Servometer manufactures many specialty electroforms which normal electroplating companies cannot produce. Our electroforms can be made with unusual shapes, and close tolerances. They are lightweight with a rugged structural rigidity.
Servometer Electroforms forms are produced by electrodepositing a thin layer of nickel onto an aluminum mandrel of any shape, then chemically dissolving the aluminum, leaving behind a thin shell of tough nickel, which is the electroform. Servometer has perfected this electroplating process over the years while producing millions of metal bellows, using the same technique.
Some advantages of Servometer electroforms:
- Light-weight combined with high toughness
- Limitless geometries are possible, even with varying cross sections
- They are manufacturable with varying wall
thickness in a single part
- Electroforms can be made integral with our bellows, eliminating the need for soldering or soldering
- Diameters as small as 0.020 in.
- Close internal tolerances
- Extreme temperatures as low as -423°F below zero
Servometer can supply electroforms, which range from 0.020 in. to 8 in. cross section. Even larger parts are possible, for certain geometries. Typically, Servometer electroforms are nickel, but copper and gold are also available as a complete part, with lamina or a surface finish. Mirror finishes and low reflectance coatings can be provided as required.
