Cutting tools coated with solutions from Oerlikon Balzers allow significantly higher processing speeds. This reduces machining time and costs and significantly extends tool life.
Outstanding results are achieved especially with tools that have ultra-small diameters.
Readily coatable are metallic materials such as high-speed steels, hot and cold working tool steels, stainless steels, heat treatable steels, cemented carbides, cermets, as well as case-hardened, ball-bearing
Not only do Oerlikon Balzers’ PVD coating solutions protect tools and components: the company’s engineers also have many years of experience and wide-ranging expertise in developing solutions for specific
carbon coatings Nov 13, 2025 Balzers, Liechtenstein – November 13, 2025 – Oerlikon Balzers, a technology brand of Oerlikon and a global leader in advanced surface solutions for precision components and tools
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Oerlikon’s additive manufacturing unit is leading transformative change in the aerospace, medical, automotive, power generation and tooling industries.
technology Example: Reusable syringes Agricultural machinery Examples: external parts Furniture: Example: plastic seats Electrical devices Example: covers Packaging industry Example: Beverage bottles Tools
Coating Guide BALINIT TISAFLEX Machining difficult-to-cut materials at the highest level Titanium, nickel-based alloys, stainless steel and hardened steel push cutting tools to their performance limits
Oerlikon Balzers is the leading PVD coating supplier for tools and precision components.
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