PREMIUM QUALITY AMERICAN-MADE CUTTING TOOLS P V D C o a t i n g s PVD Coatings
Why coated tools?
A PVD coating is the best way to customize a cutting tool to the material it’s machining. The right coating will let the tool run faster and extend its life. This combination of longer life and greater production will typically more than offset the cost of the coated tool and can contribute significant cost savings on the project at hand.
Physical Vapor Deposition - PVD
There are several methods of PVD, all the coated tools in this offering will acheive their coating by cathodic arc deposition or Arc-PVD. In this process, an electric arc is used to vaporize material from a solid cathode target. The vaporized material then condenses on the tools, forming the even, uniform coatings that you see in the following pages.
The microscopically precise control of the coating thickness on our cutting tools ensures the tools gain the properties of the coating material, without negatively
impacting the cutting edge. PVD coatings are harder and more corrosion resistant than other coating and plating processes and also have higher heat tolerances and abrasion resistance.
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