Praxair Surface Technologies' REACH-compliant coatings offer the same corrosion protection, surface finish, and anti-fouling properties as traditional coatings. Common markets include Aviation, Automotive, Energy, Chemical, Oil+Gas and more!

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Linde Advanced Material Technologies offers premium carbide powders for use in your thermal spray systems. Purity, size control, and optimal flowability make our powders the best option for producing high-performance coatings. (read more)

While chrome and cadmium platings are inexpensive and easy to apply, their environmental and health risks outweigh the benefits. Our broad portfolio of coating materials and application technologies ensures you get equivalent or better performance compared to hexavalent chrome and cadmium containing platings without associated environmental regulations and employee hazards. (read more)

When operating under extreme high temperature, the structural material of your most critical components is at risk for degradation. Thermal protections are needed to ensure both performance and durability. But we take it one step further. With our line of nearly 100 thermal barrier coatings, we can protect and even extend the operating life of your most critical components. (read more)

Print with confidence

For more than a quarter-century, press manufacturers, printers and converters around the world have turned to us for anilox rolls that fit their application and offer longer service life, reduced downtime and greater productivity.

At Praxair Surface Technologies, we understand that every time the press runs, your reputation is on the line. And we conti... (read more)

We are a leading manufacturer of high-performance physical vapor deposition sputtering targets for thin film deposition applications, mainly in the semiconductor market and its customer base of leading-edge consumer applications. (read more)

Linde Advanced Material Technologies offers premium atomized TruForm™ metal powders tailored for AM Industries and trusted by leading OEMs globally. (read more)

With over 50 years of experience in metal powder production, Praxair
Surface Technologies has the capability and expertise to meet the
demands of metal AM, from product development to process innovation. TruForm™ metal AM powders provide consistent product composition, morphology, and particle size to meet industry's most stringent demands. (read more)

From synchronizer rings to turbocharger nozzles to piston rods, we provide industry-leading coating services to prevent abrasion, corrosion and wear, deliver electrical insulation and improve friction control. And because our application process follows our strict Operational Excellence system, you’ll get consistent, uniform results even in high volumes.

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Thermal spray coatings improve customers’ components so they can withstand the toughest operating environments.

This coating process can be applied manually or by machine with a wide range of materials at different spray rates and coating thicknesses that will meet unique specifications.

The thermal spray coating process delivers a high-quality coating that extends th... (read more)

Inconsistent or substandard product can put plastic, plastic film and sheet manufacturers at a competitive disadvantage. (read more)

Abrasion Resistance

We are accustomed to hearing about medical scrapes and abrasions, but these potentially painful wounds also exist in the aviation, energy and general manufacturing world. For manufacturers and businesses, the use of materials that are abrasion resistant is often key to cost savings, consistent production, and quality control.

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Praxair Surface Technologies is making the leap toward a more Sustainable future by offering an array of high-performing, Chrome Free coatings. Click here to learn more. https://www.praxairsurfacetechnologies.com/en/coating-services/application-processes/slurries-and-fluoropolymers. (read more)

The last thing to worry about with furnace rolls are pickup issues due to excessive iron fines, residual caustic, or thin oxide films and scratch issues. Our coated furnace rolls prevent these issues to make sure that they will not affect the delivery or the high quality that the customers deserve.

The rolls are coated with carbide, ceramic, and cermet thermal spray coatings, so t... (read more)

Tribomet^TM plating coatings is an automated, non-line-of-sight process that is suited for complex geometries and produces dense and non-porous coatings. The Tribomet electrodeposition process uses automatic plating tanks that are programmed with time and operational sequences providing more precise thickness control, exceptional metallurgical bonding and low porosity.

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Plasma Spray (including LPPS, Shrouded & SPS) (read more)

ExoFilmTM coatings are an ultra-thin solution for textured surfaces. They are environmentally-compliant and perform better than flash hard chrome plating.

Since ExoFilm coatings are ultra-thin, they are capable of following a textured surface. They can be applied as thin as 5 microns (0.0002") and offer a very low as-sprayed roughness. The finish has a light grey appearance... (read more)

ExoShieldTM coatings are fully dense, hard and tough, providing best-in-class corrosion and wear protection with exceptional finishability to less than 0.01 μm/0.05 μin Ra values.

They are fully dense, providing superior corrosion protection at high temperatures. No sealant is required and ExoShield tungsten carbide coatings are usable up to 535°C/995°F. The coatings... (read more)

ExoProTM coatings are cost-competitive as compared to traditional HVOF and HVOF coatings, environmentally-compliant as an alternative to hard chrome, perform better than hard chrome, and are tougher than standard HVOF/HVAF.

The coating is deposited with a very low surface roughness as compared to traditional high velocity oxygen fuel (HVOF) and high velocity air fuel (HVAF)... (read more)

Thin, cost-effective replacement for hard chrome plating

ExoGreenTM coatings are thin, environmentally-compliant and provide an economical solution that performs equally to hard chrome plating.

They are REACH-compliant, providing a sustainable solution to eliminate the use of hard chrome plating and the hazardous waste created by the plating process.

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Laser Cladding

Laser cladding is designed to withstand the most demanding environments.

The overlaying process applies a laser beam to fuse an immense range of materials from alloys to composites that contain ceramic compounds. This process ends up delivering a purer chemistry with a thinner, smoother overlay than traditional welding.

Laser cladding can stren... (read more)

Oil and Gas Coating Services

Oil and gas helps bring productivity to the surface.

Getting and keeping wells producing is important to meet business objectives, and our coating and finishing services help customers do that.

Praxair Surface Technologies (PST) has had decades of research and development that has helped with their extensive portfolio of advanced c... (read more)

Aviation Coating Services

Praxair Surface Technology (PST) has the power to deliver. We work hard on the ground to help businesses take off.

When it comes to the aviation industry, PST provides quality, cost- effective surface enhancement solutions.

With today’s demanding environment, PST offers coating technologies and associated services. Most importan... (read more)

We offer cathodic arc physical vapor deposition (CAPVD), chemical vapor deposition (CVD) and electron beam physical vapor deposition (EBPVD) processes to create coatings of all different materials and structural properties on your most critical components. (read more)

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Check out our full line of fluoropolymer coatings for optimal anti-stick properties and corrosion and abrasion resistance for your food processing equipment such as augers, plungers, seals, feeders, hoppers and much more. (read more)

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CoreGardTM ID Coating Now Available for Smaller Diameters and Longer Lengths (read more)

Our proprietary detonation gun (D-Gun) thermal spray process is the leading solution for parts that require extraordinary wear and mechanical properties. (read more)

Our world-class Product Discovery Labs™ are the source of some of the industry’s greatest advances and are made up of dedicated engineers and technologists who are working together towards a single goal: developing next-generation coatings and applications that solve the performance problems our customers face every day. (read more)

Corrosion is a gradual chemical or electrochemical attack of a metal or alloy by agents in the surrounding atmosphere. The resulting reaction causes disintegration of surfaces and material loss that can take many forms. (read more)