Coating Ti onto other metals is a challenge for sure. There are many unsuccessful attempts to plate them.
In our manufacturing process, we used a lot Ti sheet metal to manufacture anodizing racks
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The big portion of thecost for these type of racks is Ti metal. At the same time, Ti is limited by its current carring capacity. It would be great if we can get lower cost Ti coated Cu sheet metal or rods.
Here are my questions:
- Since conventional water based plating does not work for Ti? Is there any other plating method (in organic or molten solution)?
- How about other coating method (like CVD or PVD, vacuum sputtering)? Can other methods coat Ti onto Cu?
Thank you.