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Technology & Innovation
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BEYOND SURFACES
Spring
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Modular construction, combinable for individual require-
ments, variably united to form a whole – this is the foun-
dation of the METAPLAS.DOMINO. The system can be
perfectly configured for the needs of each individual cus-
tomer.
Equipped for today and for the future
“METAPLAS.DOMINO is a system series that allows
both small and medium sized companies to take charge
of their coating work. With it we offer a new technology
platform to customers for whom owner-
ship of their own system formerly didn’t
make economic sense. This enables
them to develop suitable coating solu-
tions for present and future challenges
by themselves. At the same time, for-
mer Metaplas customers also profit
from the integration of the METAPLAS.
DOMINO product line into Oerlikon
Balzers, as it provides them with ac-
cess to our global sales and after sales
network,” stated Volker von der Heide,
Head of Equipment Sales, Product line
Metaplas, at Oerlikon Balzers.
For one: an especially flexible system. For
others: access to the Oerlikon Balzers global
sales and after-sales network. Both previous
Metaplas customers, and Balzers customers,
for whom an own system previously barely made
economic sense, profit from the inclusion of
METAPLAS.DOMINO in the Oerlikon Balzers
system portfolio.
METAPLAS.DOMINO
Impress the market with flexibility
New trends for high performance
coatings
The most important modules offered by Oerlikon Balzers
for this product line are APA Arc, sputtering, DLC, Com-
bi and HIPAC (high ionisation plasma assisted coating).
In the past, a combination of the arc and sputtering pro-
cesses provided no notable advantages because of their
dissimilar characteristics. With the development of the
HIPAC module, it is now possible to combine three high
ionization processes on an industrial scale to create in-
novative HI3 (High Ionization Triple) technology : AEGD
(plasma etch process for excellent coating adhesion),
HIPAC (high ionization sputtering process) and APA-Arc
(high ionization arc-process).
For the first time, process and material combinations
can be used that allow totally new development trends
for high-performance coating. The combination of high
ionization sputtering and arc processes allows the use of
coating architectures previously not economically realiz-
able in a production context.