CODING
IDENTIFICATION BY COLOUR
Colouring by anodisation is widespread in the medical field, but is limited to titanium components. ALD technology is highly innovative in this sense, since it can provide colour to any material, such as stainless steel, Nitinol and cobalt-chromium alloys.
Colouring medical instruments and devices enables clear identification, to prevent errors in their use, with the huge advantage of reducing stress on clinicians, and also improving patient safety. In commercial terms, in our constantly evolving environment, colouring is a powerful tool in distinguishing products from competing ones in the same field, or in addressing specific markets.
STRONG POINTS
- FOR CLEAR IDENTIFICATION OF MEDICAL INSTRUMENTS AND DEVICES, IN ORDER TO IMPROVE PATIENT SAFETY
- REMARKABLE UNIFORMITY ON A NANOMETRIC SCALE
- APPLICABLE TO A WIDE RANGE OF MATERIALS
stainless steel, Nitinol, cobalt-chromium alloys, titanium alloys, ceramic, polymers, etc.
- A POWERFUL MARKETING TOOL FOR DISTINGUISHING PRODUCTS FROM THOSE OF THE COMPETITORS IN THE SAME FIELD, OR FOR ADDRESSING SPECIFIC MARKETS
INTERNAL
COMPLEX-GEOMETRY PARTS
WIDE RANGE OF COLOURS
PERFECT 3D UNIFORMITY AND COLOUR REPEATABILITY (d +/- 1 nm)
CONTROL OF THICKNESS TO A NANOMETRIC SCALE
REVERSIBLE PROCESS
VERY GOOD CORROSION RESISTANCE
EXCELLENT CHEMICAL STABILITY
COMPOSITION: metal oxides
THICKNESS: 0.1 µm (+/- 15%)
DEPOSITION TEMPERATURE: ~150 °C
HARDNESS: ~600 Hv