Oerlikon Surface Solutions AG, Pfäffikon

A method for suppressing anode overgrowth in an arc-beam PICVD coating system, wherein during at least part of a coating process of the arc-beam PICVD coating system, the arc-beam is scanned over at least part of a surface of the anode. Further, the invention relates to an arc-beam PICVD coating system for coating parts.

A method to stabilize position and shape of a plasma beam established between a cathode and an anode, where an electrical field is established between the cathode and the anode and where the shortest electrical field line between the cathode and the anode defines a reference line, wherein at least one oriented electromagnetic coil is provided and the at least one oriented electromagnetic coil has its coil axis oriented in a non-colinear manner to the reference line in such a way that at least one of the straight lines which are intersecting both of the coil openings and which are parallel to the coil axis intersects with the reference line and where a current is sent through the at least one oriented electromagnetic coil in order to establish a magnetic field which is used to deflect or attract the plasma beam.

A cathodic arc evaporation apparatus including a target having a target surface including an active surface from where material can be evaporated in a cathodic arc process; a confinement surrounding an outer border of the target surface; an anode having an electron receiving surface and encompassing at least one of the target and the confinement in at least one of a target plane and an axial distance in front of the active surface; and a magnetic guidance system adapted to provide a magnetic field at the target surface essentially in parallel to at least an outer region of the target surface so that magnetic field lines are parallel to the target surface or inclined to it in an acute angle α, whereat an active surface is defined in a surface area where magnetic field lines enter the target surface in an acute angle α≤45°.

A fixture system to be used in a vacuum chamber ( 16 ) of a vacuum treatment system, comprising, a spindle ( 1 ), a gear wheel, in this text referred to as sun wheel ( 2 ), a cylindrical object exhibiting properties that allow the gear wheel to mesh into it, in order to rotate said cylindrical object, in this text referred to as reel ( 3 ), a holding plate ( 4 ), wherein the sun wheel ( 2 ) and the reel ( 3 ) are manufactured in order to allow the sun wheel ( 2 ) to mesh into the reel ( 3 ), thereby rotating it.

A cathodic arc evaporation apparatus including a target which has a target surface including an active surface from where material can be evaporated in a cathodic arc process; a confinement surrounding an outer border of the target surface; an anode having an electron receiving surface, the anode encompassing at least one of the target and the confinement in at least one of a target plane and an axial distance in front of the active surface; and a magnetic guidance system adapted to provide a magnetic field at the target surface being essentially in parallel to at least an outer region of the target surface so that magnetic field lines are in parallel to the target surface or inclined to it in an acute angle α, whereat an active surface is defined in a surface area where magnetic field lines enter the target surface in an acute angle α≤45°.

A brake disk with a surface which is structured in order to increase the adhesion of a coating on the surface, wherein the structuring of the surface comprises at least one recess, the depth of which decreases as the depth of the recess increases wherein the at least one recess has the shape of a spiral structure.

The present invention relates to a method for producing coated substrate bodies, wherein a plurality of substrate bodies comprising surfaces to be coated are provided with a colored coating surface, the method comprising following steps: providing the substrate bodies to be coated in the interior of a vacuum coating chamber, depositing a coating on a surface of the substrate bodies to be coated, the deposition of the coating involving the deposition of a metallic layer comprising at least two different metals, forming a colored oxide layer exhibiting a colored surface by anodic oxidation of the metallic layer, wherein: the anodic oxidation takes place in an alkaline electrolyte bath with the coated substrate bodies connected as anodes.

A method for suppressing anode overgrowth in an arc-beam PICVD coating system, wherein during at least part of a coating process of the arc-beam PICVD coating system, the arc-beam is scanned over at least part of a surface of the anode. Further, the invention relates to an arc-beam PICVD coating system for coating parts.

A method to stabilize position and shape of a plasma beam established between a cathode and an anode, where an electrical field is established between the cathode and the anode and where the shortest electrical field line between the cathode and the anode defines a reference line, wherein at least one oriented electromagnetic coil is provided and the at least one oriented electromagnetic coil has its coil axis oriented in a non-colinear manner to the reference line in such a way that at least one of the straight lines which are intersecting both of the coil openings and which are parallel to the coil axis intersects with the reference line and where a current is sent through the at least one oriented electromagnetic coil in order to establish a magnetic field which is used to deflect or attract the plasma beam.

An assembly for cathodic arc deposition of a material onto an article. The assembly includes a chamber for receiving an article to be coated and a rotating target. The rotatable target has a surface from which a plasma material is ejected. An anode ring is positioned a first distance from the surface of the rotatable target. The anode ring has an opening with a central axis that is parallel to a rotational axis of the rotatable target and offset a second distance from the rotational axis. A spark device is disposed in the chamber for generating an arc on the surface of the rotatable target. The assembly configured to direct a stream of charged particles ejected from the surface of the target through the opening of the anode ring to the article to be coated.