From Sulzer Metco
Increased performance of technical equipment also increases the loads on the components. For this reason, the surfaces of these components are frequently protected with coatings or modified to enable them to withstand the extreme stresses. Today, thermally applied coatings are indispensable, e. g., in gas turbines or aircraft engines. Thermal-spray coating originated in Switzerland, where Max Ulrich Schoop developed flame spraying a little more than a century ago. Sulzer Metco offers a broad range of plasma spray processes for surface technologies that extend the useful life of machines or make certain functions possible at all. Additionally, processes for the deposition of hard coatings refine tools, components, and decorative layers.
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