reach tens of ohms through the PEEK surface plating process, which can better meet customers’ application needs for PEEK under harsh conditions. In particular, it can meet some special industry applications that require conductivity, dielectric strength, and signal shielding.
At present, the thickness of the electroplated coating on the PEEK surface of our company can be 0.03-0.013mm, the chemical plating coating on the PEEK surface is uniform, has strong adhesion, and the conductivity can reach 100%. The neutral salt spray test can reach 12,000 hours.