ULTRASONIC PROCESS FOR AUTOCATALYTIC DEPOSITION OF METAL

摘要

-25- A process for depositing a metal on a material comprising the steps of connecting a signal generator to a first transducer and a second transducer, placing the materia l in an autocatalytic plating bath comprising the metal, coupling the first transduc er to the plating bath; coupling the second transducer to the material, driving the first transducer with the signal generator and applying a first vibratory signal to the plating bath using the first transducer; driving the second transducer with the signal generator; and applying a second vibratory signal to the material using the second transducer. This process results in the autocatalytic plating bath depositing the metal on the material in a controlled and substantially uniform thickness. The material can be selected from Nylon, Kevlar, Zylon and aramid fibers, and the metal can be silver.