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In the 5G era, the rise of plastics, the second session of the mobile phone plastic shell technology2018-06-30

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On June 30, 2018, Shenzhen Guanlan Graun Sky Hotel, Aibang Polymer, 500+ mobile phone plastic structural parts industry chain industry friends gathered together to hold an industry research forum with the theme of plastic shell (IMT, composite sheet) Talk about how the plastic casing evolved to meet the technical needs of the 5G era.

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There are 52 terminals, processing 119, raw material manufacturers 147 consumables 33, equipment 70 research institutes and 5 other.

The discussion forum focused on two major issues of IMT and composite sheeting, including content trends in mobile terminal color, PC/PMMA composite sheet molding, UV resin and shower equipment, IMT process and product advantages, IMT automation production, etc. Xiaobian announced for everyone:


I. Guest report

1. "AkzoNobel E13 color trend color trend report"
Share Guest: Akzo Nobel Color Trend Expert Li Xiaolei

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Figure Akzo Nobel color trend expert Ms. Li Xiaolei speech sharing

Ms. Li Xiaolei, Akzo Nobels color trend expert, shared with AkzoNobels unique insights on color trends and deciphered AkzoNobels color trends from humanities, nature and life. Different regions and different groups of people have different preferences and understandings of colors. Akzo Nobel extracted subtle changes in color trends and applied them to various products to enhance the color texture and make them more close to consumers preferences.

2. "UV Transfer Material and Texture Design"

Share Guest: Huizhou Deyouwei Electronic Material Co., Ltd. He Xiaoqing

Mr. He of Huizhou Deyouwei Electronic Materials Co., Ltd. brought you a wonderful sharing of UV transfer and composite plate high pressure forming process. Mr. He introduced that UV transfer is a key process for composite panels or 3D glass foils, which directly affects the rendering of optical textures.

Deyouwei Electronic Materials is dedicated to the development of UV transfer technology, and has developed a special UV glue to meet the large demand for composite phone back cover. Deyouwei has been developing UV transfer adhesives since 2008. It has more than 10 years of experience in UV adhesive development and its products have passed rigorous testing.

3. Comparison of the application of IMT, IML and IMR in mobile phones

Share Guest: Junda Plastic Electronics (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd. Technical Director Cai Yuqun

Quanda Plastic Electronics Co., Ltd. first introduced the difference comparison between the three processes of IMR/IML/IMT, and then focused on the development and application of the Qantas IMT process on the back cover of mobile phones. General Manager Cai introduced that the traditional IMT process has this name in China in 2006. In fact, it is similar to the IMR process written in Japan. At that time, the process was equivalent to the IML process to remove the color carrier PET layer, leaving the color layer on the plastic part. The curvature of the product is not large, and the value is not rich enough (basically only silk screen, color layer, metal color are rare). The new IMT process combines the most popular 3D optical texture + PVD decoration method with a higher color value and greater curvature than the traditional one.

MT process is long, and each link needs to work closely to achieve high yield requirements. The Gundam IMT process is as follows:

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Figure Qunda IMT Process

4. Material selection and application of 2.5D and 3D composite sheets

Share Guest: General Manager of Sichuan Longhua Photoelectric Film Co., Ltd.
Longhua Film shared with you the principle and key performance indicators of solid metal color rendering of composite sheets. The principle of solid metal color rendering of composite sheet: it is the stereoscopic color produced by the interference and diffraction of visible light by the underlying regular microprism structure. Core plate index parameters: retroreflection coefficient, the higher the material retroreflection coefficient, the better the color rendering effect. Of course, there are general parameters such as transmittance and haze.

In response to the shortage of composite boards, Longhua Film plans to increase production capacity by 400,000 large/monthly (8 million square meters/year) and achieve a total capacity of 700,000 sheets/month (13 million square meters/year). In the third quarter of this year, a new production line was added to achieve an additional capacity of 4 million square meters per year. Another production line will be added in the first quarter of next year, with an additional capacity of 4 million square meters.

5. "High-speed air forming composite cover process dynamics"

Share Guest: Business Manager of Dongguan Xinqiaolian Composite Materials Technology Co., Ltd.

Today, Xinqiaolian has always brought you a wonderful sharing of IMD high-pressure molding equipment. The new fourth generation of the new bridge IMD high-pressure molding equipment has been released, and I have always focused on sharing and recommending this new equipment.

The fourth generation of IMD high voltage equipment was upgraded in the following aspects:

1) Drive power upgrade: After the upgrade, the motion accuracy is improved, the motion positioning and speed can be adjusted numerically; the mold clamping and mold opening speed is faster, and the energy is more energy-saving than the transmission motor;

2) Oil system upgrade: After the upgrade, the oil circuit is optimized to run more stably, the oil quantity control is more precise, the movement is more stable, and the oil path heat is smaller;

3) Temperature control system upgrade: before the upgrade: solid state relay, traditional thermostat single point control; after upgrade: temperature module control. The temperature control is more stable after the upgrade, and the temperature accuracy is ±2 °C;

4) IR baking system power upgrade: After the upgrade, the IR baking system has faster entry and exit speed and digital adjustment. The IR baking system has smoother entry and exit, and the speed is controllable and easy to control and is formed in the best peak of the softening point of the material glass.

The fourth generation of IMD high-pressure forming equipment is equipped with an automated robot to replace manual feeding and taking products, saving manual automation.

Dongguan Xinqiaolian Composite Material Technology Co., Ltd. was founded in 2007. In December 2017, Dongguan Xinqiaolian Composite Materials Technology Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as: Xinqiaolian Composite Materials Technology) was reorganized and established with a registered capital of RMB 5 million. The company focuses on the field of high-pressure molding of composite sheets.

6. "3D spraying anti-fingerprint hardening process full program"

Share Guest: Shenzhen Zhiyu Materials Technology Co., Ltd. Vice President of Sales Xiong Heyu

Zhiyu is committed to customizing new equipment for the AFHC process, providing solutions for new processes and accelerating user mass production. Zhiyu Company provides customers with complete solutions such as processing and manufacturing and technology transfer. Today, Zhiyu Xiong always brings you a wonderful sharing of AFHC technology.


The AFHC process is an anti-fingerprint + hardened coating, which is the key process for composite panels and IMT mobile phone back covers. 

By optimizing the process, Zhiyu adopts the AFC process of 3D spraying to make the hot-bending board process such as 3D glass completely reduce the product cost; in the process of ink technology development, it has the possibility of directly adopting ink instead of texture + PVD process. 

7. "Introduction to IMT Special Materials for Mobile Phone Back Cover"

Share Guest: Deputy General Manager of China Plastic New Materials Co., Ltd. Yang Jianjun

With the rapid development of IMT mobile phone back cover technology, various raw material manufacturers have strengthened the development of special materials for IMT injection mobile phone back cover. Today, Mr. Yang, a new material of China Plastics, shared with us the special materials of China Plastics IMT. This special material has excellent performance indicators and effectively promotes the improvement of IMT process yield in the industry.

The performance indicators of China Plastic IMT special materials are as follows:

1) IMT injection molding, drop weight test after spraying, 200g/1m falling ball test: standard 1 time, measured falling ball 5 times without cracking;

2) IMT injection, spray high temperature and high humidity (65 ° C, 95% RH, 48H), thermal shock (-40 ° C, +70 ° C, 48 H), the sheet does not fall off, deformation, cracking

8. Introduction to High Wear-Resistant, Anti-Fingerprint UV Resin for IMT Coating

Share Guest: Zhongshan Jieshida Fine Chemical Co., Ltd. Zheng Chunyan

UV hardening is an important process in the manufacture of composite sheets or IMT back covers. The UV hardening layer is the outermost layer of the back cover of the mobile phone, which is directly in contact with the consumer. The hardness and wear resistance of the UV layer directly affect the durability of the back cover. The UV layer is not hard enough or hard enough but the adhesion is insufficient, which may cause the UV coating to detach.

Jieshida UA-1117 nano-modified high wear-resistant, anti-fingerprint UV resin is dedicated to solving the problem of UV coating on the board. UA-1117 is a high-functionality UV-reactive resin containing nano-particle modification. The UV-curable coating film based on it has very high surface hardness and excellent steel wool abrasion resistance. It is recommended for high hardness. Highly wear resistant PET, PC, PMMA hardened.

9. "IMT Automation Process Implementation"

Share Guest: General Manager of Dongguan Lichao Precision Machinery Co., Ltd.

Mr. Hu shared with you the advantages of IMT process that brought together a variety of decorative processes, adopted the advantages of IML process in FILM, and absorbed the advantages of IMR process injection into in-mold transfer. The emergence of IMT process will replace the current industry spray. Oil, UV varnish, electroplating, vacuum color plating, silk screen printing, pad printing and transfer printing, etc., will drive the innovation of the product appearance industry.

IMT technology is more complicated than traditional IML in the process flow, and there are more processes in the latter stage. In the current low yield, the industry needs to increase the throughput of the process by strengthening the automated production, further reducing the product cost for large-scale application. Lichao Precision has developed research and development on IMT production equipment, and has introduced a variety of equipment and can cooperate with robots to adapt to IMT automation production.

10. Progress in the Latest Application of High Pressure Composite Panels

Share Guest: Dongguan Zhenyu Mould Plastic Industry Co., Ltd. General Manager Gao Peiliang

In the next few years, the proportion of plastic mobile phone casings will account for more than 50%. 5G and wireless charging environment + cost control, plastic materials are preferred, and the total demand for plastic products in the future will be more than 3.5. A huge market capacity of more than 100 million pieces!

At present, there is a lack of supplier resources. The 3D composite sheet metal technology mobile phone back cover is currently in short supply and widely used. The market has two major business opportunities:

1) Continue to drive the development of related equipment manufacturers, such as orders for equipment such as UV transfer machines, screen printing machines, high-pressure molding machines, etc.;

2) Pulling the development of related raw material manufacturers, such as professional ink, UV glue, PMMA/PC sheet, UV shower and hard liquid, optical coating material manufacturers continue to benefit.

In order to cope with the insufficient capacity of the composite sheet process back cover, Zhenyus production workshop will be more than doubled and will be in the process of repairing and debugging. Zhenyu actively participates in the process improvement of composite sheets, such as the use of color dyeing process, instead of expensive coating processing; and the introduction of roll-to-roll automatic UV transfer and roll-to-roll plating processing, further reducing manufacturing costs and providing product quality.

Dongguan Zhenyu Mould Plastic Industry Co., Ltd. is one of the companies invested by “Jinyu Technology (International) Co., Ltd.” registered in Hong Kong in 2005. It has a modern production base in Fenggang Town, Dongguan City, Guangdong Province. It is about 15,000 square meters and the talent team is about 500 people. For 13 years, Zhenyu has been focusing on the research and development and manufacturing of new technologies for deepening plastic surface decoration.

11. "Application of topping and hardening on the phone cover"

Share Guest: Shenzhen Huiwanchuan Plastic Film Co., Ltd. Zhao Wei

Shenzhen Huiwanchuan Plastic Film Co., Ltd. is the only agent manufacturer of Sumitomo PMMA/PC composite sheet in China. Huiwanchuan carries out post-processing and processing on Sumitomo composite sheet to make it wear-resistant and resistant. Performance indicators such as salt spray, boiled water, 100-test, high temperature resistance and impact resistance meet the requirements of terminal mobile phone customers. Huiwanchuan has accumulated more than three years of research and development in the field of composite sheet coating and hardening. It has accumulated rich industrialization experience in the surface hardening of PMMA/PC composite board. From hardening liquid to coating line, Huiwanchuan Company Independent research and development.

General Zhao introduced that since the sheet is vertically sprayed, the coating thickness of the product is unevenly distributed from top to bottom. The production process requires timely and accurate detection of the film thickness, so that the production parameters of the coating are in accordance with the film thickness requirements. The process flow of Huiwanchuan coating is as follows:

12. "PVD Coating Efficiency and Yield Improvement Program"

Share Guest: Sheng Xiang Optoelectronics Coating Director Yao Qiang (Zhenhua Technology Consultant)

Mr. Yao shared with you the samples of the back cover of the IMT/IML gradient coating, which showed a variety of different coating effects. Incorporating the physical copy, Yao introduced to you that the basic principle of the cool optical texture currently applied to composite panels or IMT processes is based on optical interference. When light passes through a layered medium such as an optical film, reflected light and transmitted light from different interfaces generate interference of light in the direction of incidence and reflection of light. By utilizing this interference phenomenon, the interference of the light is artificially controlled by changing characteristics such as the material and its thickness, and the redistribution of the light energy is realized as needed to cause a continuously changing spectral color upon visual observation. Using this principle, it is possible to design a corresponding film system for the optical texture effects of various mobile phone back covers.

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Share the IMT/IML gradient coating products shared by Yao Qiang

Mr. Yao believes that under the trend of composite boards and IMT becoming increasingly popular, coating is becoming one of the factors limiting production capacity, and the winding plating scheme is an excellent coating solution for mass production and production capacity. According to reports, Zhenhua winding plating equipment can be stabilized at 1000m2/day, with uniformity and repeatability. After continuous design, the continuous coating can reach 3000m2/day. In the future, it will be widely used in IMT and IML mode, and the cost will drop sharply after the combination of the roller type 3D micro-pattern mold and the winding type continuous screen printing machine.

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Figure Zhenhua Technologys winding plating equipment

Second, the booth style

1. Shenzhen Zhongsu New Material Co., Ltd.

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2. Heyuan Shengxiang Photoelectric Technology Co., Ltd.

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3. Dongguan Ruimeng Technology Industrial Co., Ltd.

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4. Huizhou Deyouwei Electronic Material Co., Ltd.

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5. Gunda Plastic Electronics (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd.

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6. Dongguan Xinqiaolian Composite Material Technology Co., Ltd.

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7. Sichuan Longhua Photoelectric Film Co., Ltd.

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8. Shanghai Feikai Photoelectric Material Co., Ltd.

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9. Shenzhen Xintaiming Intelligent Equipment Co., Ltd.

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10. Dongguan Kesheng Industrial Co., Ltd.

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Third, on-site interaction and close-up

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Thanks to the following units for their sponsorship and support! Thanks to all the friends present!

Special thanks:
Shenzhen Zhongsu New Material Co., Ltd.
Shenzhen Zhuolian Electronics Co., Ltd.
Dongguan Ruimeng Technology Industrial Co., Ltd.
Gunda Plastic Electronics (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd.
Huizhou Deyouwei Electronic Material Co., Ltd.
Dongguan Xinqiaolian Composite Material Technology Co., Ltd.
Sichuan Longhua Photoelectric Film Co., Ltd.
Shanghai Feikai Photoelectric Material Co., Ltd.
Shenzhen Xintaiming Intelligent Equipment Co., Ltd.
Dongguan Kesheng Industrial Co., Ltd.
Guangdong Wanshijie Plastic Technology Co., Ltd.
Zhongshan Jieshida Fine Chemical Co., Ltd.
Dongguan Lichao Precision Machinery Co., Ltd.
Mitsubishi Chemical
Suzhou First Radium Laser Technology Co., Ltd. Dongguan Branch
Zhonghe Guotai Nano Materials (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd.
Shantou Yonggu Electric Heating Trading Co., Ltd.
Zhuhai Special Economic Zone Jinpin Electric Appliance Co., Ltd.
Shenzhen Huiwanchuan Plastic Film Co., Ltd.
Heyuan Shengxiang Photoelectric Technology Co., Ltd.
Burrell Extrusion Technology (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.
Shenzhen Maxwell Technology Co., Ltd.
Shenzhen Willite Automation Equipment Co., Ltd.
Shenzhen Jiujiu Ben Automation Equipment Co., Ltd.
Rice Pepper (Dongguan) Industrial Technology Co., Ltd.
Dongguan Zhenyu Mould Plastic Industry Co., Ltd.
Shenzhen Zhiyu Material Technology Co., Ltd.
Shenzhen Shenli Electronic Equipment Co., Ltd.
Shenzhen Blue Spectrum Rick Technology Co., Ltd.
Dongguan Special Solidification Materials Co., Ltd.
Dongguan Zhaoke Hardware Industry Co., Ltd.

Thanks again to the above companies!