Equipment

What plants do we manufacture?
Plant construction principle.
Some operational and technical characteristics of plants.
                     More information about plants, individual units and systems.
Upgrade of NNV-6.6 plants.
What plant do you need.

What plants do we manufacture?

We design and manufacture vacuum ion-plasma electric arc plants for making multicomponent, multilayer, nanostructure coatings and materials.

Our plants are versatile and designed for:

• making solid, wear-resistant, strengthening, corrosion resistant and other coatings and layers with specific functions;
• chemical-thermal treatment of surface layers of products and making combined layers: a diffusion sublayer + coating (e.g., azotizing + coating);
• deposition of thick (up to 500 microns) protective layers on the products that operate at high temperatures in aggressive environments;
• obtaining multi-component, multi-layer materials, materials based on intermetallic compounds, 3-D structures and nanosystems;
• making functional nanostructure materials and nanosystems.

Read more about application of our equipment and our technologies..

Plant construction principle.

Plants are being built in a modular fashion – a set of generic components and systems for specific tasks and requirements. Settings for different tasks tend to differ by:

• size of vacuum chamber;
• type of product motion mechanism;
• number and type of plasma sources;
• type of power supply;
• type of control system;
• level of automation.

Some operational and technical characteristics of plants:

1. Size and number of processed products is determined by the size of working chamber, the number and location of plasma sources, type of mechanism for motion of products. Our various plants have the following parameters:

• size of working chambers of Ø600×600 mm (~200 l) to Ø1200×1400 mm (~1600 l);
• number of plasma sources from 2 to 9;
• types of rotation mechanisms:
  • planetary – simultaneous rotation of products around its own axis and around the axis of the chamber;
  • double planetary – rotation around its own axis, the axis of the satellite and around the chamber axis;
  • mechanism for rotation in two perpendicular or inclined planes.

2. Performance of plants is determined by duration of the technological cycle, speed of coating, size of processed area. At our plants:

• duration of production cycle:
  • for most of the tasks does not exceed 1-2 hours;
  • when applying thick coatings of up to 500 microns on complex surfaces, it can be dozens of hours;
• speed of coating application is 40 microns/hr;
• value of coated area is up to several m².

3. Type the coating or material is determined by the material of plasma source cathodes, working gases, process technology. At our plants we typically use:

• cathodes of Ti, Al, Al-Si, Zr, Cr, Mo, Ni, Cu, C, and others;
• working gases N₂, Ar, O₂, C_nH_k, H₂ and their mixtures. Quantity of gas in controlled working mixture is up to 3.

Simultaneous or sequential modes of operation of plasma sources with different cathodes allow to obtain multi-component, multi-layer, composite materials and coatings.

4.Plant control systems – automated (either partially or completely).

5. Resources needed for plants:

• the area occupied by the plant, as a rule, does not exceed 25 m м²;
• power consumption – 20 to 80 kW depending on type of plant;
• consumption rate of cold process water – 1 to 3 m²/h;
• exhaust ventilation for mechanical pumps.

6. Plants are of class of environmentally friendly equipment – they have no harmful emissions and radiation.

7. Plants maintenance does not require highly skilled personnel.

8. Warranty period for plants – not less than 12 months.

Read more about our plants and their specifications.

Upgrade of NNV-6.6 plants.

Upgraded plant NNV-6.6 by technological capabilities is almost as good as modern plants; it meets all modern technical requirements. Upgraded plant NNV-6.6 is:

• implementation of new technologies;
• increased productivity, high technical level, high reliability;
• modern high-performance plasma sources (evaporators), including new and unique SPS-1 sources with separation of plasma flow;
• modern electronics, plant control and process control system based on industrial controller;
• modern compact power sources;
• efficient high-frequency product security system from damage by microarc discharges;
• highly efficient vacuum system;
• highly efficient delivery system of controlled mixture of working gases on the basis of international flow meters;
• other units and systems that comply with modern technical level;
• appearance corresponding to modern requirements for process equipment;
• warranty service.

The volume of modernization is determined individually, based on required tasks. You get a modern plant with broad technological capabilities at much lower cost.

Read more about upgrading of NNV-6.6 plants.

What plant do you need?

State your task, operational requirements for your products, their working conditions.
Contact us. By asking a few questions we will understand the specifics of your tasks and be able to offer coating, materials, technology and equipment with the necessary capacity.
The equipment comes directly for your task and its characteristics may vary from the above.
Accessories can be supplies together with the plants – product preparation lines, dying ovens, industrial equipment, etc.