Oerlikon Balzers Coating
Bradbourne Drive
Tilbrook
Milton Keynes
MK7 8AZ
UK
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Thermochemical processes treat titanium alloys
Thermochemical heat treatments, which when used alone; provide a hard, dense and lubricious oxide on titanium alloys and are supported by a diffusion hardened substrate.
News from Manufacturingtalk, 19 March 2008
Tool coatings increase productivity in hard metals
Oerlikon Balzers Coating's Balinit Alcrona tool coating increases productivity in machining of even hard steels up to 54 HRC in both wet and dry operations.
News from Manufacturingtalk, 22 October 2007
Coatings improve cutting of 64+ HRC steels
A dual-layer PVD coating allows the cost-effective hard milling of moulds and dies by preventing the cutting heat from penetrating into the tool and keeping it in the chip.
News from Manufacturingtalk, 17 September 2007
Advanced PVD raises tooling performance
The deposition of hard metal-oxide coatings at coating temperatures below 600 deg C allows conventional hard layers can be combined with hard metal oxides to produce high performance tools.
News from Manufacturingtalk, 26 April 2007
PVD coatings on tooling is now cooler
The relatively high coating temperatures required for PVD coating of cold-working steels and die steels have been reduced for makers of extrusion and injection moulding tools.
News from Manufacturingtalk, 20 February 2007
PVD coatings provider rebrands its image
A world leader for PVD coatings has strengthened its market presence with the announcement that from 1 September 2006 it will be branded as Oerlikon Balzers Coating.
News from Manufacturingtalk, 4 September 2006
AlCr coatings drive up drilling performance
The results of cutting trials carried out by drill manufacturers and end users show AlCr coated drills have double the life of TiAlN coated drills in steel and over four-times in CI components.
News from Manufacturingtalk, 2 March 2006
AlCr-based coating improves drilling
AlCr-based coating combines excellent hot hardness, high wear resistance and outstanding chip evacuation, which are the key drivers in drill technology advancement.
News from Manufacturingtalk, 31 January 2006
Engineering coatings centre opens its doors
A UK dedicated motorsport coating facility - including developments in the combination of nitriding with PVD/PACVD coating - will be staging an Open Day, including factory tours.
News from Manufacturingtalk, 31 January 2006
Website devoted to wear-resistant coatings
Offering much more information and more user-friendly than its predecessor, a Website shows how coatings can help to improve tool life, quality and improve process reliability.
News from Manufacturingtalk, 17 May 2005
Tooling specialist to boost technical sales
Paul Hill has been recruited by PVD coating specialist Balzers to promote the company's offering to cutting tool users, manufacturers and regrinders in the East and West Midlands, UK.
News from Manufacturingtalk, 10 May 2005
Wear coatings experience increased
With the appointment of Chris Long and Spyros Katsikis, wear coatings specialist Balzers has created a team with authoritative knowledge of key market sectors.
News from Manufacturingtalk, 27 April 2005
Appointments strengthen wear coating
Wear coatings specialist Balzers has appointed Chris Long and Spyros Katsikis, creating a team with authoritative knowledge of key market sectors.
News from Manufacturingtalk, 27 April 2005
PVD coatings up moulding performance
Specialised PVD coatings can dramatically improve performance and profitability in plastics moulding by reducing the adhesion of the melt to injection system components.
News from Manufacturingtalk, 3 March 2005
PVD ups metalcutting and bending performances
For metalcutting applications PVD-based coating ups metalcutting performance, while PVD coatings have also increased bending tool life from 1000 parts produced to 225,000.
News from Manufacturingtalk, 25 February 2005
Click for specialist tooling coatings
Added value for the users of punching, forming and injection mould tools is now the click of a mouse away - application optimised coating product information is found within seconds.
News from Manufacturingtalk, 24 February 2005
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