Present Research Situation and New Trends of Electroforming

The basic principle and technological methods of electroforming are briefly described. With the progress in materials, processes and equipment, electroforming has got a considerable development. It is increasingly combined with other technologies, such as assembling electrotype, fabrication of MEMS, LIGA, etc. The shortcomings of electroforming technologies at present stage are also pointed out. As an inter-disciplinary subject area, electroforming will be widely developed and applied.