Abstract: An article (10), e.g. a casing, is disclosed as including a substrate (12) made of a metal or a metal alloy, such as stainless steel, and a coating (14) deposited on the substrate (12), the coating (14) including a base layer (16) of titanium (Ti) or chromium (Cr) doped with silicon (Si) or boron (B) deposited on the substrate (12), a transition layer (18) of titanium nitride (TiN) deposited on the base layer (16), and an outer decorative colored layer (20) deposited on the transition layer (18).

Abstract: An article (10), e.g. a casing, is disclosed as including a substrate (12) made of a metal or a metal alloy, such as stainless steel, and a coating (14) deposited on the substrate (12), the coating (14) including a base layer (16) of titanium (Ti) or chromium (Cr) doped with silicon (Si) or boron (B) deposited on the substrate (12), a transition layer (18) of titanium nitride (TiN) deposited on the base layer (16), and an outer decorative coloured layer (20) deposited on the transition layer (18).

Abstract: An ion source device (10) includes a first magnetron cathode (14a) and a second magnetron cathode (14b, 208a, 208b), each having a respective central longitudinal axis (Ma, Mb) and an ion source unit (16) that emits ions to pass through a space between the cathodes, a surface (18) of the ion source unit facing generally the cathodes, the central longitudinal axes being spaced apart from each other by a distance A, a shortest line (D) joining a surface of the cathodes is of a distance B, a centre of the ion source unit lying on a line (E) perpendicular to and bisecting the shortest line, the shortest distance between the surface of the ion source unit and the shortest line is C, with B>10 mm and C<4 A.