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OXYGEN- FREE ELECTROLYTIC COPPER CLIPPINGS (99.99%) FOR COPPER PLATING PROCESS.
THE PRODUCT IS MADE BY A STANDARD COPPER SMELTING PROCESS AND THEN DRAWN INTO BARS AND CUT INTO BILLETS.
THE PRODUCT IS USED FOR ELECTRO- PLATING OF ROTOGRAVURE PRINTING CYLINDERS.
THE COPPER IS DISSOLVED IN A SULPHURIC ACID SOLUTION IN A BESPOKE BATH. ELECTRICITY IS PASSED THROUGH THE SYSTEM AND COPPER IS PLATED ON THE PRINTING CYLINDER WHICH IS ACTING AS A CATHODE IN THE ELECTROPLATING SYSTEM. THE PLATED CYLINDER IS THEN ENGRAVED WITH AN INTAGLIO PRINTING IMAGE.