Industrial OEM

Medical instruments and device housings have tight tolerances for proper function, sterile seal integrity, and assembly fit. Cerakote's 0.5 to 2 mil application preserves these dimensions where thicker coatings would interfere. This is particularly critical for implantable device housings, endoscopic instrument shafts, and robotic surgery components where micron-level dimensional accuracy determines performance and patient safety.

Safety-critical color coding on agricultural machinery, including SMV triangles, PTO guards, and chemical warning labels, must remain visible through seasons of dust, chemical contact, and UV exposure. Cerakote maintains color integrity through these conditions where decals peel and paint fades. ColoradoKote matches your required safety colors by spectrophotometer to Delta E 1.5, ensuring compliance markings remain identifiable throughout the equipment's service life.

Yes. Raw AM parts, particularly polymer SLS and MJF builds, have surface and near-surface porosity that allows moisture and chemical ingress. Cerakote fills and seals these pores during application, creating a continuous barrier layer at 0.5-2 mils thickness. This sealing effect provides corrosion protection exceeding 3,000 hours salt spray on metal AM parts and chemical resistance on polymer AM parts that raw printed surfaces cannot achieve.

Chemical conversion coating per MIL-DTL-5541 provides a critical corrosion barrier for aluminum components exposed to oil and gas environments, including saltwater, H2S, and hydrocarbon exposure. Type I delivers 168-240+ hours of salt spray resistance (ASTM B117) as a standalone treatment. For extreme downhole or offshore conditions, we recommend adding a Cerakote topcoat for 3,000 hours of salt spray protection at just 0.5-2 mils.

The complete marine coating stack, ultrasonic cleaning followed by sandblasting followed by chemical conversion or passivation followed by Cerakote, depends on contamination-free surfaces at every step. Ultrasonic cleaning removes the salt, biological, and chemical contaminants specific to marine hardware. Subsequent blasting creates the mechanical profile. Each step builds on the previous one. Skipping ultrasonic cleaning on marine components risks chloride contamination under the coating, which initiates corrosion that the coating was meant to prevent.