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Local Solutions

With R&D centers in Japan and Switzerland, our team leverages vast expertise and experience to provide the most innovative, proven, and application-specific solutions. Primus Coating offers not only high performance coatings but also specialized services, including cleaning, de-coating, and pre/post-coating solutions. Our commitment to R&D is deeply ingrained in our collaboration between Japan and Switzerland, where pioneering minds work tirelessly to push the boundaries of coating technology.

Experience the power of global collaboration with Primus Coating. Choose a partner that seamlessly integrates R&D excellence and a unified approach to technology, ensuring unmatched solutions for your coating requirements worldwide.

Primus Coating
Technology

Every Primus Coating facility operates on the same cutting-edge technology platform, PerformCoat, and adheres to standardized operating procedures. This unwavering commitment ensures a uniform level of quality and service, delivering excellence across all our locations.

Our comprehensive range of thin film technologies spans PVD by Cathodic Arc and Sputtering to PeCVD by DC and RF, as well as combined treatments. We go beyond conventional offerings with innovative solutions for Plasma Nitriding, providing a diverse toolkit for your coating needs.

PVD Coating Technology

PVD / PeCVD Machines

PerformPVD Equipment for Hard Coating

Easy to operate
Precise, fast
Efficient
Affordable
Low running cost
Locally supported

PVD Cathodic Arc Evaporation

Planar, round, filtered Arc cathodes
Coatings with up to five different target materials
Coating layers with adjustable properties for toughness, hot hardness, wear resistance, oxidation resistance, and color
Mono, multi, nano, and gradient coating structure
Tightest coating thickness distribution in the industry
Flexible combination of plasma as well as metal ion etching
Equipment customizable to required application, throughput and flexibility

PeCVD/DLC Technologies

RF DLC

Applications (for small and medium volume parts): racing, medical, high quality plastic molds, and watch industry for decorative purposes
High-density layer, high-compressive stress, very low friction coefficient
Limited loading capacity and flexibility
Very short cycle time

Pulsed DC

Most suitable for high volume applications: large equipment available with little limitations to batch loading
Coatings not as dense and hard as DLC by RF
Typical applications: parts for textiles machinery, general machine parts, automotive engine components, and large/long parts

Hybrid/Multilayer

Applications: large volume in automotive and aerospace industry
Combination of PVD sputtering or arc coating and PeCVD in the same batch
Sputter/arc interlayers designed to make best transition between substrate material and DLC layer leading to improved adhsesion and a wider range for substrate materials
Duplex treatments, combined Plasma Nitride in just one process

Cleaning Technology

Cleaning Machines

PerformClean machines are closed-circuit, single-chamber vacuum-cleaning and vacuum-drying-cleaning machines which work with modified alcohols and solvents.

Pre-cleaning by spray-washing
Full immersion in cold and hot solvent combined with ultrasonics
Rinsing
Final cleaning by solvent vapor
Vacuum drying to achieve spotless condition
The running costs are exceptionally low

Edge Preparation and Polishing Technology

Drag Finish Machines

Takes control of your cutting edges with our PerformDrag

Create a well-defined hone
Strengthen the cutting edge
Avoid microchipping due to grinding
Prepare edge for high performance coating
Deburr HSS tools

Brush Machines

Our PerformBrush is a new generation of CNC brushing equipment

Improve the surface roughness by removing coating droplets
Polish carbide tools prior to finish grinding
Avoid build-up edge for machining of soft materials
Achieve improved chip formation and chip flow

Micro Blasting Machines

PerformMBlast for automatic edge preparation of gear cutting and indexable tooling

For media with a mesh size up to 500
Creates a well defined hone on hobs and shaper cutters
Stabilizes the cutting edge to increase the number of regrinds
Prepare edge for high performance dry hobbing

Technology Development Partner

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Discover high-performance PVD and PeCVD coating solutions tailored to your needs. From entry-level setups to large-scale manufacturing, PerformCoat offers comprehensive support, from installation to training. Contact us today to learn more.