Metalcoating is a newly developed coating process by Alphaform. It is now part of our product portfolio.

By applying a defined coat of a copper and nickel composite, the assembly parts of any plastic can be substantially altered and improved. The metal coating layers present homogenous coatings in all areas even in complex structures. Before the assembly parts are produced, the required metal coating layers which are needed for strengthening are evaluated. The part is then scaled to the selected coating thickness to guarantee accuracy to size.

Metal coated parts are composites consisting of 3 material components.  The metal volume content of the applied metal coating layer is in direct relation to the increase in consistency of the produced assembly part.  The properties of aluminium die casting, Proto Tool 20L which is a widely used STL material, and metal coating are shown in the attached table.  It shows the mechanical abilities of metal coating assembly parts in relation to their metal volume.