1. What is coating hardness? Hardness is the crucial parameter in understanding the structural stability of a material you use, whether it in the form of a coating or a solid mass. Specifically, hardness is the relative measure of superficial physical strength of...
If you want your products to benefit from superior coatings, you can outsource PVD (physical vapor deposition) coating to a service provider or invest in PVD coating in-house. Third-party coating service providers own coating equipment and will coat your parts and...
Click here for a print-ready pdf version of this PVD coating case study. Recently, PVD coating equipment manufacturer Vapor Technologies, Inc., installed a second PVD finishing system for repeat customer and home-fixture leader Brasstech Inc. (Brasstech). The new...
People often ask us: “What is PVD coating?” Here’s a brief introduction. This blog post is meant as a high-level overview, but we here at Vapor Technologies, Inc. (VaporTech®) are here to help you learn more. Please enjoy the linked How it’s...
Appearance, along with function, defines most consumer products ranging from faucets to automobiles. However, the appearance of a product can be challenging to communicate and assess. First, there is a vast and inconsistent vocabulary for defining PVD colors in the...
Good vacuum coatings depend on clean surfaces. Weak adhesion performance is usually the result of contaminants on the part surface before coating. To avoid this issue, it’s critical to understand how clean “clean” must be and how to make that happen. Why parts aren’t...
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