Citation:
Peter Xia, Heather Almond and Sue Impey. Investigation of pre and post plating surface roughness of electroless nickel phosphorus coated substrate for diamond turning application. 16th International Conference of the European Society for Precision Engineering and Nanotechnology, 30 May - 3 June 2016, Nottingham, UK.
Abstract:
In an overarching project to reduce the number of defects found in electroless nickel phosphorus alloy (EN-P) coatings on large
diamond-turned components used in the next generation of reel-to-reel (R2R) printing stations, the significance of the coating
surface on achieving a wear resistant and optically smooth surface has been investigated. This paper presents an investigation that
focuses on the substrate roughness variation achieved through different pre-treatment methods prior to coating using a
commercial plating solution. It looks at the number of features observed pre and post plating. The results provide some suggestions
with respect to the diamond machining of a 100 micron thick EN-P coating.