COATING SELECTION CHART
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TiN | TiCN Titanium Carbon Nitride | TiAlN | AlTiN | TiAlSiN | ZrN | CrN | AlCrN | AlCrN-HC | |
COATING COLOR | Gold | Rose | Dark Gray | Dark Gray | Gray | Pale Gold | Silver | Blue - Gray | Blue - Gray |
HARDNESS (HV) | 2300 - 2500 | 2800 - 3200 | 2900 - 3100 | 3000 - 3400 | 3200 - 3500 | 2300 - 2500 | 1800 - 2100 | 3000 - 3200 | 3000 - 3200 |
COATING THICKNESS | 2.2µ - 3.2µ | 2.5µ - 3.5µ | 1.8µ - 3.2µ | 1.8µ - 3.2µ | 1.8µ - 3.2µ | 2.2µ - 3.8 | 2.2µ - 3.8 | 1.8µ - 3.2µ | 1.8µ - 3.2µ |
COATING THICKNESS | 1 - 8µ | 1 - 8µ | 1 - 5µ | 1 - 5µ | 1 - 4µ | 1 - 5µ | 1 - 5µ | 1 - 5µ | 1 - 5µ |
COATING THICKNESS | 2.5µ ± 20% | 2.8µ ± 20% | 2.4µ ± 20% | 2.5µ ± 20% | 2.5µ ± 20% | 3.0µ ± 20% | 3.0µ ± 20% | 2.5µ ± 20% | 2.5µ ± 20% |
COEFFICIENT OF FRICTION (COF) | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.35 | 0.35 | 0.35 | 0.35 | 0.45 | 0.35 | 0.35 |
COMMON USE | Machining Ferrous Materials, Molding, Medical Instruments | Stamping, Punching, Blanking, Forming Tools, Tough Machining, Injection Molding | Machining Difficult Materials, Dry or High Temp Machining, Fast Feed Rate Machining, Core Pins | Dry Machining, High Temp Machining, Fast Feed Rate Machining, Hot Forging | Machining Cast Iron, Tough Applications in High Temp, High Temp Drilling | General Purpose Machining, Medical Industry Instruments | Corrosive Machining, Machining Aluminum, Copper, Metal Forming | Machining: Gear Cutting Tools, Inserts, Punching | Punches, Dies, Stamping, Coining, Beverage and Powdered Metal Industries |
Great general purpose coating for numerous applications. | Improved hardness, toughness, wear resistance over TiN coating with very low COF. | Forgiving coating with high surface hardness at elevated temps. | Versatile coating with a low COF and higher breakdown temperature than TiAlN. | Extremely hard and tough coating with a higher break down temperature than TiAlN / AlTiN. Excellent wear resistance when combined with DCT's post treatment process. | Exceptional abrasion resistance and lubricity. | Great sliding wear resistance, ductile and helps prevent cold welding. Similar in use to hard chrome plating. | Superb hot hardness with extra ordinary wear resistance under extreme mechanical stress. | Ideal for coating PM steels used on cold work applications. Enhances performance of precision instruments under extreme compressive loads. |
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