Wear Protection for Defense

Our standard passivation turnaround is 14 days, with 7-day and 3-day expedited options for vessel maintenance windows and urgent marine builds. We can process passivation and Cerakote in sequence in-house, eliminating multi-vendor coordination delays. Over 20,000 parts processed with zero quality issues means your marine hardware ships ready for service the first time.

Yes. Metal additive builds in Ti-6Al-4V, AlSi10Mg, and 316L stainless steel are blasted at reduced pressure with media selected for the specific alloy. Internal stress from the build process makes AM parts more susceptible to distortion under aggressive blasting, so we control pressure, angle, and dwell time to achieve surface preparation without warping. Parts with complex internal channels or thin features are assessed individually and processed with fixture support when needed.

Aerospace AM parts, including topology-optimized brackets, ducting, and structural components in Ti-6Al-4V and AlSi10Mg, receive our full post-processing sequence under AS9100 controls. Low-pressure blasting at 40-60 PSI prepares the surface without affecting critical dimensions. Cerakote application at 0.5-2 mils provides corrosion protection, wear resistance, and surface finish improvement while adding negligible weight. All processing is documented with full traceability from raw AM part through finished, coated component.

Yes. Agricultural parts often arrive with pitting corrosion from chemical exposure and moisture. Ultrasonic cavitation removes corrosion products from pit interiors and surface irregularities that blasting alone cannot fully clean. Corrosion products left in pits create adhesion weak spots where the new coating fails first. The combination of ultrasonic cleaning followed by sandblasting at 80-100 PSI produces the contamination-free, properly profiled surface that delivers maximum Cerakote adhesion and corrosion protection on agricultural equipment.

Color consistency on large aerospace programs requires controlled material batches, documented application parameters, and spectrophotometer verification on every production lot. We record coating material lot numbers, spray parameters, cure profiles, and Delta E measurements as part of our AS9100 quality system. This documentation ensures that parts produced on day one of a multi-month program match parts produced on the final day, verified by instrument, not visual judgment alone.