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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 19, 2026
Filed:
Feb. 09, 2022
Applicant:
Oerlikon Surface Solutions Ag, Pfäffikon, Pfäffikon, CH;
Inventor:
Othmar Züger, Triesen, LI;
Assignee:
OERLIKON SURFACE SOLUTIONS AG, PFÄFFIKON, Pfäffikon, CH;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C23C 16/52 (2006.01); C23C 16/50 (2006.01); H01J 37/32 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01J 37/32559 (2013.01); C23C 16/50 (2013.01); C23C 16/52 (2013.01); H01J 37/32055 (2013.01); H01J 37/32541 (2013.01); H01J 37/32669 (2013.01); H01J 2237/3321 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method for suppressing anode overgrowth in an arc-beam PICVD coating system, wherein during at least part of a coating process of the arc-beam PICVD coating system, the arc-beam is scanned over at least part of a surface of the anode. Further, the invention relates to an arc-beam PICVD coating system for coating parts.