film coating introduced at Surface Technology Coatings, using the world's leading low voltage electron beam technology by Balzers of general purpose coating for protecting a wide variety of tools and parts from wear. TiN is a good choice for the machining of iron based materials, die casting and plastic mould tooling. TiN is also a good coating for wear part applications demanding resistance to abrasive and adhesive wear. TiN is also an attractive gold colour. LVEB TiN is extremely smooth. • 3 to 8 times longer tool life • Wide range of materials • Higher tool speeds and feeds than uncoated tools Improved performance with • Wide range of cutting tools in • Plastic moulds and moulding machine parts • Slitting knives for the plastic and paper industries • Wear parts • Medical and dental instruments • Forming tools Gold - Yellow Coating Thickness Coeff. Friction vs Steel 0.4 Surface Technology Coatings is a division of Sutton Tools innovation Through Technology

through technology By heavily investing in R&D, Surface Technology Coatings is combining the latest technology and Australian ingenuity, to provide world class capabilities for your products. Together we will support Australian manufacturing at a global level. Surface Technology Coatings and its parent company Sutton Tools Ply Ltd are a key financial partner in the Defence Materials Technology Centre (DMTC Ltd.), based in Victoria.'DMTC Ltd. represents a major partnership between Commonwealth and State Governments, the research sector tand private industry, struck to develop and deliver advanced...