Oerlikon serves a broad base of customers in demanding industries – from automotive, aerospace and energy to luxury, medical, defense and semiconductors – with a toolbox of high-tech surface technologies
Oerlikon serves a broad base of customers in demanding industries – from automotive, aerospace and energy to luxury, medical, defense and semiconductors – with a toolbox of high-tech surface technologies
BALINIT® and BALITHERM® solutions minimise abrasive and adhesive wear, maximise tool performance and reduce down time and maintenance costs.
High precision, longer tool service life and increased productivity are the reasons why toolmakers and end users are increasingly turning to BALINIT MAYURA.
Stangier explains what makes this area of research so fascinating when combined with PVD technology: “Interdisciplinary approaches have become more important in coating and tool development, and PVD
Demand came from most of its end markets, with a stable up trend in automotive and aerospace and notably higher uptake in general industries and tooling.
Tool supplier C6 Composite Tooling and its coating partner Oerlikon Balzers have shown how tool service life can be tripled and tool costs halved in the complex drilling process for composite components
An additional focus will be coatings for cutting tools in toolmaking,” explains Hendrik Alfter, Managing Director of Oerlikon Balzers, Germany.
Demand came from most of its end markets, with a stable up trend in automotive and aerospace and notably higher uptake in general industries and tooling.
Demand came from most of its end markets, with a stable up trend in automotive and aerospace and notably higher uptake in general industries and tooling.
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