The automotive industry is complex. Alongside pressures to improve the sustainability of production processes and the vehicles rolling off the line, carmakers are also looking to push the limits of ...

The problem being addressed by the U.S. Army was that wear and corrosion require the artillery personnel to replace chromium-coated spindles well before they reach their usable end-of-life. The ...

For the most part of its long history, the clock has been an essential tool in not only telling time, but also in navigation. Due to war and improved globalization and commerce, the wristwatch ...

Industrial gas turbine (IGT) manufacturers and maintenance, repair, and overhaul (MRO) personnel are continually seeking new ways to improve the performance and longevity of critical components.

Definition: Physical Vapor Deposition (PVD) is a sophisticated coating technology widely used to deposit thin films of materials onto various substrates. This technique involves the physical ...

Typical physical-vapor-deposition (PVD) hard coatings are 20 times thinner than a human hair, yet they can drastically improve performance, boost reliability, and extend service lives of tool and ...

Mustang Vacuum Systems' innovative PVD systems have taken the world by storm, with over 300 new systems installed into existing production lines over the past 10 years. AZoM spoke to Dan Downey, of ...