New address

Rue de Collège 92, La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland

Email: creepservice@net2000.ch

Phone: +41 78 839 8088

www.swissnanocoat.com

New High throughput production Coating machine SNC500MD:

The technology called ULF (ultra low friction) has been used for a long time under a temporary license agreement between Union Tools and SWISS NANOCOAT SA

- Deposition rate: 0.6 micron/hour over 600mm height on 2.5 rotation carousel with thickness uniformity: +/-10%

- Batch capacity: 12'000pcs of 3.175 mm shank diameter

- Cycle time: 130 min for 200nm thickness

- Process Temperature : <60C

- Low energy ion cleaning and sharpening of microdrils to increase drilling performance

- Individual charging/discharging of rotated axes reducing time between cycles

Basic technology of SNC500MD

- Filtered Laser Arc deposition by carbon evaporation from graphite (HOPG) rotating drum allows to optimize hardness, adhesion and sp3/sp2 ratio of ta-C coating

- Two carbon sources 700 mm heigth with variable laser ignition frequences: 60-100Hz

- Pulsed arc current 3000 -7000A/pulse

- Original system of carbon ions transport with dual anodes providing high deposition rate and extremely low quantity of droplets (patented)

- Synchronization of laser pulses, arc discharge current, pulsed bias and dual anodes system

- Low energy ion etching at low temperature, as well as sharpening of cutting edges of microdrills

- Autocleaning vacuum window for laser beam pass in vacuum

High Drilling performances of ULF coating (drills diameters 0.105 and 0.150)

- Extremely efficient chip evacuation

- Excellent hole quality, hole registration (Cpk) and position accuracy

- Service live time increase

- Infeed speed increase

The Company Union Tools in Japan, market leader in PCB micro driller manufacturing, has successfully applied a coating technology developed by SWISS NANOCOAT / Creepservice, Switzerland

2026