High-Power Impulse Magnetron Sputtering (HiPIMS): Assessing the innovation potential using the Technological Competence Leveraging (TCL) method

High-Power Impulse Magnetron Sputtering (HiPIMS) is an advanced coating technology that is currently being further developed for manufacturing superconducting radiofrequency cavities of particle accelerators. Although this technology offers numerous benefits compared to common coating techniques, the number of industrial applications is today still low. This leads to slow adoption of the technology, further developments and high costs of HiPIMS coatings. The aim of this project, therefore, is to identify and analyse potential application fields for HiPIMS to ultimately increase industrial adoption of this technology