by Metallic Bonds LTD | Jan 19, 2020 | Blogs, HVOF Coating
HVOF Coating (HVOFs) are advanced supplies systems normally applied to metallic surfaces operating at elevated temperatures, for instance gas turbine or aero-engine components, as a type of exhaust heat management. These one hundred µm to two mm thick coatings of...
by Metallic Bonds LTD | Jan 15, 2020 | Blogs, Electroless Nickel Plating
Electroless nickel plating also known as nickel electro-deposition, is becoming an increasingly popular process for a variety of different manufacturing applications. Electro nickel plating is a process that uses an electrical current to coat a conductive material,...
by Metallic Bonds LTD | Jan 10, 2020 | Blogs, Hard Chrome
For the aerospace industry, hard chrome plating has been the go-to solution for manufacturers for more than six decades. But with the health and environmental concerns of this commonly-used deposit well known – and with legislation in US bringing the reign of hard...
by Metallic Bonds LTD | Jan 5, 2020 | Blogs, Tungsten Carbide
To reduce the manufacturing costs of making tungsten tools, a team of researchers at the U.S. Army Research Laboratory has figured out how to 3D print it into the exact size and shape they want, with little to no post-machining required, according to a U.S. patent...
by Metallic Bonds LTD | Dec 31, 2019 | Blogs, Ceramic Coating
Ceramic coating has been around for almost 20 years and is highly effective in preventing unnecessary heat loss or gain in residential and commercial structures. Inspired in part by the ceramic tiles that NASA uses on the Space Shuttle, a coating is a paint mixed with...
by Metallic Bonds LTD | Dec 26, 2019 | Blogs, Industrial Coatings Contractors
One of the things many managers don’t think much about is hiring industrial coatings contractors. They work behind the scenes to provide safety in numerous different ways, but they don’t seem to really matter until they start to break down and need to be replaced....
