Arc evaporation device

Arc evaporation device with a target (16, 49) forming a first pole such as a cathode, which is arranged in a housing (10) forming a second pole such as an anode, wherein the target is connected to a fastener (20) at least peripherally in an electrically conducting manner and wherein from the fastener (20) and/or the target (16) preferably several electrically conducting primary connections (38, 40, 76, 78) extend in the peripheral area of the target, which in turn are connected via an electrically conducting primary conductor (42, 72) leading to a power supply unit (18, 82) arranged outside the housing, with the housing being connected to said unit via at least one electrically conducting secondary connection (44, 46, 49, 53, 54, 84, 86), is characterized in that several electrically conducting secondary connections (46, 48, 52, 54, 84, 86) extend from the housing (10), which are connected among each other via an electrically conducting secondary conductor (44, 70, 74) and fix at least one envelope or at least a partial envelope, whose geometry corresponds to the envelope of the target (16, 49) and/or of envelopes formed by the electrically conducting primary connections (38, 40, 76, 78).