TUBA

Coating System for Turbine Blades

VON ARDENNE’s TUBA product family provides advanced coating equipment for thermal barrier coatings on components in the hot section of modern aircraft engines. Based on proven electron beam evaporation technology, these solutions include complete coating systems, critical components, and process expertise tailored to aerospace manufacturing and maintenance needs.

TUBA platforms are modular coating systems engineered to deposit durable turbine‑blade thermal barrier coatings using electron beam evaporation. They are well suited for high‑volume production as well as overhaul and refurbishment of aircraft turbine parts and stationary gas‑turbine components. The TUBA PilotX and VolumeX can be supplied with single‑ or dual‑substrate handling configurations and crucibles for one or two evaporation materials. The TUBA LabX offers a lab‑scale option optimised for research, development, and pilot production.

All TUBA systems use VON ARDENNE electron beam sources and incorporate an innovative part‑handling concept together with advanced heating and evaporation technology to deliver consistent, high‑quality coatings under rigorous operating conditions.

As a global leader in industrial vacuum deposition equipment for large‑area coatings, VON ARDENNE has infused the TUBA platforms with its extensive expertise in electron beam evaporation technologies, ensuring exceptional coating performance and long‑term reliability.

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