CemeCon records increasing demand for HiPIMS coatings
Tool manufacturers from Thailand and Southeast Asia are increasingly relying on HiPIMS coatings from technology leader CemeCon to increase the performance, service life and process reliability of their cutting tools.
As a technological quantum leap in the PVD coating of cutting tools, HiPIMS is also considered a sensible investment decision in tool production in Asia. The technology enables extremely dense, smooth and adhesive coatings with outstanding mechanical properties - even with complex tool geometries. HiPIMS also allows an almost unlimited variety of coating materials in the largest range of coating thicknesses available on the market. In Southeast Asia, HiPIMS-coated precision tools are used by suppliers to the automotive industry, in traditional mechanical engineering, in mold making and in component production for consumer electronics and in the two-wheeler industry. CemeCon partner W.P.P. Engineering Co., Ltd (WPP) supports this locally with coating services, consulting and the integration of the company's own HiPIMS systems, thereby meeting the demands of a highly competitive market. WPP combines local market knowledge with the technical expertise and quality standards of the international CemeCon locations and the German headquarters.
HiPIMS coating systems for Asian tool production
Wittaya Ponpet, Managing Director of WPP in Bangkok, has been supporting tool manufacturers in Thailand and Vietnam with his company for many years. His company is supported by the international CemeCon network, including technical service and spare parts supply from the Indian branch. Ponpet emphasizes the importance of CemeCon coatings for tool performance: "The result is tools with maximum performance, long tool life and maximum process reliability. HiPIMS is particularly impressive when it comes to machining demanding materials and high expectations of surface quality." WPP offers a coating service in the region including pre- and post-treatment as well as quality assurance based on the model of the CemeCon coating center in Würselen. This gives tool manufacturers direct access to HiPIMS technology, even for small series or samplings. In addition to the coating service, WPP also offers in-house coating lines. According to Ponpet, this fundamentally changes the strategic orientation of many tool manufacturers in Asia: "An in-house HiPIMS coating line integrated into tool production is seen as a guarantee of success with the highest possible quality standard and at the same time very high flexibility. Our customers who invest here can rely one hundred percent on a lasting technological advantage 'made in Germany'."