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Select Your Coating

Follow through the sequence of steps to determine the best surface engineering options for your component. To help, you may find it useful to make a list of the factors relevant to your application; it will help in subsequent analysis of the problem.

Which of the categories below best describes your component and its function?

Type of component Examples Select here
A structural part chosen for its strength or for containment Pipes, pump bodies, valve bodies, casings, housings, supports, rigs and similar structures, tanks. Structural Parts
A part in static contact with another engineering component, particularly with vibration or small motions present Heat exchangers, spacers, splines, couplings, dowels, fasteners, seats, bearing housings, chains, wire ropes, pulleys Static Contact with Vibration
A part in static contact with a product, either being moulded, cured, cooked or fabricated Plastic and glass mouldings, food handling, baking, die casting Static Contact with a Product
A part which undergoes sliding or rolling contact against another engineering component, or against a metallic product Shafts, journals, pistons and rings, cams, bearings, pads, gears, seals, slideways. Also, metal cutting, drawing and forming Sliding or Rolling Contact with another component
A part which handles or slides against a product under relatively light loads, specifically when that product may be abrasive Textiles, paper and printing, filled plastics, leather, wheat, soya and other base foodstuffs, pharmaceuticals, brakes, clutches Low Load Sliding Contact with an abrasive product
A part which handles or slides against a product under highly loaded or impacting conditions, specifically when that product may be abrasive or erosive Coal chutes, mining conveyors, diggers, crushers, millers, extruders, cutters, compactors, and erosive situations like turbines, impellers and pipework High Load Sliding or Erosion with an abrasive product
A part which is in sliding or rolling contact with another engineering component in the presence of a product, specifically if that product may be abrasive and/or corrosive Pumps, mechanical seals, valves, slurry handling Contact with an engineering component in the presence of an Abrasive and Corrosive product or environment