If it's made of hardened tool steel and it wears out, a PVD coating will make it last much longer.
Machine components, fixtures, wear plates, hard-chrome replacements, and one-off industrial parts. The full Surface Solutions lineup — TiN, TiCN, AlTiN, CrN, and Alpha — applied in our Fridley, MN facility.
Wear parts in the Fridley shop. Machine components, fixtures, and one-off industrial jobs run through the same five coatings.
The same physics that eats cutting tools eats machine parts.
Wear, friction, corrosion, and galling are not exclusive to any one industry. If you have hardened tool steel components that fail from surface loss or surface reaction, one of our five PVD coatings is almost certainly the right fix.
Machine components
Rollers, guides, shafts, and moving parts that see repeated sliding contact — PVD coatings extend life and reduce lubrication requirements.
Hard-chrome replacement
CrN is a widely-used replacement where hard chrome is being phased out — same toughness and lubricity, no hexavalent-chrome compliance burden.
One-off & prototype work
We accept jobs from one-off prototypes up to full production runs. Send us the part and the wear you're trying to solve.
The full Surface Solutions lineup.
Alpha
Our proprietary hardest all-purpose coating — 2–4× the life of TiN on wear-intensive tooling.
Learn about AlphaTiN
Gold finish, general-purpose. 2–10× tool life and the medical-instrument standard.
Learn about TiNTiCN
~80% harder than TiN. Excellent on injection molds, punches, and forming dies.
Learn about TiCNAlTiN
Built for heat — outstanding oxidation resistance in high-temp and dry cutting.
Learn about AlTiNCrN
Silver, heavy-duty toughness. Stamping dies, forming tools, hard-chrome replacement.
Learn about CrNAsk an Expert
Free consulting on every inquiry. Tell us your part, material, and the wear you're trying to solve — we'll recommend the right coating.
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