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PVD is everywhere in our daily lives

PVD – physical vapor deposition – is a widely adopted coating technology across numerous industries. We find the coatings all around us – in electronics, optics, food packaging, automotive components, high-end consumer goods, and for technologies driving the green energy transition.

The technology offers clean and dry coating processes in vacuum, which is safer for health and for the environment than most competing coating alternatives.

Coating technology for demanding applications

PVD are highly versatile coating methods, particularly suitable for applications that require advanced materials, where precise control of coating quality and thickness are important factors, or when the coated part is temperature sensitive.

Applying precisely engineered PVD coatings allows specific properties to be obtained. These properties are different for different applications and industries, but often relate to increasing wear resistance and prolonged lifespan, modifying and improving appearance, adjusting conductivity, or shielding and protecting sensitive components or parts.

Properties that can be modified with PVD include

• Contact resistance
• Conductivity
• EMI shielding
• Hardness
• Wear resistance
• Corrosion resistance
• Wettability
• Shielding
• Reflection
• Solderability
• Color
• Opacity

Why PVD coatings

• Highly customizable properties: PVD allows precise control over the deposited coatings’ composition, thickness, and structure, enabling tailored properties, precise tolerances, and aesthetics finishes for specific applications.
• High adhesion and durability: PVD coatings exhibit excellent adhesion to most substrate materials, ensuring durable performance, even in challenging conditions.
• Possibility of low-temperature processes: PVD can be processed at relatively low temperatures, enabling coating of temperature-sensitive substrates.
• Clean and environmentally friendly process: PVD is a clean and environmentally friendly coating method as it doesn’t involve use of harmful chemicals, and there is no toxic waste production.

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