Abstract: Coated substrate comprising a surface coated with a coating comprising at least one coating layer of (TM1?xAlx)OyNz with (0.75?y)?z?(1.2?y) and 0.6>y>0, exhibiting a solid solution with B1 cubic structure, wherein x is the content of aluminum in atomic fraction if only aluminum and TM are being considered for the determination of the element composition in atomic percentage, and y is the content of oxygen in atomic fraction if only 0 and N are being considered for the determination of the element composition in atomic percentage, wherein TM is one or more transition metals and 0.05<x<0.95, wherein y correspond to a value of oxygen concentration in the TM1?xAlxOyNz coating layer that produces an increment of the thermal stability in such a manner that no precipitation of w-AlN phase is produced when the coated substrate or at least the coated surface of the coated substrate is exposed to temperatures higher than 1100° C.

Abstract: Work piece carrier device to be installed in a vacuum chamber of a vacuum treatment system, comprising: one carousel X with a diameter dX, one or multiple carousels Ym with a diameter dYm<dX, which are mountable on carousel X one or multiple work piece supports Zn with diameters dZn?dYm, which are mountable on the one or multiple carousels Ym, two actuators A1 and A2.

Abstract: A medical product including an antibacterial hard material coating, which is applied to a main body and which includes biocide. The hard material coating includes at least one inner layer and one outer layer, wherein the biocide concentration in the outer layer is substantially constant and greater than the biocide concentration in the inner layer and the biocide concentration in the inner layer is greater than or equal to 0.2 at %.

Abstract: A method for producing an Al—Cr—O-based coating on a workpiece surface, including: a) placing a workpiece in an interior of a vacuum chamber, and b) depositing a film comprising aluminum and chromium on the workpiece surface to be coated, wherein a ratio of aluminum to chromium in the film in atomic percentage has a first value corresponding to Al/Cr?2.3, and c) forming volatile compounds of Cr—O, thereby causing at least part of the chromium contained in the film to leave the film in a form of Cr—O volatile compounds, and d) executing step c) during a period of time, within which the chromium content in the film is reduced until attaining a second value of the ratio of aluminum to chromium in the film in atomic percentage corresponding to Al/Cr?3.5, thereby the film is transformed into a film containing a reduced content of chromium.

Abstract: The present invention discloses a non-reactive PVD coating process for producing an aluminium-rich AlxTi1?xN-based thin film having an aluminium content of >75 at-% based on the total amount of aluminium and titanium in the thin film, a cubic crystal structure, and a columnar microstructure, wherein ceramic targets are used as a material source for the aluminium-rich AlxTi1?xN-based thin film.

Abstract: This invention relates to a coating comprising at least one AlTiN-based film deposited by means of a PVD process, wherein the at least one AlTiN-based film deposited is comprising an Al-content—in relation to the Ti-content—in atomic percentage higher than 75%, and wherein the AlTiN-based film exhibits solely a crystallographic cubic phase and internal compressive stresses and this invention relates to a method involving deposition of an AlTiN-based film.

Abstract: A method for applying a coating 1 to a surface 2 of a mullite material 3 is specified, which comprises pretreating the surface 2 of the mullite material 3 by means of a plasma-chemical process in which molecular hydrogen is excited in such a way that plasma-activated hydrogen is produced S1, and applying an aluminum oxide-containing layer 4 by means of a PVD process to the pretreated surface 2 of the mullite material 3 S2. Furthermore, a mullite material 3 with a coating and a gas turbine component with such a mullite material 3 are specified.

Abstract: In order to improve the etching depth and/or the etching homogeneity at a substrate, a plasma source with one or more single electrodes or one or more magnets is proposed. The magnet generates a magnetic field in the vicinity of the electrodes, which may be rear-side or front-side.

Abstract: A segment of a fixture, the fixture being comprised of a number of such segments arranged to form a fixture ring, the segment comprising a carrier segment and a cap segment.

Abstract: A multilayer coating exhibits good corrosion resistance and good abrasion resistance. The multilayer coating includes layers A and layers B deposited forming a sequence of the type . . . A/B/A/B/A . . . , with the layers A being CrN-based layers or CrN layers and the layers B being CrON-based layers or CrON layers. The multilayer coating exhibits a modulated ratio of the thicknesses of the A layers and B layers, in a manner that the multilayer coating comprises at least two different coating portions along the whole multilayer coating thickness, with differently adjusted ratio of the thicknesses of the A layers and B layers.

Abstract: The present invention discloses a turbine engine with at least a high pressure and a low pressure turbine section comprising a casing and at least one turbine blade rotatably mounted within the casing wherein at least part of the inner surface of the casing is covered with shrouds as abradables to provide clearance control between the inner surface and the tip of the at least one blade and wherein the tip of the blade is coated with a hard PVD coating, characterized in that the shroud material of at least the high pressure and/or the low pressure section comprises a porous ceramic based material and the hard PVD coating on the tip of the blade essentially consists of a droplet free nitride coating.

Abstract: 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.

Abstract: The present invention discloses a high-temperature stable ceramic coating structure including a microalloy comprising the elements Al, V and N producible by a gas phase deposition process.

Abstract: Coated substrate comprising a substrate (1) comprising a metal substrate surface (11) coated with a coating system (7) consisting of or comprising a functional coating film (5), said functional coating film (5) consisting of or comprising at least one MCr Al—X coating layer, whereas ° the at least one MCr Al—X coating layer is deposited directly on the metal substrate (11), or ° the at least one MCr Al—X coating layer is deposited on an intermediate coating layer (3) that is formed of at least one substrate matching layer (31), wherein the at least one substrate matching layer (31) is deposited directly on the metal substrate surface (11), wherein the layer deposited directly on the metal substrate surface (11), it means respectively the MCr Al—X coating layer if it is deposited directly on the metal substrate surface (11) or the substrate matching layer (31) if it is deposited on the metal substrate surface (11) exhibits: ° epitaxial growth in part or totally, or ° heteroepitaxial growth in part or totally.

Abstract: A layered stack that can be used as an oxidation and chemical barrier with superalloy substrates, including Ni, Ni—Co, Co, and Ni-aluminide based substrates, and methods of preparing the layered stack. The layer system can be applied to a substrate in a single physical vapor deposition process with no interruption of vacuum conditions.

Abstract: The present invention discloses a PVD coating process for producing a multifunctional coating structure comprising the steps of producing a HEA ceramic matrix on a substrate and the targeted introduction of a controlled precipitate structure into the HEA ceramic matrix to generate a desired specific property of the coating structure.

Abstract: A coated tool for hot stamping of coated or uncoated sheet metals, comprising a coated substrate surface to be in contact with the coated or uncoated metal sheet, wherein the coating in the coated substrate surface comprises one or more inferior layers and one or more superior layers, where the inferior layers are deposited closer to the substrate surface than the superior layers, and: the inferior layers are designed for providing load bearing capacity, the superior layers are designed for providing galling resistance, at least one superior layer is deposited having a multi-nanolayer structure wherein: one type of nanolayer is composed of at least 90 at.-% of chromium and nitrogen, a second type of nanolayer is composed of at least 90 at.-% of titanium, aluminum and nitrogen, a third type of nanolayer is composed of at least 90 at.-% of vanadium carbon and nitrogen.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a coating device comprising a vacuum coating chamber for conducting vacuum coating processes, said vacuum coating chamber comprising: —one or more cooled chamber walls 1 having an inner side 1 b and a cooled side 1 a, —protection shields being arranged in the interior of the chamber as one or more removable shielding plates 2, which cover at least part of the surface of the inner side 1 b of the one or more cooled chamber walls 1, wherein at least one removable shielding plate 2 is placed forming a gap 8 in relation to the surface of the inner side 1 b of the cooled chamber wall 1 that is covered by said removable shielding plate 2, wherein: —thermal conductive means 9 are arranged filling the gap 8 in an extension corresponding to at least a portion of the total surface of the inner side 1 b of the cooled chamber wall 1 that is covered by said removable shielding plate 2, wherein the thermal conductive means 9 enable conductive heat transfer between said removable shielding p

Abstract: An arc ignition device for cathodic arc deposition of a target material onto a substrate, comprising a trigger finger arranged moveable between a contacting position and a resting position, wherein in the contacting position a side surface of an adjacent target can be physically contacted by the trigger finger, and in the resting position the adjacent target cannot be contacted by the trigger finger, wherein during cathodic arc deposition of a target material, the trigger finger is arranged movable between the contacting position and the resting position in such a way that the contamination of the trigger finger with deposited target material during the cathodic arc deposition of the target material can be minimized.

Abstract: The present invention relates to coated sliding parts having coating systems which allow better sliding performance under dry and/or under lubricated conditions. The coating systems according to the present invention being characterized by having an outermost layer which—is a smooth oxide-containing layer in case of sliding applications under lubricated conditions, or—is a self-lubricated layer comprising molybdenum nitride, in case of sliding applications under dry or lubricated conditions, is a self lubricated layer with a structured surface comprising a multitude of essentially circular recesses with diameters of several micrometers or below, the recesses randomly distributed over the surface.