- PLATIT
Infobox_Company
company_name = PLATIT AG
company_
company_type = Private (Swiss AG)
parent =BCI Group
foundation =1992
location =Grenchen ,Switzerland
key_people =Erich Blösch , President
Tibor Cselle , CEO
industry = industrialengineering andmanufacturing
products = surface technologies
homepage = [http://www.platit.com www.platit.com]Platit AG is a Swiss company that manufactures and markets coating equipment for the
cutting tool industry. It is widely regarded as a technology leader inPhysical vapor deposition PVD coating technology.Platit was founded in 1992. The company's headquarters are located in
Grenchen ,Switzerland . Manufacturing plants are located inSwitzerland and theCzech Republic . There are 12 sales offices on 4 continents. [http://www.platit.com/ Platit Website] ]Platit's CEO is Dr.
Tibor Cselle . Platit is wholly owned and controlled byBCI Group , a Swiss conglomerate that focusses on products for the Swiss watch industry.Platit is often spelled in all-caps: PLATIT.
Competitors include
Unaxis (Balzers), Sulzer (Metaplas Ionbond), and [http://www.cemecon.de/ Cemecon] .Products
PVD coatings are typically applied to cutting tools - such as
drills orendmill s -, molds and dies, and machine components to extend their lifetime. Typical PVD coatings includeTitanium nitride (TiN), TiCN, or TiAlN.Platit manufactures coating units to deposit PVD coatings. Tools or machine components are loaded into a vacuum chamber, and heated to several hundred degrees Celsius to start a process in which metal from
cathode s is evaporated and deposited on the substrates. Typically, cathodes are planar (flat), while Platit's LARC process (LAteral Rotated Cathodes) features cylindrical cathodes that have several advantages over the traditional setup, including the ability to deposit smooth coating surfaces and nanocomposite structures [http://platit.com/files/Vacuums_Best.pdf T. Cselle: Application of Coatings for Tooling - Quo Vadis 2005?] , "VIP Vacuum's Best", Wiley Press, 2005.] [http://platit.com/files/PLATIT-Catalog-2008.pdf Compendium 2008 (pdf)] ] .As Platit's customers are generally small- to medium-size companies, their coating units tend to be smaller in chamber size and capacity than competitor's models, which are often aimed for use in larger operations.
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