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Physical Vapor Deposition (PVD) and Chemical Vapor Deposition (CVD) are two “families” of processes commonly used to produce thin films on a...
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PVD Coating Techniques: Cathodic arc and magnetron sputtering are key methods for industrial thin-film coatings. Shared Characteristics: Bot...
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Performance PVD coatings improve the surface properties of machine components and tooling used in fabrication processes. Some applications a...
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Applying PVD coatings to various products can add value by improving their appearance, performance, or both. The driving force for using PVD...
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The term DLC (diamond-like carbon) describes carbon-based coatings containing bonding characteristics of the two naturally existing (allotro...
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Acronyms abound for vacuum deposition processes. That’s mainly because the names tend to be descriptive and, therefore, very long. Still, a ...