This paper is a review on the status of hard coating of various physical vapour deposition (PVD) techniques and compare their properties. The use of hard and wear resistant PVD coatings on cutting tools is now widespread in global manufacturing for reducing production cost and improving productivity, all of which are essential if industry is to remain economically competitive. The review includ...

The corrosion behavior of TiN coated 316L stainless steel in an artificial physiological solution was investigated by means of an electrochemical test. Two different PVD methods were used for film deposition: cathodic arc and reactive magnetron sputtering. The dependence of the corrosion resistance on the main deposition parameters (nitrogen pressure, substrate bias) was analyzed. For a better ...

The challenge of enhancing cutting tool life has been dealt with by many research studies. However, this seems endless growing technological advancement which brings about incremental improvement in life. objective review paper is focused at assessing filtered cathodic vacuum arc deposition techniques applied on tools and their effect efficiency. particularly picks (FCVAD) among other well-iden...

Titanium Nitride (TiN) coatings have led the way for providing increased wear resistance and extended life of cutting tools, whether carbide inserts or high-speed steel. Where the earliest applications were for high temperature substrate materials (carbides) and chemical vapor deposition (CVD) was the process of choice, later developments in the physical vapor deposition (PVD) technology, espec...

Abstract Physical vapor deposition (PVD) refers to the removal of atoms from a solid or liquid by physical means, followed those on nearby surface form thin film coating. Various approaches and techniques are applied release including thermal evaporation, electron beam ion-driven sputtering, laser ablation, cathodic arc-based emission. Some based plasma discharge, while in other cases composing...

Indentat~on technque was used to characterize the mechanical properties (elastic modulus, hardness and toughness) both of PVD coatmgs and autocatallt~c chem~cal deposition ones. TIN and TiCN films m ere respectively depos~ted on a duple.: s t adess steel substrate using PVD technque. moreover a Nip films (P content about 8O6) and a NIPIB,C composite ones were used as comparison materials The ef...

Sputtering is an important physical vapor deposition (PVD) method in the manufacture of many products. However, sputtering processes are prone to arcing, which can cause damage to the work piece. Therefore, arcs must be detected and extinguished in a timely manner to minimize damage. Instantaneous arc rate and total arcs per process step are useful data for assessing PVD chamber health, and det...

The macroparticle content of titanium films deposited using a steered vacuum cathodic arc has been investigated. It has been found that the macroparticle number decreases with increasing steering magnetic field strength, and experimental results are found to be consistent with the model in which the number and mass of macroparticles arising from a cathode spot are proportional to the cathode sp...