CERAKOTE® is the global leader in the manufacturing of thin-film automotive ceramic coatings. More OEM, aftermarket, and custom shops choose Cerakote for its industry leading performance. Our coatings are used by some of the most notable brands in the automotive world.

Cerakote Offers

High Temperature ceramic based coatings that can withstand temperatures up to 1,800˚

Coatings that withstand thermal cycling as well as thermal shock

Performance coatings that are simply unmatched in corrosion and chemical resistance

A distinct, high-end look and feel

Environmentally friendly coatings - all coating are VOC compliant in all 50 states

Cost effective, single coat (straight to substrate), easy to apply products

Cerakote Material and Process Compatibility

Cerakote's unique chemistry allows for the coating to be applied to a wide variety of materials and print processes.

Process

SLS, MJF, SLA, FDM, FFF, DLMS, Polyjet, Binder Jet, Metal Jet

Polymer

Nylon 12, Nylon 11, Polypropylene

TPU/TPA, PLA, ABS, Tough 1500, Rigid 4K/10K

Metal

Inconel, Stainless Steel, Titanium, Aluminum, Copper

Cerakote's Performance on 3D Printed Parts

Cerakote ceramic coatings provide superior performance and functionality to the materials they are applied to. Cerakote's high abrasion and scratch resistance, hydrophobic properties, as well as UV and chemical protection make it the ideal finish for 3D printed parts. In addition, our specialty coatings provide unique functionality to parts such as electrical insulation, non-stick, NiR camouflage, anti-reflective, and low coefficient of friction properties.

CERAKOTE® for Archery

Archery is an industry that extracts every foot per second of speed possible, where even a slight vibration of the hand can make a difference, and weight reduction is gold. You want a finish that is as tough as your hunt. A finish that will last through the harshest elements of the backcountry, as well as rigorous use on the range.

Cerakote is a ceramic based performance finish that also has a premium look and feel. Cerakote is engineered to be highly durable and extremely corrosion resistant.

Benefits of Cerakote on your archery equipment:

Cerakote is the world's leader in ceramic based, thin filmed coating technologies. Cerakote coatings are superior to anodizing, powder coating and other paint-based OEM finishes for most applications.

Corrosion protection: Unmatched corrosion resistance, even in the harshest environments.

Wear resistance: Military grade ceramic coatings that outperform any other finish in the industry.

Adhesion: Can be applied to any surface that is not rubberized.

Thin film technology: Applied at only .001”, Cerakote is perfect for tight tolerance applications, and won't adversely affect accuracy. Cerakote offers finishes that are hydrophobic, are high in lubricity, and have very low coefficient of friction.

Color: Cerakote offers limitless color options to all parts of your bow. With industry leading color consistency, Cerakote offers a solution to color inconsistencies found in other finishes like anodizing, PVD, and other paints.

Customization: Creative outlets and Cerakote applicators provide seemingly endless design ideas and personalization. You're only limited by your imagination.

Lightweight coating: Cerakote's thin filmed application offers a significant weight reduction from other paints and powder coats.

OVERVIEW

Cerakote is a leading ceramic-based coating technology known for its superior durability, corrosion resistance, and thermal stability. Cerakote has found a crucial role in the aerospace industry, where lightweight, high-performance coatings are essential for aircraft, spacecraft, and aerospace components.

WHY CERAKOTE FOR AEROSPACE?

Aerospace materials are exposed to extreme conditions, including high temperatures, pressure fluctuations, UV radiation, and corrosive environments. Traditional coatings may fail under such conditions, but Cerakote offers several key advantages:

Corrosion Resistance: Protects against oxidation and chemical exposure, extending the lifespan of aerospace components.

Thermal Stability: Withstands high temperatures without degradation, making it ideal for engine components and exhaust systems.

Low Reflectivity: Coatings that are tailored for low reflectivity in the visible and the IR spectrum.

Lightweight & Thin Application: Adds minimal weight to aircraft parts, a crucial factor in aerospace engineering. Typical thickness application range is 6µm – 50µm.

Abrasion & Wear Resistance: Reduces wear on moving parts and improves longevity.

Chemical Resistance: Resists exposure to aviation fuels, hydraulic fluids, and other harsh chemicals.

Customizable Aesthetic & Functionality: Available in a range of colors and finishes, including non-reflective and infrared-resistant options for military and stealth applications.

APPLICATIONS IN AEROSPACE

Cerakote is utilized in a variety of aerospace applications, including:

Aircraft Engine Components: Protects turbine blades, exhaust systems, and heat-sensitive parts from extreme temperatures and corrosion.

Structural Components: Enhances the durability of landing gear, fasteners, and brackets.

Avionics & Electronics: Shields sensitive components from environmental damage and electromagnetic interference (EMI).

Interior & Exterior Surfaces: Provides a durable finish for cockpit controls, seats, gallies, and exterior surfaces.

Spacecraft & Satellites: Used in space applications where resistance to radiation, extreme cold, and vacuum conditions is critical.

AEROSPACE TESTING

45°F Flammability Testing.

Combustions Toxicity (Flaming Mode) Test.

ASTM E595-15.

Why Choose Cerakote for the Defense Industry?

CERAKOTE® is the industry-leading ceramic coating manufacturer of cutting-edge technology engineered specifically for the defense industry. In a world where security and durability are paramount, our coatings are meticulously crafted to exceed the most rigorous demands, ensuring your equipment stands strong when it matters most.

Advanced Defense Solutions

Our coatings are the result of precision engineering, designed with a deep understanding of the unique requirements of the defense sector. Whether you're involved in military manufacturing, defense contracting, or security operations, our coatings are built to perform under pressure.

Unrivaled Durability

The defense industry operates in challenging environments, from extreme weather conditions to high-stress combat situations. Our coatings provide uncompromising protection, ensuring your equipment endures and performs flawlessly.

Stealth and Camouflage Options

We offer a range of coatings that not only protect but also enables the ability to adapt to different terrains. Our stealth and camouflage options ensure your equipment remains hidden when necessary. We have a range of FED/AMS STD finishes that are available and ready to ship.

Corrosion and Chemical Resistance

Protect your assets from the corrosive effects of the environment and exposure to chemicals. Our coatings create a resilient shield that safeguards your equipment and extends its lifespan.

Our Coatings for the Defense Industry

At Cerakote, we offer a comprehensive portfolio of coatings tailored to the diverse needs of the defense sector:

Military Equipment Coatings: Enhance the durability and effectiveness of your military hardware, from vehicles to firearms.

Aircraft and Naval Coatings: Protect your air and sea assets with coatings that withstand corrosion due to extreme conditions and exposure.

Stealth and Camouflage Coatings: Stay unnoticed when you need to be with our specialized coatings for concealment.

Infrastructure Protection: Safeguard critical defense infrastructure against wear, corrosion, and environmental stress.

Cerakote is becoming the choice finish for fishing protection and repair.

Professional anglers looking to extend the life of their fishing reels, rods, and gear can depend on Cerakote’s industry leading coatings for restoration projects or maintenance. Manufactures find that Cerakote offers superior and longer lasting finishes for their products.

Where OEM finishes typically fail:

Corrosion

Wear

Durability

Chipping

Color consistency

Color selection

Seized or stuck parts

Why would you use Cerakote on your fishing gear?

Cerakote surpasses anodizing, powder coat and other paint-based OEM finishes. Specifically, in these areas:

Corrosion resistance: proprietary ceramic polymer thin filmed coating offers unmatched corrosion resistance in the harshest environments.

Wear resistance: military grade ceramic coating outlasts any other finish, period.

Adhesion: adheres extremely well to virtually any substrate that is not rubberized.

Thin film technology: Cerakote’s smooth finish offers properties such as hydrophobic, anti-seize, and low coefficient of friction.

Color: we have hundreds of unique color options! Color consistency is incredibly accurate even with various substrate materials. With an in-house color development team, we can create custom color options.

Customization: creative outlets and Cerakote applicators provide seemingly endless design ideas and personalization. With an in-house color development team, we can create custom color options for any brand's needs.

PROPERTIES THAT MAKE CERAKOTE® IDEAL FOR WATERCRAFT

Unmatched corrosion protection – our ceramic polymer coatings offer extreme corrosion resistance.

Hydrophobic properties prevent buildup of dirt, algae, barnacles, and more.

Superior low coefficient of friction that rivals Teflon.

Excellent durability, hardness, and abrasion resistance.

Clears which can be applied to gelcoat, painted, powder coat, and raw surfaces.

Options with 100% UV stability

Thin film technology makes Cerakote excellent for tight tolerance applications like use on threads, fasteners, valves, pumps, and internals where paint and powder coating cannot be applied.

Endless customization: Cerakote offers hundreds of colors and clears which can be applied to a variety of substrates including metals and common alloys of aluminum, plastics, polymers, composites, PVD, hydrographics, and more.

Our Commitment to Performance

We've made it our mission to provide industrial coatings that consistently outperform the competition. Here's what sets us apart:

Cutting-Edge Technology: our coatings are uniquely formulated using the latest advancements in ceramic material science and polymer technology. This ensures superior performance characteristics such as durability, corrosion resistance, and longevity.

Functional Solutions: we understand that every industrial application is unique. That's why we manufacture functional coatings tailored to your specific needs. Whether it's for heavy machinery, pipelines, or critical infrastructure, we have you covered.

Proven Results: our coatings have a track record of success across a wide range of industries. Our satisfied customers consistently report increased equipment lifespan, reduced maintenance costs, and improved overall performance.

Environmental Considerations

VOC Compliant Coatings: Our coatings are VOC compliant in all 50 states.

REACH/RoHS Compliant Coatings: Cerakote meets regulatory standards for customers in the European Union.

Conflict Minerals: We do not use any "conflict minerals" in our products.

Lead and Heavy Metal Free: Our coatings do not contain any heavy metals such as lead, cobalt, or hexavalent chromium.

Key Performance Benefits

Exceptional Durability

Our industrial coatings are engineered to withstand the harshest conditions, ensuring longer wear, better impact, and increased abrasion resistance.

Direct-to-Substrate Application

Our industrial coatings are engineered to withstand the harshest conditions, ensuring your equipment stays protected and functional longer.

Hydrophobic and Oleophobic

Water and oil-resistant finishes that are ideal for any Class A surface.

Corrosion Resistance

We don't let corrosion eat away at your investments. Our coatings provide industry leading protection against rust and other corrosive elements.

Thin-film Coatings

Cerakote's' thin-film design allows for maximum corrosion protection on tight tolerance surfaces.

High-Temperature Stability

Whether you're dealing with extreme heat or cold, our coatings maintain their integrity, ensuring consistent performance in any environment.

Hydrophobic and Oleophobic

Water and oil-resistant finishes that are ideal for any Class A surface.

Low Coefficient of Friction

Slick and non-stick coatings that rival Teflon® and other dry-film lubricants, while also providing superior corrosion resistance.

Customized Solutions

We work closely with you to understand your unique requirements and provide tailored coatings that meet your performance specifications.

Description goes here CERAKOTE® ceramic coatings increases the longevity of parts by adding the industries best corrosion protection in an ultra-durable thin film coating. While other coatings claim big corrosion numbers, they simply don’t deliver on the parts that matter most.

Tight tolerance parts such as threads and valves are generally left uncoated due to the tolerance limitations of thick paints, powder coatings and plasma spray. This leaves the most critical areas of your operation exposed and unprotected. Not only does Cerakote have the industry’s leading corrosion protection, it can also be applied to the entire part (external and internal without the need for expensive masking), including the most difficult threads, valves, and impellers.

Our Commitment to Performance

We've made it our mission to provide industrial coatings that consistently outperform the competition. Here's what sets us apart:

Cutting-Edge Technology: our coatings are uniquely formulated using the latest advancements in ceramic material science and polymer technology. This ensures superior performance characteristics such as durability, corrosion resistance, and longevity.

Functional Solutions: we understand that every industrial application is unique. That's why we manufacture functional coatings tailored to your specific needs. Whether it's for heavy machinery, pipelines, or critical infrastructure, we have you covered.

Proven Results: our coatings have a track record of success across a wide range of industries. Our satisfied customers consistently report increased equipment lifespan, reduced maintenance costs, and improved overall performance.

Cerakote is known for:

Unmatched corrosion protection- at 1 mil thickness our coatings surpass 4,000 hrs. of salt spray corrosion testing (ASTM B117) without failure.

Excellent chemical protection – ideal for exposure to acids, alkaline solutions, drilling fluid, crude oils and byproducts, hydraulic fluids and more.

Excellent abrasion resistance – handles high cycling, high wear environments. Rates 9H hardness and over 5,000 cycles per mil of abrasion resistance (ASTM D4060).

Flexibility – Cerakote’s thin film design allows the coating to flex with the substrate. Great for thermal expansion and high vibratory environments.

No masking required – Save time and money by eliminating costly masking during the coating process.

Tight tolerance applications – excellent for use on threads, fasteners, values, pumps, and internals where paint and powder coating cannot be applied.

High temperature applications – Coatings formulated to withstand temperatures up to 1,800° F, including thermal shock resistance, with no adverse effects.

Superior low coefficient of friction – CoF of 0.11 that exceeds current market PTFE coatings.

Companies around the world use Cerakote for its industry leading chemical resistance, corrosion protection, durability, and tight tolerance finishes. Cerakote is applied to 100% of your part without any masking, which provides you with industry leading protection and durability without exception.

Common Cerakote Applications:

Downhole Tooling, Dissolvable Tooling, Pumps, Blowers, Broilers, Blending Units. Subsea ROV Equipment, Valves. Internal Pipe

Cerakote is the leading manufacturer of industrial ceramic coatings and is dedicated to providing advanced coatings solutions for the medical device industry. We understand the critical importance of precision, safety, and compliance in this field. Our coatings are engineered to meet and exceed these demands.

Why Choose Cerakote Coatings for Medical Devices?

Exceptional Performance

Our coatings are designed to enhance the performance of medical devices, from surgical instruments to diagnostic equipment. With a focus on durability and reliability, we ensure that the finish on your devices last thorough their service life cycle.

Biocompatibility

Our coatings are formulated to meet industry standards making them the obvious choice for medical device finishes.

Acute System Toxicity Test

Acute Cytotoxicity MEM Elution Test

Intracutaneous Reactivity Test

Pyrogenicity Test

Regulatory Compliance

We understand the complex and evolving regulatory landscape of the medical device industry. Our coatings are developed with full compliance in mind, helping you navigate the regulatory requirements with ease.

Superior Corrosion Protection

In today's world, infection control is paramount. Our coatings can incorporate anti-microbial properties, providing an extra layer of protection against pathogens and contributing to patient safety.

Enhanced Durability

Medical devices endure rigorous conditions. Our coatings add an extra layer of protection, enhancing the durability of your devices and reducing maintenance and replacement costs.

Functional Coatings for the Medical Device Industry

At Cerakote, we offer a range of coatings tailored to the unique needs of the medical device sector:

Anti-Glare Coatings: Improve visibility in surgical settings and diagnostic equipment, enhancing accuracy and reducing eye strain.

Hydrophobic and Oleophobic Coatings: Keep your devices free from moisture and oil, ensuring consistent performance in all conditions.

Biocompatible Coatings: Engineered to meet the strictest biocompatibility standards, making them safe for use in medical devices that come into contact with the human body.

Corrosion Resistant Coatings: Protection against harsh environments including sterilization and corrosive cleaners.

Durable Protective Coatings: Enhance the lifespan of your devices by protecting them from wear, abrasion, and corrosion.