The gas turbine engines of today’s aircraft are required to run at higher temperatures and with greater efficiency, yet meet the demands for longer time between overhauls and reduced maintenance costs.
While surface treatment have long been employed as key elements of gas turbine engines, new coating materials can withstand higher temperatures, and improve overall operating efficiency. Improvement in deposition techniques and a higher degree of automation allow coatings to be deposited faster and with less waste. For airframe components, traditional plating is increasingly replaced by environmentally friendly processes.
The materials used to manufacture engine components are lighter, stronger and can tolerate harsher service environments. Unique manufacturing processes that reduce waste and cost are being used to fabricate these components.
Sulzer Metco, a pioneer and leader for coating solutions and engine components for the aerospace industry, continues to provide new and improved solutions to this industry. Working in concert with leading gas turbine and airframe manufacturers, Sulzer Metco is a well-known and valued partner in the aerospace industry.
With our long history in the Aerospace Industry, Sulzer Metco brands are highly regarded for their quality and consistency, as well as the valuable benefits they bring.
Sulzer Metco Turbine Components, through our Eldim facilities, produce critical components for turbine engines, using expert design and non-conventional machining capabilities. In addition, Neomet honeycomb seals are the choice of a large number of OEM’s and overhaul facilities.
Sulzer Metco thermal spray materials are used throughout modern turbine engines. Of particular note are our Durabrade™ and Metco™ abradable materials for clearance control applications, Sulzer Metco HOSP™ thermal barrier materials, AMDRY™ MCrAlY materials to protect high temperature components and Diamalloy™ HVOF materials for wear and restoration coatings.
To apply these thermal spray coatings, the industry relies on the automation technologies provided by our MultiCoat™ and UniCoat™ spray platforms, as well as our SmartArc™ arc wire systems for reproducibility and repeatability. Our ChamPro™ LPPS™ and LVPS™ controlled-atmosphere plasma spray systems are industry standards for the application of high quality thermal spray coatings with superior properties. For HVOF coatings, DiamondJet™ spray equipment and our new WokaJet™ and WokaStar™ liquid fuel guns apply tough, thick, highly wear-resistant coatings. Increasingly, customers are discovering that our new TriplexPro™ plasma spray gun provides breakthrough processing efficiency and effectiveness, even for high-energy plasma spray coatings.
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