the SCIENCE

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Phygen is a highly-secure facility. The custom processes we use for all clients are highly confidential, and your secrets are safe with us. While we can’t share everything about our technology, here you’ll find some of the science we are able to share about FortiPhy™ XVD surface enhancement.

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FortiPhy™ Overview

The Ultimate Solution for Longer Tool Life

In industries where every second of downtime is costly, have you considered the true cost of frequent tool replacements due to wear and the associated downtime? In sectors such as metal forming, canning, pultrusion, and others, longer tool life is crucial not just for...

Technical Papers

FEATURED IN INDUSTRY JOURNALS

DIE CASTING ENGINEER MAGAZINE / SEP 2022

Recommended Surface Finishes for PVD Coated Die Casting Dies

Coating die inserts with Phygen’s XVD Nanoperfection Technology helped Mercury Castings reduce solder, extend die life and run faster cycles.  

MATERIALS PERFORMANCE MAGAZINE / JUN 2019

Solutions for Corrosion Protection Applications

Phygen’s Fortiphy™ XVD Nanoperfection Technology produces coatings with extremely low levels of defects, verfied by the U.S. Army, which demonstrated it can outperform conventional chromium treatments.

ADVANCED MATERIALS PROCESSES MAGAZINE / SEP 2018

Using FortiPhy XVD to Optimize Surface Properties

Phygen’s unique arc plasma acceleration process reduces the size and number of macroparticles and other defects in the coating for enhanced corrosion protection, wear resistance, reduction of die lubrication, and life extension of forming tools. 

FOOD ENGINEERING MAGAZINE / APR 2015

Food-safe, Surface-enhancement Process Extends Component Life

Fortiphy™ XVD Technology increased the lifetime of grinders and other critical wear components from two shifts to many months without peeling or flaking.

DIE CASTING ENGINEER MAGAZINE / SEP 2019

Mercury, Part II: Minimizing Soldering Using High Quality PVD Coatings, Part 2

This second paper in a 2-part series discusses the performance of PVD coatings in casting plants. The paper summarizes applications at Mercury Castings where PVD coatings have been shown to minimize soldering, sticking and dragging.

DIE CASTING ENGINEER MAGAZINE /  MAY 2019

Mercury, Part I: Preventing Soldering using High Quality PVD Coatings

The first of two papers discusses factors affecting soldering at Mercury Casting, and concludes die casters should choose a process that produces extremely high quality coatings with low defect contents.