 | The granules are heated to produce a moulton liquid plastic which is injected into the mould cavity and formed around the protruding pit structure on the stamper |
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| Cooling channels open the mould solidifying the moulton plastic into a 1.2mm solid polycarbonate disc, containing an exact reverse replica of the stampers pit structure |
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| The moulded disc is now placed in a high vacuum chamber where a thin layer of aluminium is laid down over the pit surfaces. This is called ‘Metalising’ |
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| Metalising forms the reflective surface of the optical disc. (without this metal layer the laser light in the player will pass through the disc making it illegiable) |
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| A layer of UV lacquer is applied to the metallised side of the disc which is passed under a UV lamp to fix the lacquer and produces a finished 1.2mm bonded disc. |
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| The disc undergoes a physical inspection by camera to ensure the cosmetic criteria is within specification |
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| The approved finished discs are then stacked on a spindle ready for electrical and mechanical off-line testing as part of our quality control procedures |
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| Once approved the quality assured discs are ready for printing and packing |
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| Size | Storage Capacity | | Standard CD Audio 640mb or 74 minutes playing time | Possible CD audio 700mb or 80 minutes playing time | | Standard CD Audio 640mb | Maximum possible capacity 700mb | | Enhanced discs are limited to 700mb maximum as a mixture of Audio and Rom | |