News Release2020.09.08
Nissin Electric Co., Ltd.
Nippon ITF Inc.

Adding a New Model to the iDS-series Coating System- Aiming to Achieve Annual Sales of One Billion Yen from 2021 Nippon ITF Inc., a subsidiary of Nissin Electric Co., Ltd., and a manufacturer and seller of coating systems as well asa subcontractor of coating processes for automobile parts, molds and tools, developed a new model, the iDS-720,
which can mount large molds and a number of small parts to enable large-scale production, in June 2020. Sales
started from July 1, 2020.
Since 2010, Nippon ITF Inc. has been improving the performance of its coating system, by improving its film surface
smoothness, cutting the cycle time, and reducing material costs. In 2014, the company released a new arc ion platingsystem, the iDS-500, which uses arc discharge in a vacuum to form a hard, thin film. In 2017, the manufacturer
developed its largest model, the iDS-1000, and in 2018, added its smallest model, the iDS-mini.
This time, Nippon ITF developed the latest model to complete the iDS-series, the iDS-720, which is equipped with a“steer one” vaporization source, one of the main components of the iDS series, and a vacuum pump with high exhaust
speed, enabling a coating zone of a diameter of 720 mm and a height of 800 mm. The model iDS-720 can mountcustomer’s products of up to 700 kg, large-scale molds and a number of small parts, improving mass productivity. Thecompany plans to expand its applications in the markets of molds and machine parts, such as press molds forautomobile production, compressor parts for air conditioners, and various rotating shafts for manufacturing equipment.
[Features of the iDS series]
The key point in improving performance lies in the arc vaporization source, which vaporizes metallic materials.
Excess melting of metallic materials with arc discharge during coating ejects coarse particles called “droplets,” resulting
in film surface roughness. The company uses its unique structure (“steer one” vaporization source), whereby apermanent magnet is rotated by a motor, constantly changing the arc-discharging spot, thus preventing over-melting ofmetallic materials. This enables the forming of a smooth hard thin film.
In addition, by increasing the diameter of the disc-shaped metallic material (to 160 mm), the company reduced
material costs by 20 to 50% compared to conventional systems. Moreover, the system is designed to mount, not only
the arc-type vaporization source, but also the sputtering-type vaporization source.
Additionally, by using a high-power heater and a high-exhaust-speed vacuum pump, the company reduced the cycle
time by approximately 40% compared to conventional systems.
Nippon ITF Inc. aims to achieve annual sales of one billion yen with the iDS series from 2021.

iDS-720

・iDS series product lineup

Mainapplications

iDS-1000

iDS-500

iDS-miniiDS-720

Large-scale productionof nitride film
(Machine parts)

Production ofnitride film
(Tools)Small-scale production ofnitride film
(Tools and researches)

Large-scale production ofnitride film
(Molds and parts)

φ720 × H800

Recommended
coating zone[mm]

φ1000 × H1000

φ500 × H500

1-stage model:
φ450 × H180
2-stage model:
φ450 × H420

Maximumloading
capacity ofbase materials
[kg]

700

320

180700Recommended
installation
space [mm]W6000 × D8500 ×H3000

W5500 × D6300 ×H3000

W3500 × D5000 ×H3000

W4500 × D7000 ×H3000