Cold spray is a versatile process used across a wide range of repair, coating and manufacturing applications.
Cold spray comes into its own for the repair of engine components. The low application temperature and solid phase process means components are not affected by heat, enabling reliable, high-quality repairs.
Cold Metal spray comes into its own for the repair of castings. Because of the low application temperature and solid phase spraying process not being affected by the impurities in the castings, we can easily repair heavily corroded, damaged or worn components. There is no distortion effect even on the most intricate, highly stressed castings.
A very popular application of cold spray. We have repaired many damaged and corroded Cylinder Heads. A massive cost advantage is the excellent post machining results we get after using cold spray. This is achieved first time every time as there are no heat sink areas (HAZ) or porosity.
A popular use as the repair has very low compressibility, due to the densification and peening process of the material we spray.
Cold spray enables the application of a wide range of functional metal coatings onto diverse substrates — including metals, glass, ceramics, plastics and resins.
Corrosion protection coatings are cold sprayed — such as Aluminium, Zinc or Nickel. These offer excellent corrosion-resistant properties across temperature ranges, with dense coatings available in various thicknesses.
These coatings serve multiple purposes, including mould face application and saltwater protection. They are designed for easy reworking during routine maintenance cycles.
Applying highly conductive coatings such as Copper, Nickel or Silver enables diverse electrical component applications. We can apply interface layers and work with multiple substrates including metals, glass, ceramics, plastics and resins.
Cold spray is highly effective for recovering corroded, eroded and damaged components — with no heat input and no limit to the depth of material that can be built up.
Deep erosion damage can be repaired as there is no limit to the depth of material that can be built up using our cold metal spray process.
Pumps, faces, shafts — in fact any surface which requires building up due to cavitation erosion can be repaired.
Porosity often occurs within castings new or used. Cold Metal Spray is a very effective repair method. One huge advantage is being able to carry out the repair whilst still in service and even when still containing fluid.
We use Cold Metal Spray for early intervention of wear & damage to prolong life. Modification to injection, extrusion, blow and casting mould tooling across a wide range of applications is available.
Cold spray's versatility extends well beyond repair and conventional coating — from precision balancing to hermetic sealing and decorative finishes.
We can very easily add weight to components that need to be balanced to achieve reliable, accurate results.
Custom finishes and decorative finishes are available. Aesthetic coatings can also be applied to glass, ceramics, even plastic and resins.
Services include restoration work on housings, seats, bearing surfaces, worn & damaged shafts, journals and thrust faces.
Using Cold Spray we can create air tight seals on radiators, air conditioning unit pipes and other gas type units through a densification process that reduces porosity and gas permeability.
Commercial and automotive white metal repair or replacement coatings using Babbitt Metal.
Get in touch and we'll advise whether cold spray is the right solution.