WO1999020813A1 - Procede de fabrication de cribles, squelettes associes et produits obtenus par leur moyen - Google Patents

Procede de fabrication de cribles, squelettes associes et produits obtenus par leur moyen Download PDF

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WO1999020813A1
WO1999020813A1 PCT/NL1998/000588 NL9800588W WO9920813A1 WO 1999020813 A1 WO1999020813 A1 WO 1999020813A1 NL 9800588 W NL9800588 W NL 9800588W WO 9920813 A1 WO9920813 A1 WO 9920813A1
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Johannes Korsse
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Stork Veco B.V.
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    • C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
    • C25—ELECTROLYTIC OR ELECTROPHORETIC PROCESSES; APPARATUS THEREFOR
    • C25D—PROCESSES FOR THE ELECTROLYTIC OR ELECTROPHORETIC PRODUCTION OF COATINGS; ELECTROFORMING; APPARATUS THEREFOR
    • C25D1/00—Electroforming
    • C25D1/08—Perforated or foraminous objects, e.g. sieves

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  • the present invention relates to a method of manufacturing a screen product having a screen pattern of openings separated by dykes (sometimes called lands) by causing a previously formed, electrically conducting initial skeleton to grow by means of metal deposition in an electrolysis bath containing a brightener, with exposure of the initial skeleton to incident flow, as well as to a skeleton for use in such a method and a product thus obtained.
  • a method of the type described above is known, for example, from European Patent Application EP-A1-0 164 149.
  • Said publication discloses a screen for screen printing which comprises a screen skeleton in the form of a fine gauze and a further metal layer electrolytically deposited thereon. Said screen has a fineness of between 250 and 1000 mesh (number of openings per linear inch) .
  • the object of the present invention is to manufacture screen products having adequate thickness (strength) , high mesh value and adequate throughflow.
  • the method of the type mentioned above according to the invention is characterized in that, prior to being caused to grow, the initial skeleton is such that or is arranged so that, during the growth, the flow through the initial skeleton is locally blocked.
  • the method according to the invention is based on the insight that, if the flow of bath liquid through the initial skeleton is not possible at certain locations or in certain areas during the further growth of the initial skeleton, the metal will deposit precisely at said locations or in said regions on the growth side of the initial skeleton because a "shelter" is present in the liquid flow there. In those regions, the metal deposition will therefore take place much more quickly than on the dykes of the initial skeleton, over which the bath liquid flows unimpeded. In the method according to the invention, it is therefore important that the liquid flow is or has been locally blocked.
  • an initial skeleton in which measures have already been taken in the skeleton itself to form such "shelter” locations during the electroforming, or additional blocking measures can be taken which are not associated with the skeleton itself, so that such "shelter” locations are created during the electroforming.
  • an initial skeleton is used, in which screen patterns of openings separated by dykes are separated from one another by a supporting grid of reinforcing webs (metal paths or tracks) whose width is greater than the width of the dykes of the screen pattern.
  • an initial skeleton is used which has been formed earlier, for example, by means of electroforming.
  • This preformed skeleton comprises, in addition to the dykes of the screen pattern which separate the openings, relatively wide supporting or reinforcing webs which separate such screen pattern regions and which provide the desired strength in the finished product.
  • the metal deposition takes place essentially on the wide supporting or reinforcing webs and not on the dykes of the screen pattern.
  • examples of such agents are butyndiol and ethylene cyanohydrin .
  • a forced flow of bath liquid of at least 0.005 m/s through the openings of the skeleton is applied, at least during a part of the electrolytic metal deposition.
  • a compound having properties of first-class and second-class brighteners is used in a concentration which is such, in relation to the Ah load, that the internal stress of the finished product decreases.
  • Such compounds having properties of both the first-class and second-class of brighteners are advantageously used in the method according to the invention.
  • An example thereof is PPS-OH.
  • Such an initial skeleton which is used in the method according to the invention can be obtained, for example, by providing a matrix with wide solid conducting webs in addition to the standard screen pattern. The skeleton is then manufactured electrolytically . Said skeleton is removed from the matrix and then subjected to electroplating according to the invention.
  • Specification 4 844 778 discloses a membrane and also a manufacturing method therefor, in which a thicker edge may be present in the finished product than in the rest of the product . Said edge also serves as reinforcement .
  • the method described therein is a photolithographic method which comprises a plurality of steps, 2 patterns having to be accurately positioned on top of one another.
  • local flow-blocking means are provided at least on the incident-flow side of the initial skeleton prior to causing the initial skeleton to grow further.
  • Suitable means thereof comprise, for example, photoresist webs or a grid of nonconducting material, such as a plastic.
  • the shape of the supporting grid in the initial skeleton and the pattern of the photoresist webs or the shape of the plastic grid are not critical. Of course, if a photoresist and the like is used, the metal of the initial skeleton must not be covered on the growth side because the desired metal growth cannot otherwise occur.
  • the finished screen product consequently comprises screen pattern regions having lower thickness than the thickness of the webs of the supporting grid.
  • the mesh value is generally in the region of 10-4000 mesh, the dimensions of the openings being in the region of 1-20 micrometres. That is to say, screens having a high fineness and small openings with adequate strength can be manufactured so that the screen products are suitable for industrial applications. Because of the low thickness, the screen product has a low resistance, which implies a low pressure drop and a high flux.
  • the ratio of the width of the dykes of the screen pattern to the width of the reinforcing webs is in the region of 1:2 to 1:10. It has been found that such a ratio is favourable for the different growth on the relatively wide webs of the supporting grid rather than on the dykes of the skeleton.
  • the abovementioned ratio also applies t o the other embodiments of the method according to the invention in which the initial skeleton is locally covered, for example, by photoresist webs or has been screened, for example, by a plastic mask.
  • the electrolytic bath may comprise the specific components, in particular brighteners, such as those described in the abovementioned Patent Specifications EP-B1-0 038 104, EP-B1-0 049 022 and EP-B1-0 492 731.
  • the invention furthermore relates to an initial skeleton for use in the method according to the invention.
  • a skeleton comprises regions having a pattern of openings separated by dykes, which regions are separated from one another by a grid of reinforcing webs whose width is greater than the width of the dykes of the screen pattern.
  • the invention also relates to an electroformed product which comprises such a skeleton or which has been manufactured by the method according to the invention.
  • the presence of the skeleton and the presence of the reinforcing webs in addition to the presence of "standard" product dykes in the final product are characteristic of the final product.
  • Figure 1 is a diagrammatic plan view of a screen product which has been manufactured with the aid of an embodiment of the method according to the invention.
  • Figure 2 is a partial cross section of the screen product shown in Figure 1.
  • Figure 1 shows a nickel screen product which has been manufactured according to an embodiment of the method according to the invention.
  • the screen product 1 comprises a number of screen patterns 2 which are separated by a supporting grid 3 of relatively wide reinforcing webs 4.
  • the patterns 2 comprise openings 5 which are separated by relatively narrow dykes 6.
  • the wide reinforcing webs 4 provide the product 1 with the required strength.
  • an enlarged diagrammatic cross section of a screen product obtained by the method according to the invention the wide reinforcing webs 4 have a greater thickness than the dykes 6.
  • the original skeleton, which forms part of the finished product is indicated by reference numeral 7 and shown hatched.
  • An initial skeleton having the characteristics stated in the table below is placed in a nickel sulphamate bath containing a compound having properties of first-class and second-class brighteners, for example PPS-OH, and is then grown.
  • the screen pattern used has a round grid in triangular bracing and having a mesh number of 570 (570 mesh) .
  • the supporting grid is a square grid having a mesh number of 17.
  • the method according to the invention is suitable both for manufacturing flat screen products and for manufacturing cylindrical screen products.
  • the method according to the invention can be advantageously coupled to a method of switched electroforming by which a skeleton having reinforcing webs with greater thickness than the dykes of the screen pattern can be obtained in just one step. Said skeleton can then be reinforced further with the aid of the method according to the invention.
  • a matrix having a first grid of electrically conducting webs, which grid is electrically insulated from a second grid of conducting webs.
  • the first grid is first connected to a current source and metal deposition takes place on said grid.
  • said metal deposition brings about an electrical connection with the second grid by lateral overgrowth, after which, if the electroforming is continued further, metal deposition will occur on both grids. Since metal deposition takes place longer on the first grid than on the second grid in this method, the metal deposits on the two grids have a different thickness.
  • a suitable skeleton which already comprises relatively wide and thick webs compared to the other metal deposits and which can be advantageously used in the method according to the invention as initial skeleton can thus be formed by a suitable design of the grids.

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Abstract

L'invention porte sur un procédé de fabrication de cribles (1) dont le dessin (2), qui comporte des ouvertures séparées par des 'digues' (6), est obtenue à partir d'un squelette (7) de départ électroconducteur qu'on épaissit par dépôt électrolytique de métal dans un bain à flux traversant contenant un agent de brillantage. On a découvert avec surprise que si avant le dépôt électrolytique le squelette était tel ou disposé de façon telle que pendant le processus d'épaississement le flux le traversant pouvait être localement bloquée, la croissance du métal était plus rapide dans les endroits où le flux était bloqué que dans les endroits où il était libre. On peut ainsi fabriquer des cribles d'une grande finesse, à pores étroits et d'une solidité idoine. L'invention porte également sur les squelettes associés au procédé et sur les produits comportant de tels squelettes.
PCT/NL1998/000588 1997-10-20 1998-10-14 Procede de fabrication de cribles, squelettes associes et produits obtenus par leur moyen WO1999020813A1 (fr)

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AU96530/98A AU9653098A (en) 1997-10-20 1998-10-14 Method of manufacturing a screen product, a skeleton for use in the method, and a product obtained in this way
EP98950513A EP1025286A1 (fr) 1997-10-20 1998-10-14 Procede de fabrication de cribles, squelettes associes et produits obtenus par leur moyen

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NL1007317 1997-10-20
NL1007317A NL1007317C2 (nl) 1997-10-20 1997-10-20 Werkwijze voor het vervaardigen van een zeefproduct, alsmede skelet voor toepassing bij de werkwijze, en een aldus verkregen product.

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EP1179614A3 (fr) * 2000-08-01 2003-01-02 Hewlett-Packard Company Mandrin pour l'électroformage de de plaques perforées
WO2004043659A1 (fr) * 2002-11-12 2004-05-27 Stork Prints B.V. Materiau de tamis, procede de fabrication dudit materiau et applications correspondantes
CN100473508C (zh) * 2002-11-12 2009-04-01 斯托克印刷公司 筛网材料及其制造方法和应用

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EP0038104A1 (fr) * 1980-04-15 1981-10-21 Stork Screens B.V. Procédé pour la production par électrolyse d'un tamis, et tamis obtenu par ce procédé
WO1997040213A1 (fr) * 1996-04-19 1997-10-30 Stork Veco B.V. Procede et matrice d'electroformage et produit ainsi obtenu

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EP0038104A1 (fr) * 1980-04-15 1981-10-21 Stork Screens B.V. Procédé pour la production par électrolyse d'un tamis, et tamis obtenu par ce procédé
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EP1179614A3 (fr) * 2000-08-01 2003-01-02 Hewlett-Packard Company Mandrin pour l'électroformage de de plaques perforées
US6586112B1 (en) 2000-08-01 2003-07-01 Hewlett-Packard Company Mandrel and orifice plates electroformed using the same
WO2004043659A1 (fr) * 2002-11-12 2004-05-27 Stork Prints B.V. Materiau de tamis, procede de fabrication dudit materiau et applications correspondantes
US7449248B2 (en) 2002-11-12 2008-11-11 Stork Prints B.V. Screen material manufacturing method and applications thereof
CN100473508C (zh) * 2002-11-12 2009-04-01 斯托克印刷公司 筛网材料及其制造方法和应用

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