Review of physical vapour deposition (PVD) techniques for hard coating

This paper is a review on the status of hard coating of various physical vapour deposition (PVD) techniques and compare their properties. The use of hard and wear resistant PVD coatings on cutting tools is now widespread in global manufacturing for reducing production cost and improving productivity...

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Main Authors: Mubarak, A. (Author), Hamzah, Esah (Author), Toff, M. R. M. (Author)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, 2005-12.
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