Wear Coatings

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There are many types of wear mechanisms including adhesive, abrasive, erosive, cavitation, and fretting. In many cases wear can occur from a combination of these mechanisms. Some of the more common materials TST Coatings uses to provide wear resistant coatings include ceramics such as carbides and metal oxides. Carbide coatings are produced in the form of cermets (ceramic and metal) they provide hardness and wear resistance coatings similar to solid sintered carbide components like carbide metal cutting tools. Metal oxides such as chromium oxide are also very hard and are very resistant to chemical attack so they can be an ideal solution when wear and corrosion are both present. Several metals and even some plastics are also used to provide wear resistant coatings.