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SURFONIX Services

Engineering services for thin films, coatings, and industrial processes

SURFONIX provides services in equipment assessment, troubleshooting, coating development, process scale-up, and ongoing engineering support. We work on problems that sit at the intersection of materials science, equipment design, and industrial reality.

Below is the full list of service areas where we can join your project.

Full list

All SURFONIX services

1. PVD equipment audit

Independent engineering assessment of line architecture, deposition zones, gas routing, target configuration, and process limitations of the equipment.

2. Technical due diligence

Reality check for technical and commercial claims before CAPEX decisions, upgrades, or entering a new production direction.

3. FAT / SAT support

Definition of acceptance criteria, support during factory and site acceptance testing, and independent view on whether the line can deliver the target products.

4. Equipment vendor verification

Comparison of vendor designs, analysis of equipment constraints, and support in vendor selection without conflict of interest.

5. Root cause analysis of failures

Identifying real drivers behind process instability, coating failures, and product degradation, linked to materials, interfaces, and process conditions.

6. Coating defect diagnostics

Investigation of delamination, haze, colour drift, adhesion loss, local defects, yield loss, and other coating-related issues in production.

7. Interface degradation analysis

Studying interlayer boundaries, weak interfaces, impurity migration, residual stresses, and failure mechanisms revealed in testing or field use.

8. Contamination and trace impurity diagnostics

Tracking sources of process instability linked to gas purity, targets, substrates, precursors, and the overall cleanliness of the production environment.

9. Low‑E coating development

Design of single-, double-, and triple-silver stacks considering selectivity, optics, mechanical robustness, and compatibility with existing equipment.

10. Electrochromic stack development

Engineering of inorganic solid-state electrochromic systems focusing on durability, contrast, switching stability, and industrial manufacturability.

11. TCO and functional oxide development

Creation of transparent conductive layers and oxide architectures balancing conductivity, transparency, stability, and product requirements.

12. Specialty coating development

Support for hydrophobic, anti-reflective, protective, decorative, self-cleaning, and other specialised thin-film solutions.

13. Stack adaptation to industrial equipment

Translating a target coating architecture into the actual process window of a specific line, respecting speed, temperatures, zones, materials, and process constraints.

14. Scale-up from R&D to production

Guiding the transition from lab demonstration to reproducible industrial output without sacrificing key coating properties.

15. Process control and SPC setup

Defining process parameters, engineering metrics, and statistical control approaches that keep the process within a stable operating window.

16. Raw materials and input quality control

Assessment of incoming materials, targets, glass, precursors, and auxiliaries as part of overall coating stability and yield.

17. Corporate technical training

Training programmes for engineers, technologists, R&D teams, and production staff on PVD, CVD, DoE, LEAN, RCA, and engineering decision-making.

18. IP strategy for deep-tech

Support with patent strategy, freedom-to-operate, know‑how management, and structuring IP around coating and materials projects.

When SURFONIX gets involved

Typical situations we are called into

We join projects when equipment is being selected or purchased, when a new line is being commissioned, when coating performance is unstable, when products fail climatic or mechanical tests, and when new stacks need to move from lab proof to industrial reality.

Another common scenario is when a problem already affects yield, product quality, launch timelines, or CAPEX, and standard explanations from vendors are no longer sufficient.

Outcome

What the client gets

Depending on the engagement, the outcome may be a technical opinion, a corrective action programme, a failure map, a stack architecture, a scale-up plan, process control recommendations, or a documented position on equipment and vendors.

Our role is not just to describe the problem, but to connect it to specific engineering actions and show which changes are most likely to improve the process or the product. The SURFONIX approach to diagnostics, failure analysis, and experimental design is described in more detail on the Methods page.

Contact

Discuss your case

If you need an equipment audit, root cause analysis, coating development, or support for a launch, get in touch with SURFONIX directly.