PVD PALM - Thin Film Coatings for Polymer Additive Layer Manufacturing

PVD Palm将通过开发在其表面应用薄膜涂层的专业知识和技术，扩展聚合物添加剂层制造(P-ALM，更广为人知的3D打印)的能力。采用物理气相沉积(PVD)技术的薄膜涂层被应用于真空工艺中，以原子速率将材料输送到厚度小于1微米的部件的表面。以这种方式应用PVD涂层可以在表面提供多层氧化物、碳化物、氮化物和金属，以提高耐用性，提供光学改进或电学性能，并且在具有挑战性的环境中使用的大多数机械加工和铸造材料中是必不可少的。PVD Palm将加深对从光敏树脂到熔融和立体光刻技术的广泛的P-ALM工艺以及广泛的材料如尼龙、ABS、PP和PEAK将光线涂料有限公司建立为P-ALM组件涂层服务的领先合作伙伴，并被选定为该领域新产品开发的研发合作伙伴。

PVD PALM will extend the capabilities of Polymer Additive Layer Manufacturing (P-ALM, more widely known as 3D Printing) by developing expertise and know how on the application of Thin Film coatings to their surfaces. Thin Film coatings applied by Physical Vapour Deposition (PVD) are applied in vacuum processes, transporting materials at the atomic rate to the surface of a component with thicknesses less than 1 micron.The application of PVD coatings in this way can provide layers of Oxides, Carbides, Nitrides and metals to a surface to increase durability, provide optical improvements or electrical properties and are essential in most machined and cast materials used in challenging environments.PVD PALM will develop the understanding and processes required of the wide range of P-ALM processes from photoresins to FDM and stereolithography techniques and the wide array of materials such as Nylon, ABS, PP and PEAK to establish Light Coatings Ltd as a leading partner for coating services on P-ALM components and a chosen R&D partner for new product development in this area.