Quality control of the PVD coating
Thickness and adhesion are important characteristics of a coating. They need to be controlled and monitored to guarantee a constant level of performance.
PQCS
PLATIT’s Quality Control Software
PQCS is a quality control software developed by PLATIT. The software is optimized for easy and fast data acquisition by recording batch photos, coating thickness and adhesion. All data is stored in a database to generate a coating report and provide a graphical representation of quality trends.
Advantages:
- Simple user interface
- Generating coating report step by step to record the coating quality
- Automatic database entries including customer information, batch information and a photo, calo and Rockwell image
- User-defined fields can be integrated
- The data can be filtered and represented graphically to recognize quality trends
Basic quality control methods
- Coating thickness measurement using a calo tester on test plates and tools
- Adhesion evaluation using a Rockwell or scratch tester
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