Method for producing a plurality of plate shaped microstructured metal bodies
First Claim
1. In a method for producing a plurality of plate shaped metal bodies containing a microstructure from a single molding tool containing the microstructure and having a front surface from which the microstructure extends, which method includes producing a negative mold of the tool, the negative mold being of electrically insulating material and having a portion which conforms to the front surface of the tool, electrolytically filling the negative mold with a mass of metal which constitutes such a metal body, and removing the negative mold from the resulting metal body, the improvement wherein:
- said method comprises a preliminary step of releasably disposing a layer of electrically conductive material on the front surface of the tool; and
said step of producing a negative mold includes transferring the layer of electrically conductive material from the tool to the portion of the negative mold which conforms to the front surface of the tool.
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Abstract
In order to produce a plurality of plate shaped metal bodies containing a microstructure from a single molding tool constituting a master for the bodies, a negative mold is formed by filling the recesses in the microstructure of the tool with electrically insulating material and fastening to the insulating material an electrically conductive material which contacts the end faces of the microstructure of the tool.
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1. In a method for producing a plurality of plate shaped metal bodies containing a microstructure from a single molding tool containing the microstructure and having a front surface from which the microstructure extends, which method includes producing a negative mold of the tool, the negative mold being of electrically insulating material and having a portion which conforms to the front surface of the tool, electrolytically filling the negative mold with a mass of metal which constitutes such a metal body, and removing the negative mold from the resulting metal body, the improvement wherein:
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said method comprises a preliminary step of releasably disposing a layer of electrically conductive material on the front surface of the tool; and said step of producing a negative mold includes transferring the layer of electrically conductive material from the tool to the portion of the negative mold which conforms to the front surface of the tool. - View Dependent Claims (2)
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3. In a method for producing a plurality of plate shaped metal bodies containing a microstructure from a single molding tool containing the microstructure, the microstructure having at least one recess and the tool having a front surface to which the microstructure and the at least one recess exend, which method includes producing a negative mold of the tool, the negative mold being composed at least in part of electrically insulating material, electrolytically filling the negative mold with a mass of metal which constitutes such a metal body, and removing the negative mold from the resulting metal body, the improvement wherein:
said step of producing a negative mold comprises forming the negative mold to have a first portion of electrically insulating material which fills all recesses in the tool and extends not beyond the front surface of the tool and a second portion which is electrically conductive, covers, and conforms to, the front surface of the tool, and is joined to the first portion. - View Dependent Claims (4, 5, 6)
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