Metallizing & HVOF

Metallizing

Stainless Steel Spray
This material is used for most of the regular repairs to journals, seal areas, body repairs, and bore rebuilds. This material can be applied as a soft material so it can be machined off to finish, or it can be a hard material so it is able to be ground off to finish size. This material is able to be applied very quickly with build-ups up to .080/s without any danger of it being too brittle to grind off.
Bronze Spray
This is a very soft spray that has a yellowish color that is used a lot in the repairs of water pumps. Good against corrosion resistance.
Ceramic Spray
Very, very hard material that is applied to areas that need to have a surface that will hold up to some very heavy wear conditions.

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Chrome Carbide
A very hard material that is applied in a way that it does not leave any pores in the finished material. This type of spray is becoming more popular as a replacement for chrome plating. The drawback with this material is that you cannot apply too thick a coat because the material becomes too brittle and cracks while it is being finished.
Nickel Chrome Boron
This material is very good for hardness, wear and corrosion resistance. This material is especially used in parts that are always submerged in water or are in environments that they are exposed to a lot of moisture, but still needs the wear protection that you would get with a typical Hard Chrome coating.
Aluminum Silicon
This material is a very soft material that is applied using the HVOF method, but is still soft enough that it is able to be machined off.
Tungsten Carbide
Is a very hard material that is harder than the Chrome Carbide, but doesn't have the same corrosion resistance that the chrome has. It is considered the workhorse of all the materials for wear resistance.