Richter Precision

Initially, the focus of RPI was carbide insert manufacturing and refurbishment. For this reason, we design, manufacture and maintain most of our own CVD and PVD coating units. Advanced technology means nothing unless you have a group of qualified people to operate this technology. We view this training program as the improvement of our company’s most important resource: our people. We offer a wide range of thin-film processes because we know that there is no “one size fits all” coating. Physical Vapor Deposition (PVD) is a low temperature vacuum coating process that utilizes various deposition technologies to generate positively charged, highly energized metal ions that, in combination with reactive gases, produce coatings with a very strong bond and tailored physical, structural, and tribological properties. Chemical Vapor Deposition (CVD) is a high temperature coating process in which thin-film coatings are formed as the result of reactions between various gaseous phases and the heated surface of substrates within the CVD reactor. The final product of these reactions is a hard, wear-resistant coating that exhibits a chemical and metallurgical bond to the substrate.