Particulate trap for coater

The present invention relates to a coating apparatus and a method for vapor deposition of coating material on a component (10), wherein the coating apparatus comprises a coating chamber (1) having a receptacle (9) for the mounting of the component as well as a coating source (4) of the coating material to the component can be moved, wherein the coating apparatus comprises a particle trap can be prevented with the aid of that deposit certain particle on the component, and wherein the particulate trap comprises at least one beam source (12) that produce at least one electromagnetic beam (13) can, which prevents through interaction with particles (15) that certain particles are deposited on the component.