Technical Articles

Umicore Metal Deposition Solutions has published these technical articles:

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Especially in energy-intensive hard chrome plating, the current electricity prices - as a result of various crises - have a particular impact on production costs. In many countries, companies are...
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A study conducted by GreenImpact, supported by federal Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Mobility Georges Gilkinet, shows enormous potential for the recycling and reuse of batteries for electric...
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The prices for rhodium and palladium have exploded over the last few years along with production costs. In order to be able to continue to serve the market, a rethink in surface plating is required....
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After only a few months, RHODUNA® PT has become an indispensable part of the product portfolio...
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Compex products or product segments comprehensibly prepared...
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DESTINY stands for Doctorate program on Emerging Battery Storage Technologies Inspiring Young Scientists....
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The problem of gold in bonding processes is widely known: As a rule, a minimum substrate temperature of 120 °C is necessary to achieve a good bond....
(Electrical, Optical, and Specialty Materials)
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Due to their skin compatibility, platinum coatings for medical applications have been established for years. More and more producers are switching to platinum coatings here due to the price of...
(Electrical, Optical, and Specialty Materials)
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The Battery Passport is key to facilitating the rapid scaling of sustainable, circular and responsible battery value chains to meet the targets of the Paris Agreement through electrification of the...
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Umicore has started to formally set out with a Sustainable IT program, focusing on energy management, reducing our environmental impact, cyber security, digital inclusion and sustainable sourcing of...
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The purpose of this study is to identify potential substitutes and to assess them in terms of colour, sulphidation resistance, perspiration resistance and wear resistance....
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CEO of Shinhao explains the benefits of IntraCu® electrolytes and more...
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Umicore: Dear Mr Bracher, why did you choose Umicore MDS, what attracted you most?...
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PCB manufacturer Piu-Printex calls the conversion of its plating processes ‚open-heart surgery‘. This was achieved over two consecutive weekends under pandemic conditions....
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Technical requirements of the industry have not been met so far...
(Electrical, Optical, and Specialty Materials)
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The additives allow a greatly reduced galvanic deposition in the run-off area of selectively coated connectors especially in high-speed systems....
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Until now, light gold layers were mostly only possible with the addition of nickel or cobalt...
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Protection right from the start for high-quality final surfaces...
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We asked Michael Herkommer where he sees the strengths but also the challenges for our business line as the new Head of Electroplating...
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The following table shows the property profiles of the silver electrolytes....
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RUTHUNA® is suitable as a final layer - but also shows its advantages as an unnoticeable intermediate layer...
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The clean energy revolution is replacing fossil fuels such as oil and gas with new and renewable energy sources. Aside from the usual forms of renewable energy like wind turbines, metals and minerals...
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With our PLATINODE® HC platinised titanium or niobium anode, which was specially developed for hard chrome processes and is manufactured using the highest-quality of all electrocatalytic coating...
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How to produce stressless copper...
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For the first time in 40 years, the EU has now reviewed the limit values for lead exposure in the workplace and lowered them by a factor of five. Member States now have two years to implement the new...