Patent ID: 9598784
Date: 2017-03-21
CPC Classifications: C25D,G01R

Claim:
1. A method of producing an electroformed component, comprising: a mold form fabricating step of (i) fabricating an insulating mold form by making an opening through an insulating mold form material which is provided on a surface of an electrically conductive base material so that part of the electrically conductive base material is exposed within the opening and (ii) forming, with use of the insulating mold form material, a recess part or a protrusion part, any of which is intended for fabricating a position determining mark; an electrodepositing step, of (i) fabricating an electroformed product by electrodepositing a metal on an exposed surface of the electrically conductive base material, the exposed surface being exposed within the opening and (ii) fabricating, by use of the recess part or the protrusion part, the position determining mark having a protruding form or a recessed form, respectively; a mold form removing step of removing the insulating mold form from the surface of the electrically conductive base material; an insulating film forming step of covering a surface of the electroformed product with an insulating film which is a photosensitive film; after the insulating film forming step, an exposing step of irradiating part of the insulating film with light while the position determining mark serves as a positional reference; an insulating film removing step of subjecting the insulating film to a development process so as to remove part of the insulating film while causing a remaining part of the insulating film to remain on at least part of the surface of the electroformed product; and after the insulating film removing step, a peeling step of peeling, from the electrically conductive base material, the electroformed product having the surface on which the remaining part of the insulating film is provided.