Oerlikon Balzers BALINIT® coatings are the standard coatings offered for all cutting tools manufactured by Star.

Oerlikon Balzers BALINIT® coatings are just a few thousandths of a millimeter thick, but harder than steel; these low friction coatings are extremely wear-resistant and chemically inert.

The optimum coating is determined on the basis of both conditions of use and economic considerations.  The material and properties of BALINIT® coatings can be selected to match the customer’s specific requirements.

The typical coating thicknesses that can be reproduced in mass-production lie between 0.5 ́m and 4 ́m.  Sharp edges, textured or mirror surface finishes and close production tolerances remain unaltered.  Therefore, no finishing work is required and the coating can be carried out as the final production step. With BALINIT® from Balzers, you can only win Coating your tools and precision components with BALINIT® increases their performance by several orders of magnitude. The coating opens new dimensions in manufacturing and design with clear cost advantages in numerous applications.

Standard solution or new development: BALINIT® coatings are always obtainable in the same consistently high quality, wherever you may be - an important factor where parameter specifications must be met or multi-national companies have their parts coated at different locations.

BALINIT®-coated tools

•  improve productivity
•  reduce production costs
•  increase process reliability
•  improve product quality
•  shorten delivery times
•  reduce the environmental impact save resources
 
In short, BALINIT®-coated tools give you the performance you need to meet the increasing demands of modern manufacturing technologies. Make use of these advantages for cutting, punching, forming, metal die casting and plastics processing.