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Company ProfileIBC Coatings Technologies, Inc. provides advanced surface treatments for tools and components requiring significant wear and corrosion resistance. IBC’s innovative processes are based on low-pressure plasma and thermo-chemical reactions and have been used with exceptional results for over 16 years.

Since being founded in 1996 by Dr. Solomon Berman, IBC has grown to over 70 employees and 80,000 square feet of operating space. In addition to its headquarters in Lebanon, IN, IBC offers many services through a joint venture located in Ontario, Canada.

IBC serves customers in multiple industries including automotive, aerospace, agriculture, oil and gas, power generation, nuclear, tool and die, metal forming, military and defense, and food processing, customizing each surface treatment to the component’s specific requirements. IBC has been recognized for its outstanding work on many occasions, receiving a Rapid Innovation Fund award from the United States Department of Defense as well as the 2013 Indiana Companies to Watch award from the ISBDC.

IBC Coatings Technologies, Inc. • 902 Hendricks Drive, Lebanon, IN 46052 T: 765.482.9802 • F: 765.482.9805 • E: info@ibccoatings.com • www.ibccoatings.com

CoatingsSurface TreatmentsHeat Treatments

Plasma Electrolytic TechnologiesRepair

R&D

Additional Capabilities• Laser Welding

• Laser Cladding

• Cold Spray

• HVAF

• Solid Film Lubricants

• Painting

• Tungsten Carbide Stripping

• Lab & Failure Analyses

Sample Preparation (Sectioning, Mounting, Polishing)

Optical Microscopy

Hardness Testing (to ASTM E18 and E384)

Calo Test for Coating Thickness

Corrosion Testing

Wear Testing

Fastener Testing

Technology and Applications

Technology Category

ProcessDeposition Technique

Process Temperature (°F)

Thickness (Max in)

Max Hardness (HV)

Friction Coefficient Against Dry Steel

Applications

Coatings

CeraTough™-D Diamond-Like Carbon (DLC)

CAPVD 200-500 0.0002 5,000 0.02-0.15Plastic Molds, Racing Components, Hydraulic Components

PECVD 700-800 0.0015 3,500 0.02-0.15

TiN - Titanium Nitride

CAPVD, MSPVD

500-700

0.0002 2,200 0.35-0.4General Coating, Steel Machining, Light Stamping

TiCN - Titanium Carbonitride 0.0002 2,800 0.35-0.4 Milling, Gear Cutting, Blanking

CrN - Chrome Nitride 0.0004 1,900 0.3-0.4 Die Casting, Plastic Molding

ZrN - Zirconium Nitride 0.0002 2,500 0.3-0.4Abrasion Resistance, Machining Aluminum

TiAlN - Titanium Aluminum Nitride 0.0002 3,000 0.5-0.7 Steel Machining, Die Casting

CrC - Chrome Carbide 0.0002 3,000 0.2-0.4Die Casting, Metal Forming, Aluminum Extrusion

VC TDC® - Vanadium Carbide 0.0004 3,500 0.1-0.2 Die Casting, Metal Forming

Surface Treatments

DHIN® Ion Plasma Nitriding 750-1,100 0.02 1,300 0.2-0.3 Dies, Molds, Gears

DHN® Salt Bath Nitriding 750-1,200 0.01 1,300 0.2-0.3 Dies, Molds

DHB® Boriding

Thermal Diffusion

1,600-1850 0.02 1,900 0.2-0.3Abrasion and Erosion Resistant Coating for Oil and Gas Components

VC TDH® Vanadium Carbide 1,800-1,900 0.0004 3,500 <0.1Forming Tools, Dies

CrC TDH® - Chrome Carbide 1,600-1,900 0.0004 2,200 0.2-0.3

Tantalum Coating 1,600-1,900 0.002 1,100Coating used in Chemical Industry for Highly Corrosive Environments

Aluminizing 1,600-1,900 0.02 900Applications Needing Corrosion Resistance at High Temperatures

Heat Treatment

Vacuum Heat Treatment 2,400 max

Vacuum Carburizing 0.08 800

Solution Nitriding 2,400 max 0.03 800 0.2-0.3Corrosion Resistant, Wear and Cavitation Resistant: Austenitic Martensitic Stainless Steel

Plasma Electrolytic Oxidation

CeraTough™-Al

PEO 60

0.008 2,000 0.1-0.4

Components Requiring Extreme Wear and Corrosion Resistance

CeraTough™-Ti 0.004 1,200 0.1-0.6

CeraTough™-Mg 0.004 1,200 0.1-0.6

CAPVD – Cathodic Arc Physical Vapor Deposition

PECVD – Plasma Enhanced Chemical Vapor Deposition

MSPVD – Magnetron Sputtering Physical Vapor Deposition