CICEL Installs Horizontal Evaporation Coating Machine for Helmet Visors in Mexico

CICEL engineers have successfully completed the on-site installation and commissioning of a horizontal evaporation coating machine at a Mexican customer's production facility. The machine, a CCZK-1200EW model specially engineered for helmet visor coating, marks another milestone in the company's expanding vacuum coating equipment exports to the Americas.

On-Site Installation and Commissioning

During the installation phase, CICEL engineers coordinated closely with the local team to complete machine assembly, vacuum system leak testing, and full commissioning on schedule. The deployment included precise alignment of the evaporation source, calibration of the PLC intelligent control system, and verification of the multi-axis planetary rotation mechanism. After rigorous testing, the machine demonstrated stable vacuum performance and consistent coating uniformity across repeated batches, meeting all production standards set by the customer.

The project also included comprehensive operator training. CICEL's engineering team guided local technicians through standardized operating procedures, routine maintenance schedules, and common fault diagnostics, ensuring the customer's staff can operate and maintain the equipment independently and reliably.

CCZK-1200EW: Custom Horizontal Evaporation Coating Machine for Helmet Visor

The CCZK-1200EW horizontal evaporation coating machine, a type of evaporation coating machine, is purpose-built for optical coating of helmet visors, including motorcycle helmet visors, safety industrial helmet shields and sports protective visors. This unit features a customised vacuum chamber designed according to customer requirements. Transparent polycarbonate visors have strict requirements for optical clarity, scratch resistance and consistent color, which makes ordinary general-purpose vacuum coating machines unable to deliver stable results.

This horizontal evaporation coating machine features several optimized configurations for visor production:

• Horizontal extended vacuum chamber, convenient for loading large batches of curved helmet visor jigs;
• High-efficiency evaporation sources, delivering controllable deposition rate for optical thin films;
• High-performance vacuum pumping unit, shortening pump-down time and raising hourly throughput;
• Intelligent PLC control system, storing multiple coating recipes for quick switching between different visor styles;
• Custom planetary fixture system to maintain uniform film layer on curved visor surfaces.

Compared with conventional coating equipment, the CCZK-1200EW helps lower batch color deviation and boost finished product yield. For helmet manufacturers, this can reduce material waste and support more stable product quality, bringing practical value for businesses supplying protective helmets to North American markets. The evaporation process on this machine can create functional or decorative thin films on plastic visors while preserving the original optical transparency of the substrate. Click to view the coating workflow for helmet visors.

Solving Core Pain Points for Helmet Visor Manufacturers

Manufacturers of protective helmet visors often encounter common production challenges. Traditional coating processes may experience inconsistent film thickness on curved surfaces, longer cycle times, limited repeatability across batches, and relatively low yield. Such issues can raise production costs and result in parts that do not pass optical inspection.

The CCZK-1200EW horizontal evaporation coating machine helps mitigate these challenges via optimized chamber structure and process design. Adopting a horizontal chamber layout, the system creates ample internal space to arrange visor fixtures, which simplifies loading and unloading of visor fixtures during daily production operations. Its reliable vacuum system supports consistent starting conditions for each coating cycle, reducing fluctuations caused by unstable pumping performance. Programmable evaporation parameters assist the factory in reproducing similar film effects across batches. Operators can save and call up different coating recipes according to product specifications, shortening setup time between product changeovers. The evaporation coating machine can work for reflective mirror coating, semi-transparent tinted coating and other functional layers for helmet visors to meet varied production needs. This flexibility makes it suitable for manufacturers with multiple helmet visor styles and diverse surface finishing requirements.

CICEL Global Vacuum Coating Equipment Support

Demand for high-performance helmet visors keeps growing across North and Latin America, driven by motorcycle culture, industrial workplace safety regulations and outdoor sports. More and more local manufacturers are upgrading their surface finishing lines, replacing outdated coating equipment with stable vacuum evaporation coating systems.

The successful commissioning of the CCZK-1200EW horizontal evaporation coating machine in Mexico marks another solid step for CICEL in the Latin American protective equipment market. We keep optimizing vacuum coating equipment to match the unique needs of helmet visor production, helping local manufacturers improve product competitiveness and meet regional quality standards.

We do not only supply finished vacuum coating machines. CICEL provides complete overseas technical service, including site survey before shipment, production consultation, on-site installation, commissioning, operator training and long-term technical consultation. This successful Mexico installation project is another example of our overseas turnkey support for helmet visor manufacturers in the Americas market.

If you are looking for reliable vacuum coating solutions for helmet visors or other plastic optical parts, welcome to contact our sales team to learn more about the CCZK-1200EW horizontal evaporation coating machine and our full series of vacuum evaporation coating equipment.