Product Overview
View CatalogGive your cutting tools a boost with wear-resistant coatings from Oerlikon Balzers. Applied through PVD, PACVD and CVD technologies, the BALINIT, BALIQ and BALDIA coating families combine exceptional hot hardness with resistance to temperature and oxidation, protecting tools against abrasive and adhesive wear and tribo-chemical reactions. The result is higher cutting speeds and feed rates, longer tool service life, better part quality and lower cost per part. Worn tools can also be reconditioned — resharpening (regrinding) and recoating restore near-new cutting efficiency over multiple cycles, saving more than 50% compared to buying a new coated tool even after three cycles.
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BALINIT, BALIQ & BALDIA coating properties, recommended coatings by tool and material, reconditioning and primeGear gear-cutting service
Frequently Asked Questions
Q: What do cutting tool coatings do?
A: Wear-resistant coatings combine exceptional hot hardness with resistance to temperature and oxidation. They protect the tool against abrasive and adhesive wear and tribo-chemical reactions, allowing higher cutting speeds and feed rates and a longer tool service life.
Q: Which coating technologies are used?
A: Oerlikon Balzers applies cutting tool coatings using PVD (Physical Vapor Deposition), PACVD (Plasma Assisted Chemical Vapor Deposition) and CVD (Chemical Vapor Deposition).
Q: Which materials and operations are covered?
A: Coated tools are used on tempered, stainless and hardened steels, grey cast iron, non-ferrous metals, fibre-reinforced plastics and superalloys, as well as difficult-to-machine titanium, cobalt chrome, nickel-based alloys and CFRP/GFRP. Operations include turning, milling, drilling, threading, gear cutting, broaching and reaming.
Q: What is tool reconditioning?
A: Reconditioning combines resharpening (regrinding) and recoating to bring a worn tool back to near-new cutting efficiency. The process covers inspection, decoating, regrinding, pre-treatment and re-coating, with optional express delivery. A tool can go through several cycles — even after three, you save more than 50% compared to buying a new coated tool. The service is offered at selected Oerlikon Balzers coating centres, including Pune, Aurangabad, Ahmedabad, Bangalore, Chennai, Chandigarh, Jamshedpur and Manesar in India.
Q: What are BALINIT, BALIQ and BALDIA coatings?
A: They are the three Oerlikon Balzers coating families for cutting tools. BALINIT are PVD coatings for a wide range of materials and operations. BALIQ coatings use S3p (Scalable Pulsed Power Plasma) technology for very smooth surfaces and sharp edges, especially on ultra-small-diameter tools. BALDIA are CVD diamond coatings for composites, ceramics, graphite and high-silicon aluminium.
Q: What is primeGear?
A: primeGear is an Oerlikon Balzers service for gear-cutting tools. It combines an assessment of the current tool status — wear, work material, resharpening quality and life-cycle cost — with tailored pre-treatment, edge preparation, coating and post-treatment. In a customer test, optimised resharpening and coating reduced total tool costs by 90% per year.
Q: How do I choose the right coating for my tool?
A: The best coating depends on the tool type, workpiece material and machining operation. Contact PTS with your application details and we will coordinate with Oerlikon Balzers to recommend a suitable solution.
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