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....
by Metallic Bonds LTD | Sep 1, 2019 | Blogs, Electroless Nickel Plating
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Electroless nickel plating is definitely an electroplating approach in which chromium is deposited from a chromic acid resolution. Thickness of chrome plating ranges from two to 250µm. Different kinds of chrome incorporate...
by Metallic Bonds LTD | Aug 25, 2019 | Blogs, Tungsten Carbide
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]In the surface engineering and finishing trade there are many alternative processes and coatings that are applied to a substrate to vary its surface properties. Among the various surface coatings in use across a large vary of...
by Metallic Bonds LTD | Aug 14, 2019 | Blogs, Tungsten Carbide
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Tungsten carbide (WC) is an inorganic non-natural compound composed of tungsten (W) and carbon (C). Mono-tungsten carbide (WC), which is stable at room temperature, is of major technical relevance. WC exhibits a hexagonal structure...
