CoatingTech.com

Coating is a covering that is applied to an object. The aim of applying coatings is to improve surface properties of a bulk material usually referred to as a substrate. One can improve amongst others appearance, adhesion, wetability, corrosion resistance, wear resistance, scratch resistance, etc.. They may be applied as liquids, gases or solids.

All the coating techniques:

• Coating and printing processes
• Chemical vapor deposition and physical vapor deposition
• Conversion coating

• Anodizing
• Chromate conversion coating
• Plasma electrolytic oxidation
• Oxide (coating)
• Phosphate (coating)

• Detonation Coating
• Paint

• Enamel (paint)
• Powder coating
• Industrial coating
• Silicate mineral paint
• Fusion bonded epoxy coating (FBE coating)

• Pickled and oiled (P&O), a type of plate steel coating.
• Plasma coatings
• Plating

• Electroless plating
• Electrochemical plating

• Polymer coatings , such as Teflon
• Sputtered or vacuum deposited materials
• Enamel (vitreous)

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