There's often a gap between what automotive engineers imagine designs will look like once they're made and the actual products. Design teams routinely come up with innovative, "out-of-the-box" ...

Airbus expands use of unique carbon-based PVD coating to copper alloys; Coating already approved for steel, titanium, and ...

Materials of tungsten carbide with 17% cobalt and tungsten carbide with 10% cobalt and 4% chrome applied with the HVOF thermal spray process are increasingly replacing chrome plate. The carbide ...

The hunt is on for an industrial process to replace chrome plating and a Stratford company says it's found it. U.S. Chrome Corp. said it has three new, patent pending, metal coatings and has already ...

Faraday Technology received the Small Business Award for its process to electrodeposit chrome coatings on metals and other materials. The Clayton, Ohio-based firm’s approach uses a low-toxicity ...

WATERVLIET ARSENAL, N.Y. -- The Tank-automotive and Armaments Command’s commanding general, Maj. Gen. Darren Werner, challenged arsenal leaders and key stakeholders to develop a plan to modernize the ...

Typical physical-vapor-deposition (PVD) hard coatings are 20 times thinner than a human hair, yet they can drastically improve performance, boost reliability, and extend service lives of tool and ...

Making a new coating consists of 3 major steps: formulating the coating chemistry, setting up the process, and developing the application. Making a new coating is the combined effort of R&D, ...

The global chrome-free corrosion protection coatings for aluminum aircraft skins market is projected to surge from an ...