Thermal Spraying
Do you need to heat-shield surfaces to protect them at high temperatures? Or mend badly worn components without the cost of taking them back to base for repair?
Cost-effective solutions
Whatever you need to achieve with thermal spraying, the Metalock Engineering Group has an answer. Over the years, we've built a strong reputation in this specialist field. Now we're offering thermal spraying services to customers in the Middle East from our new base in Saudi Arabia.
- Arc Spraying
- Flame spraying
- High Velocity Oxygen Fuel (HVOF)
- Plasma Spraying
- Depositing feedstock materials at high velocity
Thermal spraying and metal spraying involves heating a powder or wire feedstock to a molten or semi-molten state. It is then sprayed onto the target material at using a stream of high velocity gas or compressed air. This deposits a layer on the surface of the target material, a process that can be repeated by a skilled technician to progressively build a required finished thickness.
Alloys, single elements or advanced composites
Typical spray materials range from single elements to alloys and composites. Thermal spraying is typically used where the required properties can only be achieved with this process – or where thermal spraying allows cost-effective in-situ repair rather than an expensive back-to-base repair. Commonly sprayed materials include these:
- Steel
- Chrome Carbide
- Tungsten Carbide
- Ceramic materials
- Composites
A wide range of applications
The applications for thermal spraying are diverse. The following is just a tiny selection:
- Repair and reconditioning of worn parts (such as marine journal bearings)
- Formation of anti-corrosion layers.
- Creation of heat shielded surfaces for high temperature operation.
- Prevention of component erosion.
- Formation of insulation layers.
On-site or in our workshops
Whether we're working in our workshop or at your site, Metalock Engineering Saudi Arabia offers the reassurance that comes when you hire skilled thermal spraying specialists. These highly trained technicians have all the skills and the latest thermal spraying equipment required to deliver the high performance results you expect.
Please contact us now for more information.