Due to the demand from a wide variety of sectors and industries our metal spraying service needs a diversity of coating characteristics. And we, Alaphtek, provide just that. We don’t allow any of our coating services to be narrowed down to one sector.

The coating characteristics encompass properties of such as non-stick release, traction, frictional wear, corrosion, abrasion, dielectric insulation, and high-temperature resistance and/or conduction.

The list of application requirements can seem endless, but with over a cumulative of 100 years of expertise, you can say we have seen everything!

This Alphatek blog is designed to talk about all things metal spraying, our services and why you should choose us.

What Is Metal Spraying?

First of all, we’ll start off with metal spraying and what exactly is it. Metal spray coating is also known as thermal metal spray coating.

Metal spraying is a surface engineering coating process that sprays metals, ceramics, and polymers onto the surface of another material.

It’s widely used to provide corrosion protection to ferrous metals, as well as to change the item’s surface properties, for instance, to improve the wear resistance or thermal conductivity.

Corrosion and wear are a major problem for a long list of industries, so many use a metal spraying process, including:

  • Oil & Gas
  • Rail
  • Paper & Print
  • Automotive
  • Aerospace
  • Defence
  • Utilities & Clean Energy

What Are The Benefits Of Our Metal Spraying Service?

The Key benefits of using Alphatek our Metal Spraying Service includes:

  • Thermal Spray applied coatings provide added application performance.
  • Are economical and cost-effective.
  • Provide engineers with enormous flexibility of design and can be used on complex geometries.
  • Save money & maximise customer profits by extending component life and minimising downtime for maintenance.

Our Range Of Thermal Spray Coatings

We will take the time to understand your engineering challenges and advise on the optimum Thermal Spray Coating Solution for your needs. Here’s our range:

  • HYPERLOY® Thermal Spray Coatings range
  • HYPERTRAK® Thermal Spray Traction Optimised Coatings
  • HYPERSLIP® Fluoropolymer Coating range
  • HYPERFLON® Combination Thermal Sprayed and Fluoropolymer Coatings combined to deliver an even wider range of surface properties
  • HYPERSEAL®
  • HYPERFINISH Coating Finishing Services

Why Choose Alphatek?

From our side, it’s pretty simple, with over 100 years between us and 20+ years in the engineering industry our experience and expertise speak for themselves. We’d like to think we’ve seen everything.

Alongside our proprietary range of Hyperformance coatings, we have also developed numerous industry-specific coating solutions, tailored to meet the exact requirements of our client’s individual needs. Whatever your industry, sector, or engineering challenge, the Alphatek team are perfectly placed to guide you to the correct solution for your needs.

Working closely with the our customers and in the Covid-19 guidelines, we believe is the best way to aim and deliver the utmost value, most effective thermal spray coatings solution, first time, every time and with a fuss-free service that suits everyone.

There really is no shortcut to experience.

Our Services

We are not only specialists in metal spraying and thermal spray coating, we provide innovative solutions.

For example, when a client brings to us their custom metal coating requirements, all departments come together for an initial briefing. This is closely followed by a detailed technical review made by our highly qualified and experienced Metallurgist with assistance from the whole Technical Team.

Our Additional Services/Benefits Alpatek Includes:

  • Consultancy – Across numerous industries and applications, we help our customers solve their most challenging coating problems.
  • Met Lab – Whatever the surface requirements, Alpatek aim to provide the most effective coating, time after time.
  • R & D – This service provides a full team to bring industry-leading knowledge and experience to meet the needs of any research project.
  • CAD/CAM – Our in house facilities enables us to design innovative solutions from the ground up for our clients.

Our work is limitless.

Get In Touch

We love to work, and we love where we work. Located less than 20 miles north of Manchester, in a lovely town called Ramsbottom. With plenty of access because of motorways, railways and airports, we are very accessible and easy to find.

If you have any questions or queries regarding our metal spraying service, please don’t hesitate to call us on 01706 821 021. Alternatively, please drop us an email at postbox@alphatek.co.uk or fill in our form and we’ll get back to you asap.

We look forward to hearing from you!