Premium coatings for
cutting inserts with
"built-in competitive advantage"

The coating materials FerroCon®, InoxaCon® and AluCon® are extremely smooth, low-stress, extraordinarily hard and wear-resistant, and have unparalleled adhesive strength. This ensures longer tool life, better workpiece surfaces and the possibility of optimised cutting values.

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FerroCon®

for unalloyed and alloyed steels as well as cast iron

Coating material:
AITiN-based

max. working temperature:
1,100 °C

Colour:
Anthracite grey

Coating thickness for cutting insert:
3 µm, 6 µm and soon: 12 µm new

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InoxaCon®

for stainless, high-alloy steels, titanium alloys, nickel-based alloys and materials that are difficult to machine (CrCo)

Coating material:
TiAlSiN-based

max. working temperature:
1,100 °C

Colour:
Copper

Coating thickness for cutting insert:
3 µm

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AluCon®

for aluminium, titanium, copper and non-ferrous metals

Coating material:
TiB₂-based

max. working temperature:
1,000 °C

Colour:
Silver

Coating thickness for cutting insert:
2 µm

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Please select an application to show the advantages of the HiPIMS coatings AluCon^®, FerroCon^® and InoxaCon^® compared to conventional coatings:

Cutting volume [cm³] increased by

300 %

with InoxaCon^®

Cutting volume [cm³] increased by

300

with InoxaCon^®

Increase in tool life of

131

with InoxaCon^®

Increase in tool life of

with InoxaCon^®

Increase in milling path of

with InoxaCon^®

Increase in tool life [workpieces] of

500

with InoxaCon^®

Wear reduction of

100

with InoxaCon^®

Increase in tool life of

with InoxaCon^®

Cutting volume [cm³] increased by

with FerroCon^®

Increase in milling path of

230

with FerroCon^®

Cutting volume [cm³] increased by

with FerroCon^®

Increase in tool life of

with FerroCon^®

Increase in tool life [workpieces] of

100

with FerroCon^®

Wear reduction of

with FerroCon^®

Wear reduction of

with FerroCon^®

Increase in tool life of

150

with FerroCon^®

Increase in tool life of

with AluCon^®

Increase in tool life of

with AluCon^®

Increase in tool life of

with AluCon^®

The advantages of HiPIMS technology

Flexibility
Coating thickness
Smoothness

Coating distribution
Adhesion
Toughness/ Hardness

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For a long time it was technically inconceivable, but CemeCon has now perfected very thick PVD coatings with FerroCon®Quadro.

Coatings up to 12 µm can be realized with firm adhesion! Completely new options are opening up for machining steel and cast iron.

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Why choose CemeCon HiPIMS Technology?

Arc

CVD

HiPIMS

Topography

Droplets

Rough

Smooth

Coating temperature

500 °C

1000 °C

500 °C

Max. coating thickness

4 µm

10-15 µm

12 µm

Internal stress

High compressive stress

Tensile stress

Low compressive stress

Thoughness

High

Low

Very high

Ease of production

Yes

No (Precursor)

Yes

Flexibility

Low

None

High (almost all coating materials, all substrates)

Microtool

Yes

In order to be able to produce the series later, it is important to take a close look right at the beginning. Have the correct parameters and work steps been selected? This ensures the high quality that we always provide!

Eric Knipprath, Production Engineering at CemeCon

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