Jewelry, fashion and consumer goods industries require a perfect surface quality as the purpose of the piece is mainly aesthetic and the value of the piece depends on a good looking.
Most of the products we use daily both with very shiny surface, matt or painted has been processed to be smooth enough and aesthetically-pleasing products. Most of them requires additionally a surface easy to clean, water resistant, lightweight and affordable. And in case of accessories, watches and jewels in contact with the skin they should be hypoallergenic to avoid adverse reactions on the skin.
Together with abrasive polishing, buffing, painting and plating, electropolishing is one of the finishing techniques utilized on aesthetic parts. Those industries have evolved during the last years with new materials and processes to produce large quantities requiring homogeneity and standardization of batches and automation to finish the parts cost and time-effectively.
In addition, complex geometries in jewels and aesthetic metal parts are hard to polish with traditional automated polishing methods. Polishing each piece by hand not only involves a greater investment of time and resources, but can also have a negative impact on the health of the professional who carries it out.
DLyte offers novel surface finishing solutions based on dry electropolishing and passive layer electropolishing to overcome challenges of the production of aesthetic parts as standardization, quality and cost.