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Coating Selection Guide

Additional Coating Services

eifeler Coatings Technology can service all coating
requirements from new tooling programs to the
refurbishment and recoating of existing tools.
Our capabilities include:

Mechanical and Chemical Coating Removal

Polishing
Micro-Blasting
PVD Coating of Small to Large Tooling
Pick-up and delivery

eifeler Coatings Technology eifeler Coatings Technology

3800 Commerce Drive
St. Charles, IL 60174
P: 630-587-1220
F: 630-587-1230
Email: sales@eifeler.us
www.eifeler.us
2222 Spikes Lane
Lansing, MI 48906
P: 517-708-8034
F: 517-913-6279
Email: sales@eifeler.us
www.eifeler.us

eifeler Coatings Technology BHLER-UDDEHOLM LTD.

18687B Sheldon Road
Middleburg Heights, OH 44130
P: 216-658-3870
F: 216-658-3871
Email: sales@eifeler.us
www.eifeler.us
2645 Meadowvale Blvd.
Mississauga, ON L5N 7Y4
P: 905-812-1701
F: 905-812-9231
Email: info@bucanada.ca
www.bucanada.ca

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3800 Commerce Drive 2222 Spikes Lane 18687B Sheldon Road 2645 Meadowvale Blvd.
COATING SELECTION GUIDE St. Charles, IL 60174 Lansing, MI 48906 Middleburg Heights, OH 44130 Mississauga, ON L5N 7Y4
P: 630-587-1220 P: 517-708-8034 P: 216-658-3870 P: 905-812-1701
F: 630-587-1230 F: 517-913-6279 F: 216-658-3871 F: 905-812-9231
Email: sales@eifeler.us Email: sales@eifeler.us Email: sales@eifeler.us Email: info@bucanada.ca
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PVD, Cathodic Arc Coatings of eifeler - Properties and Applications

TiN TiCN ZrN CrN EXXTRAL EXXTRAL EXXTRAL EXXTRAL CROSAL SISTRAL TIGRAL VARIANTA VARIANTIC WC/C
plus rose blue silver

Coating Designation Titanium Titanium Zirconium Chromium Aluminum Titanium Aluminum Titanium Aluminum Titanium Aluminum Titanium Aluminum Chromium Aluminum Titanium Aluminum Chromium Titanium Aluminum Titanium Aluminum Tungsten Carbide
Nitride Carbo-Nitride Nitride Nitride Nitride Carbo-Nitride Nitride (w/additives) Chromium Nitride Nitride Nitride (w/additives) Titanium Nitride Nitride Carbo-Nitride Carbon

TiN TiCN ZrN CrN AITiN AITiCN AITiN AITiCrN AICrN AITiN AICrTiN TiAIN (ML) TiAICN (ML) a-C:Me
(multi-layered) (stacked) (stacked) (nanostructured) (stacked) (nanostructured)

Microhardness (Vickers) 2300300 3500500 2800300 2000200 3300300 3000300 3500500 3000300 3200300 3500500 3300300 3500500 3500500 1000-2200

Friction Coefficient
0.6 0.2 0.5 0.3 - 0.4 0.7 0.2 0.7 0.4 0.45 0.7 0.6 0.7 0.2 0.2 - 0.25
Against Steel (Dry)

Coating Thickness 1) (m) 2-4 2-4 1-4 2-6 2-4 2-4 1-3 2-4 2-5 2-4 3-5 2-4 2-4 1-4

500C 400C 600C 600C 800C 800C 900C 800C 1100C 900C 900C 800C 800C 400C
Thermal Threshold
900F 750F 1100F 1100F 1470F 1470F 1650F 1470F 2012F 1650F 1650F 1470F 1470F 750F

Color of the Coating gold blue gray (anthracite) pale yellow silver-gray anthracite light rose blue-violet silver slate-gray anthracite dark gray anthracite old rose black

Key Characteristics standard high hardness decorative color, low stress / good high hardness, very high hardness and extreme wear high hardness, extreme hot extreme wear high warm high hardness, low friction, high lubricity,
all-purpose excellent abrasive good wear adhesion, high good oxidation elasticity, low resistance at high good oxidation hardness, high resistance at high hardness, very very good oxidation good oxidation low tendency for
coating wear resistance and corrosion toughness and resistance, low friction, high temperature, resistance, low oxidation resistance temperature, high oxidation resistance resistance adhesive wear
enhanced resistance corrosion resistance thermal conductivity oxidation resistance excellent oxidation friction and high adhesive excellent oxidation resistance, high
toughness resistance strength resistance protection against
abrasive wear

Primary Applications machining / machining of cast aluminum drawing, pressing, machining of excellent for cutting extremely machining of cutting: excellent choice warm forming, coating for a wide coating for a wide on top of hard
cutting of iron difficult-to- and generally bending and hardened steel stainless steel abrasive or hard abrasive or high performance for cutting hot forging, and range of carbide, range of carbide, coatings for
based materials machine alloy non-ferrous stamping of and thicker steel and nickel-based materials sticking materials cutting, hobbing, under extreme die casting cermet and cermet and reduction of
steels materials copper and other sheets high temperature (stainless steel, dry broaching conditions high speed steel high speed steel friction
metal forming machining non-ferrous alloys machining of cast iron, Si-rich (hard, abrasive coating for milling tooling tooling
high performance materials excellent chemical hardened steel Al-alloys) forming / materials, high with carbide, precision
plastic molding cutting where machining of resistance hard and copy (>55 HRc) punching: temp, high speed, cermet and high machining of machining of all components:
of highly abrasive moderate fiberglass, nylon metal forming milling machining of fine blanking, hot dry cutting) speed steel tools cast iron and types of steel automotive,
plastics temperatures are and most polymer for use on round machining of cast hardened steel pressing, Al die nickel based high under dry as well aerospace,
generated at the materials plastic molding shank carbide interrupted cutting steel, cast iron, (>55 HRc) casting machining of machining under temperature as wet machining medical
orthopedic cutting edge tools operations Si-rich Al alloys hardened steel dry conditions alloys conditions
instrumentation forming and available with cutting of (>55 HRc) and high feeds
excellent for punching - in-situ Duplex high speed lubricated, high performance Al-alloys & high speed drawing,
metal forming reduced cold treatment machining semi-dry or dry machining, non-ferrous nickel-based alloy available with operations, stamping,
(stainless steel) welding operations, machining semi-dry or dry metals machining in-situ Duplex semi-dry or dry punching, forming
semi-dry or dry machining treatment machining tools for
excellent for decorative machining exclusive to stamping of processing of high
machining of applications eifeler Coatings stainless steels orthopedic and low alloy steel
aluminum alloys Technology instrumentation
orthopedic orthopedic
1)
depends on size of orthopedic instrumentation instrumentation
tools, for micro tools instrumentation
a lower thickness may available with
be necessary. in-situ Duplex
treatment

Other application specific coatings available upon request. For further information and contact details please check our website: www.eifeler.us or www.bucanada.ca
This information is based upon our present state of knowledge and is intended to provide general notes on products and their uses. It should not, therefore, be construed as a warranty of specific properties of the products described, or, as a warranty of suitability for a particular purpose. Rev_1 January 31/2017.