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Vacuum · Plasma · Surface Engineering

Oleksii Sahalovych

Independent Consultant for Vacuum, Plasma & Surface Engineering

I help equipment suppliers, coating centers and R&D teams evaluate, specify and industrialize vacuum, plasma and surface-engineering technologies — including PVD/CVD coatings, PECVD, plasma nitriding, low pressure carburizing, vacuum furnaces and thermal-vacuum systems.

My work is useful before expensive technical decisions are made: RFQ release, supplier selection, equipment purchase, FAT/SAT acceptance, process transfer, coating route selection or pilot industrialization.

Coated spherical plunger head as an example of precision vacuum-plasma surface engineering
Surface engineering is useful when material, coating, equipment and validation must be considered together.

Where I reduce engineering risk

Independent technical support for projects where a wrong specification, weak acceptance test or unsuitable coating route can become expensive later.

Technical due diligence

Review of RFQs, supplier proposals, equipment specifications and FAT/SAT criteria before procurement or acceptance. The focus is on what is clear, what is missing and what must be checked before the next decision.

Process & equipment consulting

Support for PVD, CVD, PECVD, plasma nitriding, LPC, vacuum furnaces and coating process chains where performance depends on both the process route and equipment capability.

Space & high-vacuum systems

Technical review of thermal-vacuum systems, xenon gas-load environments, cathodes, contamination questions and test-infrastructure interfaces.

When I am useful

I am useful when the project needs a technically literate bridge between supplier, buyer and R&D team.

Consulting focus

RFQ and supplier review

Technical review of offers, gaps, risks and acceptance questions.

Vacuum and coating equipment

Specification review for furnaces, PVD/CVD/PECVD systems and coating centers.

Process industrialization

Support for transferring surface-treatment and coating routes toward pilot or production use.

Technical background

Vacuum-plasma technologies, surface engineering, tribology, coatings, thermochemical treatment, high-vacuum systems and applied R&D support.

Discuss a technical project

For RFQ review, equipment specification, FAT/SAT preparation, coating process questions or R&D industrialization support:

sagalovych@proton.me