WO2006027016A1 - Method for deposition of a layer on a razor blade edge and razor blade - Google Patents
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- C23—COATING METALLIC MATERIAL; COATING MATERIAL WITH METALLIC MATERIAL; CHEMICAL SURFACE TREATMENT; DIFFUSION TREATMENT OF METALLIC MATERIAL; COATING BY VACUUM EVAPORATION, BY SPUTTERING, BY ION IMPLANTATION OR BY CHEMICAL VAPOUR DEPOSITION, IN GENERAL; INHIBITING CORROSION OF METALLIC MATERIAL OR INCRUSTATION IN GENERAL
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- B26—HAND CUTTING TOOLS; CUTTING; SEVERING
- B26B—HAND-HELD CUTTING TOOLS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
- B26B21/00—Razors of the open or knife type; Safety razors or other shaving implements of the planing type; Hair-trimming devices involving a razor-blade; Equipment therefor
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- C23C—COATING METALLIC MATERIAL; COATING MATERIAL WITH METALLIC MATERIAL; SURFACE TREATMENT OF METALLIC MATERIAL BY DIFFUSION INTO THE SURFACE, BY CHEMICAL CONVERSION OR SUBSTITUTION; COATING BY VACUUM EVAPORATION, BY SPUTTERING, BY ION IMPLANTATION OR BY CHEMICAL VAPOUR DEPOSITION, IN GENERAL
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- C23C—COATING METALLIC MATERIAL; COATING MATERIAL WITH METALLIC MATERIAL; SURFACE TREATMENT OF METALLIC MATERIAL BY DIFFUSION INTO THE SURFACE, BY CHEMICAL CONVERSION OR SUBSTITUTION; COATING BY VACUUM EVAPORATION, BY SPUTTERING, BY ION IMPLANTATION OR BY CHEMICAL VAPOUR DEPOSITION, IN GENERAL
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- the invention relates to a method for deposition of a layer on a razor blade edge, and a razor blade.
- Razor blades are generally made of a ceramic or steel substrate covered by a hard coating.
- An outer layer of an organic material is also often deposited on the hard coating, to reduce friction of the razor blade on the skin when shaving.
- This organic layer is often a PTFE material.
- the hard coating usually primarily acts as a strengthening coating, in order to strengthen the blade and improve its life expectancy.
- Some particular materials providing a very good strength property like for example chromium-platinum alloys, have been deposited in the past by placing the razor blade edges in front of a chromium-platinum alloy sputtering target and sputtering said target in order to deposit chromium- platinum on the razor blade edge. Yet, the proportions of chromium and platinum in the deposited coating are fixed by the proportions of chromium and platinum in the target.
- the invention provides a method for deposition of a layer on a razor blade edge of a razor blade, said layer comprising at least two components, in an enclosure comprising at least a first and a second sputter targets, each said sputter target comprising at least one of ⁇ said components to be deposited on said edge and being adapted, in operation, to release said component in the enclosure, said method comprising a step (a) wherein, under operation of both targets, the razor blade is moved relatively to said first and second targets to pass alternately in the vicinity of each target.
- the method makes it possible to design coating layers with varying properties without having to manually replace the sputter targets and/or the blade edges during coating. Furthermore, the method enables the coating of many razor blade edges at a time.
- said first and second sputter targets are operated by bombardment of noble gas ions,- during step (a) a magnetic field is generated by magnet devices in the vicinity of said targets; the magnet devices each include at least a central magnet disposed between two side magnets and with opposed polarity, said side magnets being stronger than said central magnet; - the enclosure comprises first, second, third and fourth sputter targets, said first and third sputter targets facing each other and carrying said first component, said second and fourth sputter targets facing each other and carrying said second component, each of said first, second, third and fourth targets having a magnet device and said magnet devices of said second, third and fourth sputter targets being of same polarity; said first, second, third and fourth targets are fixed in the enclosure, and the razor blade is rotated relative t_o__t.he___enclp.s.ure, so that it passes successively in front of each of said first, second, third and fourth targets
- said second component is a metal
- said second and fourth targets are operated by a DC current with an intensity comprised between 0.5 and 20 A
- - said first element is carbon
- said first and third targets comprise graphite
- said first and third targets are operated by a DC current with an intensity comprised between 0.5 and 20 A
- said second component provides improved adherence to an organic material, and, during step (a), a ratio of the intensities applied on said first and second targets decreases
- said metal is chromium
- the blade edge is submitted to a DC voltage comprised between 100 and 1000 V
- the blade edge is submitted to a pulsed DC voltage
- said layer has a given proportion of said components, each target is operated under given operation parameters, the method further including a step (e) , prior to step (a) , wherein said operation parameters are chosen in order to provide said proportion; prior to step (a) , razor blades are stacked in a carrousel; the method further comprises a sputter-etching step (b) wherein material
- the invention is related to a razor blade comprising a razor blade edge and a coating comprising: at least a metal-containing layer made of at least a first component consisting mainly of carbon, and a second component consisting mainly of a metal, and at least an outer layer of organic material in contact with said metal-containing layer, wherein said metal exhibits improved adhesion properties with said organic material, and wherein, in the metal-containing layer, proportion of metal increases as the outer layer comes closer.
- said metal is chromium; said coating comprises at least an additional layer of at least one of said components; the blade is made of stainless steel.
- Fig. 1 is an horizontal sectional view of an apparatus adapted for implementing a method according to one particular embodiment of the invention
- Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view of the apparatus of Fig. 1,
- Fig. 3 is a schematic representation of a blade during the coating process
- Fig. 4 is a section of a razor blade according to one embodiment of the invention.
- Fig. 5 is a section of a razor blade according to another embodiment of the invention. On the drawings, corresponding or similar elements have the same reference numbers. MORE DETAILED DESCRIPTION
- Fig. 1 is a horizontal sectional view of a sputtering apparatus used for implementation of the method according to the invention.
- the sputtering apparatus comprises an enclosure with an internal wall 1, for example cylindrical, wherein a low pressure atmosphere can be formed.
- the enclosure comprises sputter targets 2, 3, 4, 5 placed in a cross relationship, facing one another two by two. Any other suitable apparatus, such as for example an in-line sputtering apparatus with at least two sputter targets, could be used for implementation of the method according to the invention.
- First and third sputter targets 2 and 4, facing one another mainly comprise a first component to be deposited on razor blade edges.
- first and third sputter targets 2 and 4 comprise a material providing good hardness and strength properties.
- First and third sputter targets comprise for example carbon in the form of graphite.
- Second and fourth sputter targets 3 and 5, facing one another mainly comprise a second component to be deposited on razor blade edges.
- second and fourth sputter targets 3 and 5 comprise a material providing good adhesion of first component on the razor blade edge or/and on organic material.
- Second and fourth sputter targets comprise for example a metal, for example, chromium, niobium or tungsten.
- the first, second, third and fourth targets could be elemental targets, or compound targets containing a compound of at least two elements to be deposited on the blade edge.
- Each sputter target 2, 3, 4, 5 is attached on a magnetron 12, 13, 14, 15, respectively, located between the target and the wall 1.
- the magnetron can be operated to enhance the deposition speed of components to be deposited on the razor blade edges.
- a given polarity is chosen for three of the magnetrons, and the opposite polarity for a fourth magnetron.
- the magnetrons can for example be unbalanced magnetrons, of the type comprising three magnets, a central magnet 12a being surrounded by two stronger side magnets 12b and 12c with opposite polarity, as will be apparent from Fig. 1.
- Magnetrons 13, 14 and 15 also are unbalanced magnetrons.
- the central magnets of three of the four magnetrons have a given polarity while the central magnet of the other magnetron has the opposite polarity.
- polarity of central magnets 12a, 15a and 14a is chosen South, while polarity of central magnet 13a is chosen North.
- polarity of the side magnets is chosen accordingly.
- the targets can be operated by application of a
- the apparatus comprises a vacuum pump 6 which can be operated to provide a certain degree of vacuum in the enclosure.
- the apparatus also comprises a source of argon atoms 7 which is adapted to release a given pressure of argon in the enclosure.
- a source of argon atoms 7 which is adapted to release a given pressure of argon in the enclosure.
- Other noble gas could be used.
- a rotating carousel 8 can be disposed, which is adapted to move, for example to rotate around a vertical axis (z) .
- the carousel is part of the apparatus, or can be removably maintained inside the apparatus for the deposition process.
- the carousel holds bayonets (8 bayonets, as exemplified on Fig. 1) which hold stacked razor blades to be coated, of the type used in mechanical razors. Many razor blade edges can thus be coated during the same deposition process.
- the carousel is connected to a DC power supply 11 able to provide a DC voltage bias on the razor blades.
- the razor blades 10 are for example made of an electrically conducting material, for example stainless steel, and can have been preliminarily submitted to grinding operations that provide ' a sharpened edge 10 of two sides 10a, 10b that converge towards tip 10c (see for example Fig. 4 and 5) .
- the razor blades are loaded in the bayonets so that, in the apparatus, the tip 10c is directed towards the enclosure wall (and the _targets) .
- a sputter target for example chromium target 3
- argon ions bombard said target to release in the enclosure atoms and ions 19 of the component of the target.
- the target atoms travel towards the blade because of the velocity they acquired due to transfer of momentum from argon ions (ballistic component of the flux) and because of concentration gradients (diffusive component of the flux) .
- the target ions are also attracted to the razor blade by the applied bias. They deposit on the blade edge 9 where graphite atoms 20 (black dots on Fig. 3) and other chromium atoms 21 (white dots on Fig.
- a preliminary sputter-etching step can be performed in order to clean and/or remove some materials from the tip 10c and sides 10a, 10b of the razor blades.
- a preliminary sputter deposition step of an interlayer of at least one of the two components (for example chromium) can be performed.
- the internal pressure is set to 3.10 "3 Torr.
- Second sputter targets 3 and 5 are operated by a DC current of 1.5 A, and a 300 V DC voltage is applied to the razor blades while the carousel is rotating at about 5.5 rpm.
- the enclosure wall and targets 2 and 4 are grounded.
- the .operating parameters an_d simultaneous fast rotation speed (in general between 4 and 40 rpm) enable equal sputter deposition on all razor blade edges.
- the apparatus can also be used in order to deposit a homogeneous layer comprising both components in a given proportion.
- the operating parameters are chosen in order to provide said proportion.
- This coating can be applied directly on the razor blade or on an interlayer of one of the components as described hereinabove.
- chromium- containing sputter targets 3, 5 are operated by a DC current between 0.5 and 20 A.
- Carbon-containing sputter targets 2, 4 are operated by a DC current between 0.5 and 20 A.
- a negative DC voltage of about 100 to 2000 V is applied on the blades.
- the ratio of the intensities applied on each target is chosen in order to provide with a given proportion of the components in the homogeneous coating. The method thus enables, during production, to easily adapt the coating properties to various customer requirements. For example, more corrosion resistance properties could be needed in some countries, and the process parameters could be easily adapted to increase the amount of corrosion resistant material for razor blades manufactured for these countries .
- the ratio of the concentrations of both components can be varied by changing the ratio of the intensities applied on the various targets. If one of the components provides good adhesion to outer organic coatings such as PTFE, for example chromium, its relative concentration can be increased in order to improve adhesion of the PTFE coating. It is also possible to provide with a top layer comprising only one of the two components, for example chromium. Pressure in the enclosure is 3.10 '3 Torr.
- the chromium sputter targets 3 and 5 are operated by a DC current of 1.5 A. DC voltage of 100 - 1000 V is applied on the blades.
- the carbon targets 2 and 4 are grounded.
- the carousel still rotates at about 5.5 rpm.
- a top layer of chromium is used to provide good adhesion to outer organic coatings such as PTFE which is usually deposited on the razor blade after deposition of the hard coating.
- the coated razor blade can be sputter-etched. After setting argon gas pressure and DC voltage on the blades, chromium sputter targets are operated while carbon sputter targets are grounded. That way, material is removed from the topmost coating layer in order to re-sharpen the blade.
- a fluorinated polymer final coating is applied on the sputter-deposited film at the cutting edge of the blade.
- Application of the polymer can be made by a spraying method followed by sintering.
- a stainless steel blade 10 is coated with a 30-200 nm thick homogeneous layer 16 of chromium and carbon in graphite form.
- the homogeneous layer 16 is coated with PTFE layer 17.
- Chromium carbon layer 16 comprises a first portion 16a of homogeneous carbon and chromium. In 10 nm thick second portion 16b, chromium content increases up to the interface with PTFE layer 17.
- the invention is not limited to using only two components.
- pulsed DC bias consisting of a DC continuous component and a pulse component superimposed on the DC continuous component, at a frequency of about 50-250 kHz, could be applied on the razor blades.
- the chamber After loading the blade bayonets on the rotating carousel, the chamber is evacuated up to a base pressure of 10 '5 Torr. Then Ar gas is inserted into the chamber for a sputter etching step. Rotation of the blade bayonets begins at a constant speed of 11 rpm and the two Cr targets are operated under DC current control and DC voltage is applied on the stainless steel blades for 4 minutes.
- the chamber pressure is adjusted to 3 itiTorr.
- the Cr targets 1 and 3 are operated under DC current control at 1.5 Amps while _a_D-C..voltage of 300 ,.V__.is applied on the rotating blades. Adjusting the deposition time a Cr layer of 20 nm is deposited on the edge of the blade samples. After the deposition of the Cr layer, C targets 2 .and 4 are...switched on. The two C targets (2 and 4) and the two Cr targets (1 and 3) operate simultaneously, with the current on the Cr targets being 1.2 Amps and the current on each C target being 6 Amps. A DC voltage of 450 V is applied on the rotating blades.
- a Cr-C homogeneous alloy film of 50 nm is deposited on the Cr layer.
- a fluoropolymer final layer (PTFE) of 500 nm is deposited, mainly to provide a lower friction of the blade surface.
- the damage imposed on the blade edge after 10 cuts during the above-described test was also evaluated with the aid of an optical microscope.
- the damage on the blade edge was quantified in terms of area of missing material (i.e. material that has been broken and removed from the edge) .
- Cr-C coated blades resulted in an 85 % decrease of the missing material area as compared with blades with standard production Cr-Pt coating. This result shows the increased durability of the blades with the new Cr-C coating (see Table 1) .
- the chamber is evacuated up to a base pressure of 10 "5 Torr. Then Ar gas is inserted for a sputter etching step. Rotation of the blade bayonets begins at a constant speed of 11 rpm and the two Cr targets are operated under DC current control while DC voltage is applied on the stainless steel blades for 4 minutes. After the end of sputter etching step the chamber pressure is adjusted to 3 mTorr. The Cr targets 1 and 3 are operated under DC current control at 1.5 Amps while a DC voltage of 300 V is applied on the rotating blades. Adjusting the deposition time a Cr layer of 20 nm is deposited on the edge of the blade samples.
- C targets 2 and 4 are switched on.
- the two C targets (2 and 4) and the two Cr targets (1 and 3) operate simultaneously, with the current on the Cr targets being 2.85 Amps and the current on each C target being 1.5 Amps.
- a DC voltage of 450 V is applied on the rotating blades.
- a Cr-C homogeneous alloy film of 60 nm is deposited on the Cr layer.
- a fluoropolymer final layer (PTFE) of 500 nm is deposited, mainly to provide a lower friction of the blade surface.
- PTFE fluoropolymer final layer
- Table 2 Test results for second example blades The damage imposed on the blade edge after 10 cuts during the above-described test was also evaluated with the aid of an optical microscope. The damage on the blade edge was quantified in terms of area of missing material (i.e. material that has been broken and removed from the edge) . Cr-C coated blades resulted in a 90 % decrease of the missing material area as compared with blades with standard production Cr-Pt coating. This result shows the increased durability of the blades with the new Cr-C coating (see Table 2) .
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US11/574,964 US9180599B2 (en) | 2004-09-08 | 2004-09-08 | Method of deposition of a layer on a razor blade edge and razor blade |
CN2004800439545A CN101035925B (en) | 2004-09-08 | 2004-09-08 | Method for deposition of coating on a razor blade edge and razor blade |
PCT/EP2004/010770 WO2006027016A1 (en) | 2004-09-08 | 2004-09-08 | Method for deposition of a layer on a razor blade edge and razor blade |
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