Taking Money to the Bank with PVD Coatings
Coating Applications
More bang for a buck! That's the simplest way to put it. Coating a punch will make the punch last 8 to 10 times longer than uncoated.

Suggested coatings: Alpha™, TiCN and TiN
Sick and tired of polishing dies after 300 to 500 hits? With one of our PVD coatings, galling and polishing will be a distant memory.

Suggested coatings: CrN, Alpha™, TiCN and TiN
At Surface Solutions, we offer four very good and very distinct coatings for cutting tool applications.  With a minimum charge of only $25, it doesn't cost much to see how much you can improve your tool life.

Suggested coatings: AlTiN / TiAlN, Alpha™, TiCN and TiN
Tools for injection molding applications are very expensive. Customers that coat those tools get $100, or more, back for every dollar they spend on coatings.

Suggested coatings: TiCN and TiN
Add form and function to your medical instruments with a PVD coating. Whether you want gold or black or a color in between, our coatings help your products stand out from the competition.

Suggested coatings: TiN, TiAlN, TiCN, Alpha™ and CrN
TiN coated injection mold
AlTiN coated Medical Part
Chrome Nitride (CrN) Coated Form Tool
AlTiN Coated Cutting Tool
Alpha™ Coated Punch
Spend Money to Make Money

You've probably heard the old adage, "you've got to spend money to make money". With this economy, there is no better time to do that than right now! 
Spend a little on PVD coatings and your company will be more profitable.  Who knows, you might even save a job or two!

Give us a call and together, we'll discuss your application and figure out how we can improve your bottom line by coating your tools. Instead of throwing money away, you'll be taking it to the bank.

PVD coatings are wear resistant and abrasion resistant. If you have an application where your tool wears out and is made of a hardened tool steel, one of our coatings will make it last much longer, improving quality and your profitability.  Shown below are some of the more common applications our coatings are used in, but there are many others that aren't shown.  If you have a coating application you'd like to discuss, give us a call, we're sure we can help make you more profitable too.
Surface Solutions Inc.
7895 Ranchers Road
Fridley, MN  55432
Optimize Your Tooling With Wear Resistant PVD Coatings!

Be More Productive, Give Us a Call!  (888-245-2804)
Phone:  763-785-9436     
Fax:  763-785-9447     
Email:  info@tincoat.net  
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What's It Going To Cost?

PVD coatings are applied in a vacuum chamber at about 800°F, as such, there is some technical expertise involved, especially if you want it done right.

That said, coatings typically cost
5 - 10 % of what the tool costs, although other factors come into play.  Some of the factors we cosider when establishing prices are:

  • Type of Coating
  • Quantity of Parts
  • How many parts we can coat in a batch
  • Cleaning / Tool Prep requirements
  • Fixturing and Masking requirements

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