An improved veneer dryer and method for enhancing the performance of a veneer dryer.

A process is disclosed for batchwise metal plating aramid fibers wherein the fibers are knitted into a tube, plated, deknitted, reknitted into a tube, and plated again; and wherein the plating is durable and highly conductive.

The refractive index of the upper cladding layer is generally the same as that of the lower cladding layer.

A casing is fastened to the supports.

In addition, after the liquid has been cured, a conductive pattern that is formed from a plating film is formed by applying the plating catalyst (or plating catalyst precursor) and carrying out plating.

The veneer layer (30) can be ornamentally manipulated either before or after curing of the veneer layer (30).

It is proposed that plating be carried out in two steps.

Then, a plating layer (4) is formed on the resin pattern (3) by electroless plating, thereby forming a conductive pattern (5).

A control unit is linked to a plating bath interface, analyzer interface, and valves to control the flow of plating bath to an analyzer sampler and back to plating bath.

During the electroless plating, the uncured layer (3A) is eroded in the plating bath and catalyst particles are exposed.

The metallic plating has a thickness of at least 0.05mm.

In the plating process, the plurality of micropores is not blocked because the inner walls of the micropores are precisely plated using vacuum ion plating.

A method for partially plating a resin base to form a patterned plating layer on it.

Other vacuum vapor deposition processes such as cathodic arc or ion plating may be used to apply the coating (16).

Removal of the plating finish on the selective portion causes the selective portion to form the rough texture, compared to the smooth texture of the plating finish.