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How Chromium Coatings Reduce Friction
Chromium coatings are proven to protect metal tools, instruments, and machines. They do this by counteracting the four primary forces that can lead to metal failure: corrosion, contact fatigue, erosion, and abrasion. With abrasion and mechanical wear...
How Is Metal Damage Hurting Your Business?
Metal damage and metal failure have been factors in how effectively and profitably businesses operate as long as metal tools and equipment have been used. In fact, it is such a “fact of life” in many industries that companies—especially those that have been in...
ASTM Testing Process: What Armoloy Tests and Why
Among the many tests Armoloy conducts on its advanced coatings are a variety of assessments to confirm compliance with ASTM standards. Formed in 1898, and formerly known as the American Society for Testing and Materials, ASTM is an international organization that...
Metal Coatings in the Design Process: Importance and Benefits
Benjamin Franklin famously made the observation that, “An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.” He was talking about fire prevention, specifically, but the proverb has rightly taken on a more universal meaning. It is particularly relevant when it comes...
Armoloy Coatings: Purpose-Driven Protection
Bringing a New Customer-centric Vision to the Coatings Industry from the Standard in Electroplating Armoloy – long recognized as the miracle coating that extends the life of a host of products and components by simultaneously preventing corrosion and wear...
Robotic Welding 101
Before shop managers install a robotic welding and joining system, they should understand its components, their functions and how they relate to welding applications as well as general robotic automation tasks. Advanced intelligence Controls, communication instruments...
Armoloy’s Marketing Strategy for Electroplating Business
When Nolan Hannan and Jacob Meier purchased Armoloy of Illinois and Electrolizing of Rhode Island in 2017, they knew they wanted a data-driven shop that provided information on how well the shop was operating, and where improvements could be made. Hannan had been with...
Armoloy® Corporation featured in Manufacturing Today
For nearly 70 years, The Armoloy Corporation has been a strategic secret weapon for keeping industry up and running around the world. From plating nuts and bolts to components for the vehicles used on other planets, the company remains the first name in...