What makes our plastic pretreatment special

Plating on plastic pretreatment
Conventional

- Outstanding economic efficiency
- Lowest Palladium consumption
- Made for short cycle times
- Can be integrated into direct metallization lines
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Etching (chromium-sulfuric acid)

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Etching (chromium-sulfuric acid)

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Etching (chromium-sulfuric acid)

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Etching (chromium-sulfuric acid)

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Rinsing

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Rinsing

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Rinsing

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Reduction

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Rinsing

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Rinsing

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Pre-dip hydrochloric acid

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Activator

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Rinsing

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Rinsing

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Accelerator 2C

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Accelerator 1C

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Rinsing

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Rinsing

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Electroless Nickel

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Electroless Nickel

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Rinsing

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Immersion Copper

SCROLL / SWIPE
HESSOPLAST®
Example plant representation

A look behind the scenes. Minimum space requirement with maximum success . Our system requirements.
HESSOPLAST®
ABS + PC (Etched)

Features / Benefits:
- Extremely high stability
- Sodium bisulfite - free
- No unpleasant odors
- High tolerance to introduction into the activator
- Long service life
HESSOPLAST®
Reduction
ABS + PC (Activated)

Features / Benefits:
- Unmatched activity
- One activator step for all plastics as well as 1 and 2K components
- Lowest Pd consumption / batch concentration 22 - 25mg/l Pd for all plastics
- Extremely high stability against Cr6+ introduction (stable up to 1000 mg/l Cr6+)
HESSOPLAST®
Activator for both 1K and 2K
ABS + PC (Accelerated)

Features / Benefits:
- High tolerance to carryover in the chemical Ni process HESSOPLAST PL-H
- Free from hard complexing agents
- Extremely long service life as a 1K accelerator
HESSOPLAST®
Accelerator for 1K component parts
ABS + PC (Accelerated)

Features / Benefits:
- Excellent selectivity
- High tolerance to carryover in the chemical Ni process HESSOPLAST PL-H
- Free from hard complexing agents
- Control of selectivity via combination of analyzable promoter additive & oxidizing agent
HESSOPLAST®
Accelerator for 2K components
ABS + PC (nickel plated)

Features / Benefits:
- Very easy to handle
- Significantly reduced ammonia consumption
(Reduction of about 90%)
- Virtually unlimited service life
- Stable even at higher temperatures
- All additives can be analyzed on site (titration, photometer or AAS/ICP)
HESSOPLAST®
High-speed electroless nickel
ABS + PC
(IC copper)

Features / Benefits:
- Significant improvement in conductivity and adhesion
- Suppresses defects such as streaking & milkiness (after Cu)
- Suitable for permanent operation
- Extreme service life, up to 4 weeks in 24/7 operation
HESSOPLAST®
Immersion Copper

Our plastic pretreatment. Anything but classic.
HESSOPLAST®
ABS + PC (Etched)

Features / Benefits:
- Cleaning and pre-wetting the plastic
- PFOS - Free (Complies with all applicable restrictions and regulations on PFOA substances)
- Outstanding stability
- No sludge formation, direct addition of the concentrated product possible
- Stable surface tension