Markets Served

COATEC is a system supplier in many key industrial markets. The areas are particularly noteworthy:

General Mechanical and Plant Engineering
Power Generation
Print & Packaging

Our customers come from a wide variety of industries. But they have one thing in common: 

If you are looking for tailor-made coating solutions, COATEC is the first choice for you. We offer our customers innovative solutions in the field of thermally sprayed surface coatings. COATEC offers a wide range of coating services in the form of contract coating. 

In addition to providing the pure coating service, we are at your disposal in all matters - from the initial consultation to the finished (series) product. COATEC produces bespoke coating systems for a variety of different applications. Our special service is our permanent commitment to the innovative further development of our coating processes. In addition to individual production, series and large series production are also possible at COATEC.

With our own plant construction, the coating plants for your components can be adapted or designed so that an efficient series production of your product is possible.

Areas of Application 

General Mechanical & Plant Engineering

At COATEC, the product area " General mechanical and plant engineering " includes all products and layer systems that affect a large number of industries. Typical components that today have a wide variety of functional layers:    

Piston rods of hydraulic cylinders, Slide rings, Sealing rings, Shaft protection sleeves / shaft protection sleeves, Sealing surfaces in the area of the seals, Godets, Waves, Tube, Insulating washers, Rollers, Ball-bearing, Pump parts, Slider, etc.

Power Generation

Combustion baskets, compressor blades, compressor wheels, diaphragms, fuel nozzles, impellers, nozzle guide vanes, segments, shroud tiles, transition pieces, turbine buckets, nozzles, and rotors.

Printing & Packaging

The special coating systems Hydrocer ™ and Tribocer ™ from COATEC, developed especially for the packaging and printing machine industry, set standards in durability and quality.

Typical components: Corona Rollers, Guide Rollers, Spindles, Feed Rollers with or without Spiral Groove, Doctor Rollers, Rider Rollers, Trap Rollers, Drive Rollers, Pull Rollers, Register Rollers, Pull Rings, Folding Jaws, Folding Rollers, Metering Rollers/Dampers/Dampening Ducts

Color ductors
Rubber cylinders (only for OEMs)
plate cylinders (only for OEMs)
sheet guide plates (only for OEMs)
counter pressure plates (only for OEMs)

Detailed information on the coating systems specially developed by Coatec for certain machine components can be found in the further sections Hydrocer ™ and Tribocer ™   

Advantages

COATEC - What sets us apart: Your advantages of working together.

If you are looking for tailor-made coating solutions for your component, COATEC is the first choice for you. We develop innovative, tailor-made coating systems in the area of thermally sprayed surface coatings for and with our customers. Below you will find a short list of what distinguishes us from our competitors:

• At COATEC you can draw on the experience and know-how of one of the largest contract coaters in Europe with its own plant construction. We are specialists in the field of thermal spraying with the main focus on the following variants: APS, LPPS, HVOF
• COATEC provides the market with optimal, industrially designed coating capacities (contract coating). 
• Consulting and engineering in the field of surface technology
• Development of customized layers and layer systems
• Automated series production
• Adaptation or construction of coating systems for an efficient coating of (large) series parts by our own plant construction
• Conception and production of cover and recording technology
• Coating-compatible design of components in the design phase
• Ensuring the high coating quality and dimensional accuracy through our own metallography and quality assurance
• Central location with good transport links
• On-site advice
• High flexibility
• Short throughput times
• Multiple certifications (through DQS and customer audits) à Supplier Award (s)

Through the refinement process carried out at COATEC using the methods presented, we contribute to:
To produce more environmentally friendly
To conserve resources
Reduce energy consumption
Extend product life
Improve productivity
Reduce downtimes
Reduce operating costs

Base Materials

Carbon fiber reinforced plastics (CFRP) and glass fiber reinforced plastics (GRP) are an interesting alternative to common base materials such as steel and aluminum. These very stiff and strong materials are characterized by a particularly low weight. However, since the surface is not particularly wear-resistant, it often has to be provided with a functional layer that, among other things, fulfills these properties.

CFRP
COATEC is one of the leading providers in Europe in the production of thermal spray coatings in general and on fiber-reinforced plastics. Thermally sprayed metal and ceramic layers on CFRP components enable new dimensions of composite construction. The individual advantages of the materials are optimally used for sophisticated lightweight constructions and can be adapted to the corresponding task. The combination of a light and stiff CFRP base with a highly wear-resistant ceramic or hard metal layer opens up a promising new application for lightweight rollers. With the same abrasion properties and dimensions, the dead weight is significantly reduced compared to classic steel rollers.Other advantages that result from the reduced weight can be:

Reduced bearing load
Reduction of drive power
Very high printing speeds
Low vibration, vibration damping
Low deflection with large formats 

Coating Materials

Almost any material can be applied today by thermal spraying. The variety is so great that functional surface properties can be designed as desired.
Thermal spraying allows components to be provided with hard material layers in a cost-effective and time-saving manner, for example with a wear-resistant oxide ceramic or hard metal layer. The variety of materials that can be processed can hardly be overlooked. It enables functional surface properties to be tailored. In principle, any material that has a defined melting point and does not decompose under spray conditions can be thermally sprayed.

Typical coating materials are:
Pure metals such as aluminum (Al), copper (Cu), molybdenum (Mo), etc.
Alloys such as nickel-chromium (NiCr), nickel-aluminum (NiAl), aluminum bronze (CuAl), etc.
Ceramics (oxides) , such as aluminum oxide (Al2O3), chromium oxide (Cr2O3), zirconium oxide (ZrO2), titanium oxide (TiO2), etc.
Cermet , such as tungsten carbide cobalt (WCCo), chrome carbide nickel chrome (Cr3C2 / NiCr), various metal-ceramic composites
Pseudo-alloys such as nickel graphite