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Forming of Stainles steel work material for the exhaust market , means high volumes, high repeatability and maintaining part quality. Uncoated tools suffer high abrasion and adhesion with heavy scoring. Base Material: 1.2379 Base Hardness: 58-60HRc

Used for the mass manufacture of flat chain links, the TD coating prevents abrasive wear that changes the critical profile and also alleviates scoring on the chain which could adversely affect its action. Base Material: Bohler K340 , Work material: 3mm Hot rolled steel

This cutter is first coated and then sharpened to an acute cutting on the one side. The coating on one edge resists wear preserving a sharper cutting edge for longer when cutting abrasive cloth materials.

Used extensively for cold forging of nuts and bolts, TD coated 8% Chromium steel such as DC53 and K340 outlast TiN coated M2 HSS and also at lower cost. TD coated S600 vacuum re-hardened to 63 HRc have performed up to 3 times better than TD coated K110 at ~60HRc Applications include , heading , pre-form , clipping and trimming.

Improved finish on swaged parts after TD coating. Pilot pins resist wear from high cycles and burred edges of work material. This leads to repeated precision. Base Material: 1.2379

This tool opens up stainless tube and encounters wear and galling on the OD. TD increased wear like and improved surface finish. In this case the item is polished and TD coated before it is wire-cut into segments. Base Material: K340 or K110

Preserving the high polish finish with TD decreased pickup and adhesion immediately on these hinge forming tools. Mild steel, brass and stainless steel are used and any scoring is immedietly evident on the external of the Hinge. Base Material: AISI H13 and D2

These pins are used for the hot forging of brass fittings for commercial plumbing. These showed great life increases and better resistance against wash than uncoated H13. Although the coating on these forge tools were buffed after TD, greater advantage is achieved by retaining the Vanadium Oxide layer and using hot forge tools un-buffed after TD coating.

Chassis components deep drawn from 5mm mild steel lead to heavy scoring on this structural component. These tools are pre-polished to a mirror finish and then TD coated with about 10 microns of VC. Scoring completely eliminated and less lubrication and die maintenance required. Base material: DIN 1.2379

These wire guides are used to guide wire into an automated wire mesh manufacturing machine. TD coating of the roller prevent grooved wear pattern forming at the base of the rotating guide. As a result tool life is increased and less wire breakages are experienced. Base Material: K110

heavy gauge forming requires wear resistant pilot pins

Removal of PVD and CVD coatings through chemical and mechanical stripping so it can be recycled

Thin Dense chrome of a seaming roller made of a hardened 440C

TD Coated hub die for deep drawing of conveyor roller bearing hubs

As sintered nozzles made to customer specs