Overview of PVD Coating
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Properties and advantages

Bulletpoint Excellent adjustability of coating thickness and surface properties
Bulletpoint Excellent coating adhesion even with low coating temperatures
Bulletpoint High production output, suitable for serial production with very
  good cost effectiveness
Bulletpoint High flexibility due to versatile system configurations for many
  different component shapes, sizes and quantities
Bulletpoint Strong wear protection with low friction values
Bulletpoint Low adhesive and heat-sealing tendency
Bulletpoint High hardness, high oxidation resistance and reduced chemical reactions
Bulletpoint Hardness: 1,000-4,000 HV
Bulletpoint Temperature resistance: 300-1150 °C
Bulletpoint Coating thickness: 1-10 µm
Bulletpoint Deposition temperature: 150-600 °C

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of the surface solutions here.

Technologies/processes and coatings

PVD arc and sputtering process Bulletpoint Vacuum based physical vapour deposition (PVD)
Bulletpoint Family of PVD coating processes
  - Arc process
  - Magnetron sputter process
  - HPPMS process
Bulletpoint Standard PVD hard coatings (MAXIT®),
  e.g. TiN, CrN, TiCN, AlTiN
Bulletpoint New MAbulletpointC series (micro alloyed coatings)
Bulletpoint Applied to most metal alloys and
  galvanised products (metals and plastics)

Dedicated PVD coating units

Modular system concepts such as the METAPLAS-DOMINO provide maximum flexibility. The METAPLAS-DOMINO technology platform offers:
Bulletpoint Latest APA arc modules
Bulletpoint Magnetron sputter modules
Bulletpoint HIPAC technology (Sulzer Metaplas‘ latest
  innovation, based on HPPMS technology)
Bulletpoint Hybrid technology
Bulletpoint Patented power etching AEGD
Bulletpoint PACVD technology
Bulletpoint Combined plasma nitriding/PVD technology
Bulletpoint Standard system sizes (usable volume)

∅ 300
x 300

∅ 400
x 500

∅ 600
x 700

∅ 1200
x 1100

Thin Film Equipment






Modular system concepts such as the METAPLAS-DOMINO provide maximum flexibility.

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