L. Dubost 29th may 2014
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1953: HEF funded / 2 employees in Saint Chamond
1960
1967: First licence “sulfbt”
1970
Facility at Andrezieux
Today Head quarter
1980
First Techniques Surfaces facility
Vacuum deposition R&D
Sisters companies in
Europe
1990
1994
R&D service activity
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2000
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World wide expansion
ISIS demonstration platform
2010
2012
Worldwide activity
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• Headquarters France Andrézieux
• Presence in 21 countries
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• 1500 employees
• 147 M€ sales
• Capital owned by the
employees
• 3 research centers :
France, Germany, Canada
• 60 employees
Organisation
Jobbing services
Multi-customers
Surface treatment in TS service centers
jobbing services
Dedicated
jobbing services
In house/Door to Door surface treatments services
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R&D services and technology transfers
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R&D contracts
Tribology expertise, surface engineering studies
Licensing
Technologies transfer under licence
Turnkey plants
and training
Design & manufacturing of HEF technologies
surface treatments plants, supply of consumables &
training / Optical inspection systems
Products
Bushings
Manufacturing & sales of HEF patented Bushings.
Friction parts
Manufacturing & sales of specific friction parts
Chemicals
Manufacturing & sales of salts for nitriding, heat
treatments…
Numerous surface engineering processes
Vacuum Thin films
Friction reduction
Hard layers
Optical thin films
Sputtering
PECVD
Cathodic arc
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Thermochemistry & Diffusion layer
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Nitriding
Nitro-carburizing
Molten Salts
Thermal
treatment
Laser patterning
Femtosecond
Thin film pattern
Microstructures
Ripples
Varnish and Paints
Hard coat
Antifog
PTFE base
Powder coating
Epoxy
Solgel
Electrochemichal / Electroless
Silver plating
Nickel (P/PTFE)
Nicalec
Alu protection
Projection
Arc
Plasma spray
HVOF
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Devices
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Functions
Solutions for a large panel of applications
Tribological
Coatings
Electrically
conductive
coatings
Gas barrier
coatings
Hard
coatings
Transparent
and
conductive
Membranes
Corrosion
resistant
coatings
IR filtration
coatings
Hydrophilic or
hydrophobic
Decorative
coatings
Optical
coatings
Catalytic or
Biostatic
Microbatteries
Electrochomic systems
Outside mirrors
Li-Metal thin
films
batteries
Electrochromic film on
flexible substrates
Heating
coating +
Reflective
coating
HEF and IREIS local photonic network
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Optical thin films applications
Reflective & filters
Active materials
Electrochromic
Photochromic
Thermochromic
Plasmonic
Ag
SiOCH
Ag
HEF R&D
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Selective coating
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Large scientific instrument
Metalic coatings Au, Ag, Al
Oxydes SiO2, Al2O3
Absorbers : solar,…
Emissivity control
DLC for IR
Color
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R&D on industrial size machine
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TSD 400
TSD 550
TSD 850
TSD 800H
TSD 900
Special equipement
Pilot equipment TSD 2800 R
• H = 2.8 m
• D = 1100 mm
• 3.3 TONNES/POSITION
PECVD
M0
Sput.
PVD
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Arc
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Vue de dessus
Aircraft parts
Receiver tubes for solar (CSP)
Rolling mills
Large scientific instrument
Chemical plant parts
Equipment TSD 2200
• Coating height= 1,7 m
• Diameter = 1,5 to 2 m
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• Internal mag. sputtering cathodes
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Equipment HPL 800-3
• Coating area = 1 m²
• In line deposition chambers
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ISO 6
Part/m3
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• Magnetron sputtering
• PECVD : microwave
0.3 µm
102000
0.5 µm
3520
5 µm
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Photoflex project : photochromism
with silver np
Ag
SiOCH
Ag
HEF R&D
Rewritable films based on TiO2/Ag materials deposited on flexible supports for colored photo-inscriptions
Sol gel
Spin
coating
Magnetron sputtering
Ink jet
Alternative sputtering of
TiO2 and Ag
Laser photo-inscription
Writting
Writting
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Writting
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Writting
Electromagnetic model
developed
Granted by
Erase
Erase
Erase
Femtosecond laser / multi scale structures
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Direction d’écoulement du lubrifiant
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250 nm
0 nm
Pattern size
10 µm
1 µm
10 nm
Automated optical inspection for
production lines
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DLC coating lines
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Control defects of black coatings
Defect size down to 10µm
10000/hour
Irregular shape
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Thank you for your attention
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