Innovations in Green Technology with Physical Vapour Deposition - a combination of functionality and design

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1 Innovations in Green Technology with Physical Vapour Deposition - a combination of functionality and design 1

2 Our company: Ara-Coatings GmbH & Co. KG Service: Customers: Engineering, adjustment and production of PVD based customized coatings > 250, world-wide, spread over more than 40 different business areas: decorative coatings: functional coatings: sensory coatings: jewelry, watches, writing utensils, glasses, luxury and consumer goods, mobile phones, tiles,... architectural glass, solar panels, aerospace, medical equipment, sanitary, foods packing, kitchen equipment, piping, metal industry,... piping, foods packing, antimicrobial efficiency, product protection... Innovations: Aradierung, Ara Brightlight, Ara Authentic, ARA-LT, ARA Authentic-LT Partners: Ara-Authentic GmbH, Erlangen Ara-Emirates LLC, United Arab Emirates 2

3 Our company: Ara-Coatings GmbH & Co. KG Examples for innovative coatings, developed at Ara-Coatings Industrial sector Company Coating Description Aerospace Planes and satelites producer Aradierung Heat resistant (> 1000 K) elastic stack on superalloys All Ara-Authentic GmbH, Germany Forgery-proof coatings: Ara Authentic Illumination depending color change, smartphone verifiable Architectual glass Glass coating company Transparent Special effect on surface #2 Automotive Supplier of interieur parts Easy-to-clean Easy-to-clean coating on side mirrors Automotive BMW Formula 1 Specific stack Refinement of breaking system Bearings Bearings producer Nano cluster colors Color change on Aluminium Bicycle German producer of bicycle shanks Aradierung Green low friction coatings on shanks Ceramic tiles Mosaics Aradierung, Golden coating Scratch resistant color coating on ceramic tiles Food sensor Semiconductor company Sensor coating Sensory coating to detect the freshness of food Gemstones Producer of glass jewelry Aradierung Gilding Ara-Emirates LLC, UAE Golden coating High adhesion and scratch resistant Hearing devices Bruckhoff, Germany Black coating Decorative Coating Metal processing Steel industry Specific stack Corrosion protection Manicure cases Producer of nail scissors Decoration Black scratch resistant color Medical equipment Producer od medical equipment Aradierung Sterilizable color coatings Mobile phone Producer of smart phones Ara-Authentic Color change on back plates Perfume Heinz Glass, Germany Aradierung, Ara Brightlight, Ara Authentic Transparent and opaque colors on Glass perfume bottles Sanitary Sanitary equipment Chromium like coating Substitution of galvanic chromium Swimming pool grids ADO- Metall, Germany Aradierung Corrosion resistant coatings on swimmingpool grids Watches Luxury watch producer, Germany Aradierung Red color on tourbillon Watches Luxury watch producer, Germany Black color on Hammer bridges Decorative coating 3

4 Business model of Ara-Coatings Kick-off meeting: Evaluation of a possible project Signing of a mutual NDA Specification of requested coatings and definition of products to be coated Cooperation project: 1. phase: Proof of principle 2. phase: Proof of commercial and technical feasibility 3. phase: Transfer of coating processes to the production machines Serial production: a) at Ara-Coatings (as contract coater) b) at partners (license model) c) directly at customers site 4

5 Our technology: Aradierung Precisely adjustable optical features either homogeneous or with an angle depending color shift

6 Our technology: Aradierung Every color can be combined with additional required features e.g.: corrosion protection anti fingerprint ( af ) Aradierung on Al-foil Aradierung + af easy-to-clean scratch resistance ( sr ) Aradierung + sr 6

7 Overview: Available coatings Coatings under ongoing development Coatings ready for production (only adaption is necessary) Metal based color coatings Smartphone-readable forgery-proof labels Temperature sensitive coatings Time sensitive coatings Detection of antimicrobial efficiency Gold and other colors on textiles Smartphone-readable forgery-proof coatings (Ara-Authentic ) Aradierung Sterilizable color coatings Wear- and scratch resistant gold coatings Black decorative coatings High temperature stable color coatings Metallic coatings and alloys Mechanical and chemically stable ceramic hardcoatings PVD based coatings with chrome optical appearance 7

8 taps Examples for gold coatings coffee machines mobile phones textiles Wasserhähne as Goldrubin 8

9 Examples for functional color coatings Aradierung on metal, glass, ceramics, polymers, textiles and other materials Ara-Brightlight on clock face: Ara-Authentic on perfume bottles: uncoated 9

10 Other examples for application Smartphone-readable forgery-proof coatings: Ara Authentic 10

11 Smartphone-readable forgery-proof coatings: Ara Authentic Functional principle and features of Ara Authentic - systems Two colors at one spot simultaneously visible Specular reflection Scattered light Illumination with pocket lamps 11

12 Smartphone-readable forgery-proof coatings: Ara Authentic Authentication with a standard smartphone Proof of originality: Demonstration movie applicable on most products Reliable and fast authentication procedure Customized App s Combination of authentication with identification features 12

13 Smartphone-readable forgery-proof coatings: Ara Authentic banknotes drugs security documents packaging consumer goods Fields of applications spare parts bottles watches toys jewelry mobile phones tools machinery electronic devices sport accessoires Example: Ara Authentic on perfume bottles decorative ecological friendly sustainable forgery proof smartphone readable 13

14 Production of PVD-coatings: Different types of coating machines Batch Inline Roll-to-Roll Locations for serial production: at Ara-Coatings, at contract coating companies or at customer s site 14

15 Production of PVD-coatings: Examples for application Direct marking : Thin layer stacks are applied directly on product surfaces or parts by using the PVD technology. These coatings are not removable without destroying them and they are wear-, scratch- and chemically resistant. Laser Transfer ARA-LT and ARA Authentic-LT PVD films are applied directly from the carrier foil to the product surface by using a laser beam. The ARA-LT and ARA Authentic-LT technology give you the opportunity to put your logo, brand name, QR-code or other features in many different colors on a big range of different materials: adhesion- and scratch resistant, fast, flexible, low cost and Without damaging of the product surface Foto: PVD-coated foil 15

16 Laser-induced transfer of PVD-films PET foil Release layer Functional ARA film Adhesive layer PET foil product Release layer Functional ARA film Adhesive layer Production in a PVD coating device Layer setup of the ARA-LT - as well as the ARA Authentic-LT - system: Placing of the coated PET- foil on the substrate to be laser coated Laser on Laser off PET foil Product Release layer Functional ARA film Adhesive layer Laser transfer onto the surface of the product PET foil d 100 nm Product Laser transfer is done Functional ARA film on the product 16

17 ARA-LT : Laser-induced transfer of PVD-films: Examples - Transfer of metals or alloys (gold, silver, steel, ) for decorative and functional puposes. - Transfer of functional color coatings on a lot of different materials and product surfaces. metal, textiles, ceramic, plastic... ARA Authentic-LT : - Transfer of forgery-proof, smartphone-readable PVD films on product surfaces. 17

18 Laser-induced transfer of PVD films: Characteristics and USP s The product surface itself is not or not significantly affected by the laser coating. ARA-LT and ARA Authentic-LT are additive methods, i.e. no surface material is removed or changed in contrast to standard laser-markings. Neither the product geometry nor its dimensions are affected. Both technologies can be customized, i.e. customer- oder product-specific requirements can be integrated. The ARA-LT as well as the ARA Authentic-LT technology can be implemented into the production lines at the customers site. The laser coating technology is very cost efficient The materials used in these laser transfer technologies are completely environmentally friendly and save resources because only a very low quantity of material is used for the laser transferable coatings. 18

19 Laser-induced transfer of PVD films: Characteristics and USP s The aim of the technology is to use the available functional and / or decorative sputter coatings - without placing the products in a PVD coating machine. Only pure PVD films are used for the laser transfer that means, no laquers or pigments are involved. The contrast is much larger compared to any conventional printing process. The materials of the laser transfer coatings are selected with regard to the requested functional and optical features for the product. There is a big variety of usable materials for the laser transferrable coatings e,g, metals, alloys, semiconductors as well as insulators (ceramic hard coatings) and combinations of them. The ARA LT color layers are generated during the PVD process and just transferred then or they are finally determined by the appropriate laser parameter settings. It is also possible to transfer metal layers, e.g. gold, silver, copper, titanium, aluminum, zirconium, etc. without changing their material properties. 19

20 Forgery-proof laser coatings: Ara-Authentic Characteristics and USP S Specific and significant color effects - easy visible with the bare eye. Fast, simple and reliable verification of originality is possible and can be proceed by using our App s, available for standard smartphone. Forensic proof is done with a VIS/NIR spectrometer. The proof of originality can be combined with identification features (Data-Matrices, Barcodes, ). The forgery-proof laser coatings can be integrated into an existing corporate identity The Ara Authentic-LT technology can be applied for low costs on products and are suitable for the implementation in large series production - directly at the locations of manufacturers. Foto: Significant color change of the same laser transferred PVD layer just by changing the viewing angle. 20

21 Contact Ara-Coatings GmbH & Co. KG Gundstr Erlangen, Germany Tel.: Fax: