i-L 3.5000

In-line Coating System

The in-line system i-L 3.5000 is a highly productive coating system. Coating material can be deposited on both sides or on one side of the target components in a single pass. Target components can be bipolar plates for fuel cells or electrolysers, PTL, GDL, interconnects or similar. A wide variety of structures and base materials can be coated.
Since the system is very adaptable, a wide variety of coatings – including complex multilayer coatings – can be applied. The bandwidth is considerable and covers a wide range of the elements in the periodic table.

With the i-L 3.5000, PVT offers an industrial series solution for the most demanding coating tasks.
Customized coatings can be produced as well as the “High-Performance Coatings” developed by PVT in cooperation with renowned institutes.

On request, the in-line system can be supplemented by a pre-cleaning system or an automated frame transport – from the exit of the system, removal and reloading with components – back to the entrance of the system.

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The in-line system i-L 3.5000 is characterized by:

  • Robust construction for industrial series use, combined with highly developed vacuum technology.

  • Stable manufacturing quality combined with advanced design.

  • Highest reliability and easy maintenance due to well thought-out construction and design.

  • The widest range of coating systems and coating technologies at the most competitive price.

  • Simple operation of the system and optimized system for handling the frames with the parts to be coated.

  • Flexibility of the system for future requirements: Future (as yet unknown) coatings can also be applied by simply modifying the system.

  • Fully automated, computerized coating system with the guarantee of the best process reproducibility, data storage, reliability and user-friendliness.


System Specifications

Size of the internal transport frame
= Maximum coating area
1,800 × 1,000 mm
Cycle time Depending on layer structure and thickness: in the minute range
Simultaneous single-sided / double-sided coating Both possible – throughput is doubled with one-sided coating
Coating thicknesses From a few nm to a few µm
Coating technologies Magnetron sputtering, HiPIMS V+, PECVD

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