NCI - Swissnanocoat SA

Swiss engineering company since 2006

- Legal holder of Intellectual Properties Rights

- Patent applications in Europe, USA, China, Korea, Taiwan, Japan

Machine East-01

- Ta:C, Hydrogen free DLC, PVD +CVD + low energy ion implantation

SuperJet - Bonding Improver

- Bonding Improvement, Plasma Cleaning + Surface Activation + Cold Plasma Coating

Breakthrough CS technology

- First high performance and cost efficient technology enables to improve considerably service life time of micro tools, needles, components, ...

- Ultra low friction, increased breakage resistance

- Improved anticorrosion, anti-sticking and biocompatibility

- Low temperature (<70C) surface treatment

CS coating equipment

Method consists of a combination

PVD +CVD + low energy ion implantation

Filtered arc sources (x2) for metal deposition

+ Reactive gases

Pulsed arc carbon source

adjustable filtering of macroparticles

Low energy ion gun

- etching / polishing / implantation

CS nanostructured coatings

- Hardness: Hv=3000-7000 HV

- High Young's modulus > 700 GPa

- High density > 2.9 g/cm3

- Ultra smooth, Ra < 10nm

- Thicknesses: 10 nm -10 000 nm

- Friction coefficient 0.12

- Transparency in InfraRed

- Biocompatible

Transmission Electron Microscopy

Amorphous nanostructured Ta-DLC H-free coating

CS coatings improve surface

Cutting edge drill 0.105mm

Flexion tests, on micro drill of diam.100 microns

Flexion tests, micro drill of 0.1mm diameter

Standard	CS Coated

CS coating breakage resistance

Service life time: drilling tests on micro drills :
comparison of CS against world leader coating

CS coating first industrial applications

- PCB micro tools

- Mass production in Japan

- The license was sold to the Japanese world leader company

- Sewing needles

- Watch industry

- Luxury Swiss watch industry

- IR optical coating

- Military applications

- Dental and other medical tools

- Automotive industry

- Car engine moving parts