Technology

ESM - Electroless SilverMix

Traditionally, there have been two main wet-chemical methods to deposit silver films: galvanic methods and immersion methods.

Galvanic methods are used when a thick film is necessary, but where demands on conformal coatings are low. Immersion methods, on the other hand, are used when an evenly distributed silver film is required. The drawback with immersion methods, however, is that film-thickness is limited to approximately 0.2µm. Hence; it has historically been impossible to deposit thick silver films with an even surface distribution, especially on complex geometries.

Polymer Kompositer's break-through ESM-technology take the best part of each of the traditional deposition techniques for silver, but has eliminated their drawbacks. Hence, silver deposition with ESM allows for conformal depositions of any desired thickness. In addition, the ESM technology yields silver films with superior performance at a highly competitive price.

Polymer Kompositers products ESM100, ESM200, ESM400 and ESM500 are all based on the ESM technology and further optimized for their respective application areas.

Read more about the ESM technology in the ESM brochure.

Pulse

The pulse technology was developed with the demands of the Microwave Industry in mind. Meeting these high demands, the Ag – Pulse delivers performance superior any other pulse process on the market.

Polymer Kompositer's product for pulse plating of silver virtually eliminates all edge effects. Ag – Pulse has proven to save as much as 40% in silver consumption and 30% in processing time when plating on complex geometries such as base station filters for the telecom industry.

C3

C3 is a patented production technology for microwave components. Its application, above all, is for production of filter housings for base stations in cellular communication networks.

C3 is based on a so called lost core technology which makes it possible to produce hollow components in one piece. In combination with the extreme tolerances achievable with the process, this means that any post processing operations are unnecessary. Filters, waveguides and other microwave components get their exact electrical properties right away, without tuning.

For base station filters for cellular infrastructures this is a small revolution since the trimming stands for up to half of the total production cost. This cost can be eliminated when implementing C3 instead of traditional manufacturing processes.

Polymer Kompositer are currently collaborating with one of the world's leading telecom companies for C3. Read more about C3 or contact us for more information!