Failure of Physical Vapour Deposition Coating Zirconium Nitride on the Punch of Clinching Tool

A tool with a punch of ø5 mm and a die with a specially formed circular cavity and an annular gap was used for mechanical joining of thin hot-dip galvanized steel sheets. The active parts of punch and die were covered by PVD coating of ZrN type with LARC technology. The punches and the dies were tes...

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Main Authors: Džupon Miroslav, Kaščák Ľuboš, Németh Dušan, Kubík Réne
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sciendo 2017-06-01
Series:Acta Mechanica et Automatica
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1515/ama-2017-0022