Investing into a Coating System
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Technical magazine for cutting tools and measurement in the manufacturing

When can a SME think about investing into a coating system? T. Cselle, CEO, PLATIT AG, Selzach, Switzerland P. Hillenbrand, CEO, PLATIT Shanghai, China A. Ricciotti, PLATIT Representative, Stuttgart, Germany B. Torp, CEO, PLATIT Inc. Libertyville, IL, USA hese varied reasons are enough for a great deal of companies to decide upon in-house coating. Even small businesses (fewer than 20 employees) opt more and more for in-house coating and thus provide constant quality in extremely short delivery times (Fig. 1). The specific tool geometry, the dedicated layer and the production process can be...

turer to consider investing in a coating system? Fig 2: Layout of a small in-house coating 1. Goods Receipt 2. Preparing for cleaning (e.g. micro blasting) 3. Cleaning 3a. Optional: stripping 3b. Optional: cutting edge preparation (e.g. brushes, micro blasting, etc.) 3c. Optional: after-treatment (e.g. micro blasting, polishing, etc.) 3d. Optional: Cleaning for pre- or posttreatment 4. Preparing for coating (e.g. carousels loaded) 5. Coating 6. Discharging the batch 7. Quality control 8. Packaging for delivery 9. Outbound / shipping. these are already present in 95% of German grinders [4]....

– The growing number of cutting materials prompts more and more dedicated coatings, which cannot practically be delivered by the job coating centers. – The increase in PVD systems is bigger than that of job coating. Consequently, the systems are more and more frequently used for in-house coatings. In summary, we can therefore establish that in-house coating is quite rightly in trend, due to both the technical and operative, and the economic advantages. References: [1] Cselle, T.: The main reasons for in-house coating Werkzeug-Technik, Nr. 138, February/ 2014, p. 100-101. [2] Hobohm, M.: The...