A clear and intact substrate surface is important to the success of a coating deposited on a carbide insert. This article looks at the surface problems and contamination, introduced by the insert manufacturing process, that the coating company or insert user must correct before the insert is ready to be coated.
Imported from the CTE archive to seed discussion on MFGAxis.
Originally published on CTE: 1995-03-01
CTE source: https://ctemag.com/articles/carbide-coatability/
Legacy path: /articles/carbide-coatability