Surface Technology
The premise behind our unique PEO metal coating is simple. It’s the science behind it that’s complex.
Our coatings offer two fundamental benefits:
- They extend the life of magnesium, aluminium and titanium components through a range of key characteristics unique to PEO. Our coatings are proven to be far superior to competing coatings such as anodising and thermal sprays.
- These improved performance characteristics facilitate the reduction in weight of a component and the wider use of light alloys in multiple industries.
We develop bespoke solutions that don`t just work within the confines of our hi-tech lab – they`re designed for industrialised manufacture from the outset.
Experience tells us that problem solving works best through the mutual sharing of information. Our technology allows us to create tailored PEO solutions for your problem through this engagement process.
Optimising the design solution leads to both a high-performing end product, as well as a highly cost-effective product. Keronite prides itself on being a globally competitive solution, through the application of material science and engineering.
It’s this crucial step in our process that helps us develop strong relationships with our clients; a solution-driven approach to new product introduction.
Working collaboratively to understand product performance requirements helps Keronite challenge the existing paradigms of traditional surface treatment capabilities.
Using our experience in PEO coupled with the expertise of our materials scientists, chemists and engineers, we are able to design, test and evolve a range of coating solutions that solve our customer’s problems.
All our solutions are exclusively developed in-house and combine our bespoke electrolyte compositions with our proven PEO process parameters to deliver an optimal solution.
We don’t develop advanced coatings that only work in the confines of our labs. We design each and every coating solution with processing efficiency and scalability in mind.
We use PEO simulation techniques to identify an optimum cost of manufacture. We then employ an experienced team of engineers who design, build and project manage dedicated Lean manufacturing cells using industry-leading process control methodologies.
A successful industrialisation ensures repeatable production. Through our dedicated and Lean production cells we deliver high-levels of customer satisfaction, high-levels of on-time in-full delivery performance, and high yields ensuring the total cost of acquisition for our customers is always met.
Our manufacturing facilities are ISO9001 and AS9100 certified.
Our partnerships with leading universities and ongoing research projects mean that we’re always finding ways to improve the PEO offering.
Keronite employs a dedicated team of engineers who are constantly striving to deliver year-on-year improvement to our customers. This improvement is delivered in several ways: increased processing throughout that directly reduces selling prices, lead-time reduction to benefit customer’s working capital, and supply chain management to reduce admin overhead.
Keronite produce hard, dense and ceramic coatings for light alloys that can be carefully tailored to provide a combination of different characteristics.
PEO’s inert ceramic structure provides excellent natural chemical stability and corrosion protection. Coatings have exceeded 2000 hours in salt spray testing (ASTM B117).
Through a combination of high hardness, strong adhesion and compliance, PEO delivers a complete wear resistant solution for components.
We have created coatings for thermal transmission (0.8 – 10 W m-1 k-1) and thermal barrier (up to 900?) applications. PEO’s versatility enables select thermal management qualities.
PEO delivers up to 2000HV of hardness. PEO coatings are made with phase corundum, one of the world’s hardest natural elements.
Ceramic is a natural insulator, offering impressive dielectric breakdown performance (up to 20kV).
PEO’s irregular microstructure and fine-scale porosity adheres superbly to substrates. PEO provides Young’s Modulus values of around 30Gpa.
No organic compounds, VoCs, strong acids or heavy metals in sight. Our coatings tick all of the regulatory boxes.
PEO delivers ultra-precise coatings, with coating thickness starting at just 1μm. PEO’s layer structure and irregular pore structure aids fatigue performance, which means material can be removed to save additional weight.
Plasma electrolytic oxidation is a conversion process, which means the layer is formed from the substrate, providing exceptional adhesion and excellent coverage.
Keronite’s scientists can manipulate coatings through tightly controlling PEO processing parameters. Resultant coatings are hugely customisable, which means our scientists can create a coating that hits every goal of your brief.