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Method of coating metallic and ceramic substrates

US6033734A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateDec 17, 1996
Grant dateMar 7, 2000
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Expiry dateDec 17, 2016

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
  • CPC primaryC23C14/022
  • WIPO fieldSurface technology, coating
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

The invention is concerned with a reduction of the surface roughness of titanium-aluminum-nitride hard material layers produced by the combined cathodic arc discharge vaporization process and the imbalanced magnetron coating process (ABS method) or by the pure cathodic arc discharge vaporization process.

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