VS-M201
Plating is where metal frames are won or lost
A metal frame can pass every dimensional check and still fail in the market six months later — because the plating blistered, or the nickel release test came back over the limit. Plating here runs through the park's centralised plating zone, a shared facility under environmental supervision. What we do not delegate is the acceptance: every lot is checked for adhesion and colour on return to our bench, and salt-spray and nickel-release tests are run before packing, not after a complaint.
Every batch goes through salt-spray and nickel-release checks before packing. If you supply to the EU, we test to EN 1811 and EN 12472 before shipping, not after.
Send us a drawing or a reference sample. We will come back with a tooling route and a price — not a request for more information.
Capability
What we can hold on this line
Every value below is a production constraint, not a marketing claim. If your spec falls outside it, we will tell you before quoting.
- Material
- Stainless steel 304, monel, beta-titanium, aluminium
- Construction
- Sheet metal, wire, stamped rim, laser-cut
- Wall thickness
- 0.6 mm minimum without distortion
- Finishing
- Park plating zone — gold, rose gold, gunmetal, matte black, antique; adhesion and colour checked on return
- Testing
- Salt spray 48 h, EN 1811 nickel release, adhesion cross-hatch
- Logo
- Laser, etched pad print, temple engraving
Existing tooling
Nine shapes you can build on
These moulds already exist. Starting from one cuts tooling cost and lead time — useful for a first season. Any of them can be re-coloured, re-sized or re-branded.
VS-M205
Round / wire rim
VS-M208
Aviator / double bridge
VS-M212
Browline / half rim
VS-M216
Geometric / hexagonal
VS-M219
Oval / thin wire
VS-M223
Square / thick stamped
VS-M227
Rimless / 3-piece mount
VS-M231
Cat-eye / sheet metal
Photography pending. Each card will carry five shots: front, 45°, side, temple interior, packaging.
Also in the range
Need something outside these shapes?
Most of our work starts from a designer's own drawing rather than a catalogue page. Send the artwork in AI, PDF or DXF and we will return a tooling assessment within two working days.