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Technology & Innovation
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BEYOND SURFACES
Spring
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Extremely thin PVD coatings can not only extend the ser-
vice life of tools, prevent tool damage and reduce main-
tenance costs, but also reduce the use of coverings and
release agents. They, moreover, improve the gliding be-
haviour of melted plastic on the tool surface. Both of the
new, CrN-based coatings offer all of these advantages.
The new coating family, which comprises coatings
branded under the names BALINIT CROMA and BALINIT
PLUS in the Balzers portfolio, is a product of joint devel-
opment. Teams from Balzers and Metco worked togeth-
er to transfer the former Metaplas coatings, already used
BALINIT CROMA/BALINIT CROMA PLUS is the
first coating family resulting from the integration of
Metco into the Oerlikon Surface Solutions Seg-
ment, to be brought to market by Oerlikon Balzers.
BALINIT CROMA
Profit from Metaplas integration
successfully in plastics processing, to Balzers systems.
Typical applications of both coating solutions are in the
areas of extrusion and injection moulding of a variety of
plastics.
Following successful transfer, the coatings are now
for the first time globally available via the worldwide Balz-
er’s coating centre network. Previous Metco/Metaplas
customers thus profit from a vastly expanded service
centre network, whilst Balzers customers have gained
access to a new coating solution.
It can accommodate workpieces with heights of one
metre or more and a swing diameter of 96 cm. With per-
missible load weights of up to 3,000 kg, it is an ideal
platform for coating bulky moulds or sawblades.
The INNOVENTA mega can handle the entire reper-
toire of BALINIT coatings as well as tailor-made coating
The new INNOVENTA mega redefines productivity
benchmarks. Now the largest coating system in
the portfolio, it achieves extremely high through-
puts with tools such as milling cutters or drills:
average batch times of less than five hours are
typical.
INNOVENTA mega
Productive and fast
designs for a wide range of applications. Rapid commis-
sioning, simple operability, and a high level of reproduc-
ibility are further features.
On the bottom line, the INNOVENTA mega ide-
ally complements Balzers‘ more compact INNOVA and
INGENIA systems.