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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 28, 2002
Filed:
Apr. 22, 1999
Applicant:
Inventor:
Hans Braendle, Sargans, CH;
Assignee:
Balzers Aktiengesellschaft, Furtentum, LI;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C23C 2/700 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C23C 2/700 ;
Abstract
Disclosed are workpieces, especially those made of steel or hard metals, provided with at least two coatings of a wear-protective system, which qualities are improved even with high system thickness, so that adjoining coatings are realized with differing crystallographic privileged directions.