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Automatic vacuum coating

2003

Dear Sir,

We are interested in understanding vacuum coating such like chrome, gold color on plastic and nickel coating automatically and other home appliances.

High vacuum system for hard, decorative, protective, and functional coating deposition by magnetron sputtering with ion-beam assistance what does it means and how it work? After visiting your web site we decided to contact you for assistance based on your experience.

Looking forward to hearing from you and wishing you a happy new year.

Truly Yours,

Adel Engineer
- Bahrain

Decorative PVD coatings are increasingly used to replace some traditional plating techniques. Decorative PVD coatings are most often deposited using the cathodic arc or sputtering process, or a mixture of both. Decorative PVD coatings can offer a longer life through improved resistance to scratching, abrasion and corrosion and can be more cost effective and environmentally friendly than some traditional plating techniques. The coating thickness is generally a fraction of a micron.

Jeff Ostman
- Olten, Switzerland
2003