If it wears, galls, or sticks — we probably coat it.
Thirty years of coating tooling and production parts for manufacturers across cutting, forming, molding, medical and general industry. Find your application below, or just send us the part.
Industries and applications we coat for
The same five coatings serve very different problems. These are the applications we see most — but if yours isn't listed, it's still worth asking.
Cutting Tools & Tooling
End mills, drills, taps, reamers and inserts. Customers have reported 60,000 parts between sharpenings against 10,000 uncoated.
Typical parts- End mills & drills
- Taps & reamers
- Carbide inserts
Molds & Dies
Injection molds, stamping dies and forming dies — less sticking, less polishing, longer runs between maintenance.
Typical parts- Injection molds
- Stamping dies
- Mold release & anti-stick
Medical Devices
TiN is the long-standing standard on surgical instruments — hard, corrosion resistant, and visually distinct for instrument identification.
Typical parts- Surgical instruments
- Device components
- Corrosion resistance
Punching
Turret and sheet-metal punches. Coated punches pierce more holes before the edge rolls, and resist galling on the return stroke.
Typical parts- Turret punches
- Piercing punches
- Anti-galling
Metal Forming
Forming and drawing tools where stainless and aluminum weld to the tool. CrN's lubricity is the usual answer.
Typical parts- Forming & draw tools
- Stainless work
- Galling & pickup
Firearm Finishing
Durable, attractive PVD finishes on firearm components. We work with manufacturers only — we do not coat consumer or individually owned firearms.
Typical parts- Manufacturers only
- Component finishing
- Wear & corrosion
General Manufacturing
Wear components, shafts, fixtures and production parts that simply need a harder, lower-friction surface.
Typical parts- Wear components
- Production parts
- Fixtures & guides
Don't See Your Application?
We've coated a lot of parts that don't fit a category. Tell us what the part does and how it's failing — free consulting on every inquiry.
Ask an ExpertWhat a PVD coating actually changes
The coating is 2–5 microns thick and follows the geometry you already machined — so the part fits the same, but the surface behaves very differently.
Harder surface
Every coating we run is significantly harder than carbide, so abrasive wear takes far longer to reach the substrate.
Lower friction
Less heat, less material pickup, less galling — chips and formed material release instead of welding to the tool.
Dimensionally negligible
At 2–5 microns (0.00008″–0.0002″) most tools and dies need no design change at all.
Send us the part. We'll tell you if coating helps.
Thirty years of coating tooling for manufacturers means we can usually tell you quickly — including when the answer is no. Response within one business day.