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Real-time Internal Stress of Nickel Sulfamate Electroform (니켈쌀파메이트 전주층의 실시간 잔류응력)

  • Kim I.;Kang K.;Lee J.;Kwon S.C.;Kim M.;Lee J.Y.
    • Journal of Surface Science and Engineering
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    • v.38 no.1
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    • pp.14-20
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    • 2005
  • The control of internal stress is extremely important in electroforming because of the deliberately low adhesion between the electro form and the mandrel. Excessive tensile or compressive stress can cause distortion, separation problem, curling, peeling or separation of electroform prematurely from the mandrel, buckling and blistering. Nickel sulfamate bath has been widely used in electroforming because of its low internal stress and moderate hardness. In this study, real-time stress sensor has been used for stress control in chloride-free nickel sulfamate bath for 400 mm x 300 mm x 500 ㎛ nickel electroform. It was found that compressive stress found at low current density indicated the contamination of electrolyte, which is very useful in procuring buckling and peeling of electroform. No compressive stress is allowed for plate electroform. The real-time stress can also be used for accurate stress control of nickel electroform. The tensile stress was found to be increased slightly with increase in nickel electroform thickness, i.e., from initial 1.47 ksi to 2.02 ksi at 320 ㎛.

Effect of Electrolysis Condition on Mechanical Property of Ni Electrodeposits (니켈 도금층의 기계적 성질에 미치는 전해조건의 영향)

  • Kang, Soo Young;Lee, Jeong Ja;Yang, Seung Gi;Hwang, Woon Suk
    • Journal of Surface Science and Engineering
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    • v.48 no.2
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    • pp.62-67
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    • 2015
  • Nickel is a commercially important and versatile element in electroplating. The applications of nickel electroplating fall into three main categories: decorative, functional and electroforming. In decorative applications, electroplated nickel is most often applied in combination with electrodeposited chromium. Nickel is deposited on surfaces to improve corrosion and wear resistance or modify magnetic and other properties. Electroforming is electroplating applied to the fabrication of products of various kinds. Nickel is deposited onto a substrate and then removed from it to create a part made entirely of nickel. In this study, mechanical property of Ni electrodeposits in various manufacturing condition such as temperature, current density, pH and electrolyte content, was investigated to understand effect of electrolysis condition on mechanical property. Vickers hardness increased as the temperature and pH increased and current density and electrolyte content decreased and pH increased. The results were explained by cathode overvoltage and hydrogen evolution.

A Study on the Truing of Diamond Wheel for Micro V-shaped Groove Grinding (마이크로 V홈 연삭가공을 위한 다이아몬드숫돌의 V형상 트루잉에 관한 연구)

  • Lee, Joo-Sang
    • Journal of the Korean Society for Precision Engineering
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    • v.22 no.9 s.174
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    • pp.27-33
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    • 2005
  • This study deals with the truing of diamond wheel fur the manufacture of micro v-shaped grooves with fine sharp edges in the grinding. Fine micro v-shaped grooves are key components to fabricate LGP(light guide plate), optical fiber connector and so on. Conventional v-shaped groove methods such as etching and lithography are difficult to make grooves with accuracy and cutting by lathe is difficult to select target materials. Therefore, as a preliminary stage to developing the grinding technology that will be expected fabrications for micro 3-dimensional structure of high effectivity and accuracy and freed up the restrictions of machinability to the materials for micro v-shaped grooves, truing is carried out with resin bond diamond wheel and electroforming diamond wheel using a cup-type truer. From the experimental results, it is found that the effects according to working direction of the cup-type truer and the restrainable methods of plastic deformation that is generated at wheel edge are examined. As a result, fine micro v-shaped diamond wheel was obtained, which are applicable to micro grinding for optical devices.