Reactive PVD-processes: Control is everything
Author: Dr. Joseph Brindley GENCOA and Dr. Anas Ghailane (AVALUXE) Reactive Magnetron Sputtering Reactive magnetron sputtering is a...
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Physical vapour deposited coatings for medical devices
Sputter deposition is a versatile low-pressure process where ions bombard a material and liberate atoms, depositing on a substrate to...
The right substrate selection for surface engineering
Surface engineering is the process of altering the properties of the surface and the region near the surface in a desirable way. This can...
Various PVD technologies for decorative coatings
Decorative coatings produced through Physical Vapor Deposition (PVD) are renowned for enhancing the appearance and functionality of...
PVD made High Entropy Alloys
High entropy alloys (HEAs) have emerged as promising candidates for high-temperature applications due to their ability to withstand high...
Salt spray showdown -PVD coatings- corrosion resistance in decorative applications
Salt spray tests include exposing coated materials to a continuous, fine saltwater mist in an enclosed, controlled environment. To hasten...
Cylindrical cathodes for PVD coating
In the context of physical vapor deposition (PVD), "cylindrical cathode PVD" typically refers to a configuration used for the deposition...
PVD vs Electroplating
The technique of electroplating involves plating different metals onto a metal or plastic component. This enhances the part's functioning...
Iphone - HiPhones - HiPIMS 4 smartphones
Until recently, the mobile phone’s external coating primarily consists of a combination of anodized aluminum, stainless steel, and glass,...
How to make life easier for a PVD operator: Why and how to monitor gas in vacuum
Monitoring gas in a vacuum chamber is important for several reasons: Identifying problems early before they affect the process and...
Tuning the Surface Property of Textile Materials by using roll-to-roll Plasma based systems
Textile materials possess desirable inherent qualities, such as flexibility, low specific weight, strength, a high surface-to-volume...
Pumping the efficiency and quality through pulsed-cathodic arc technology
The mean voltage as a function of the mean current of the pulsed-CVA and the conventional DC-CVA. The pulsed-arc curve exhibit fluctuations
High entropy alloys: PVD has a major role to play
Over the last five millennia, alloys have aided and shaped the advancement of society. A remarkable progression from native metals and...
Control the color
A whole industry has grown up around PVD tool coatings because of the success of physical vapour deposition (PVD) technology over the...
R&D market cluster arrangement solutions - Design and options
Introduction Sputtering systems for universities, R&D departments and small batch coating facilities usually look very much alike:...
Environmentally friendly, low cost, aesthetically attractive and high durable decorative coatings
Decorative coatings provide attractive and aesthetic appearance to the products. They are applied to buildings and associated structures...
How coating quality is increased by high power impulse magnetron sputtering (HiPIMS)
Energy of sputtered atoms In order to enhance the density of the coating in PVD, energy should be provided to the growing film. In the...
Maximizing productivity and coating quality by HiPIMS “kick pulse”
The effects of a positive voltage pulse following a negative voltage pulse in the high-power impulse magnetron sputtering (HiPIMS) pulse...
PVD coatings for metal forming tools
The metal forming industry employs forming tools such as punches and dies to deform plastically the metal to bring it into a desired...
Potentialities of HiPIMS in decorative applications
For both protective and decorative purposes, ceramic coatings such as TiN, CrN, ZrN, TiCN, TiCNbN etc are usually used. For example, TiN...
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