It was estimated that the yearly loss due to wear and corrosion in the US is approximately $500 billion, which is about the total revenues of 4 top companies (Apple, Google, IBM, and Intel) in 2018. Material’s surface quality directly impacts its wear and corrosion resistance.
Our surface modification techniques can enhance the following characteristics of material surface:
• Roughness
• Hardness
• Wear resistance
• Corrosion resistance
• Fatigue strength
Surface modification technology is widely used in manufacturing, automotive, medical, and energy industries. In the US, there are around 10,000 establishments (including automotive, aircraft, power, and construction industries) who depend on engineered surfaces with support from around 25,000 industries.
Diamond is the hardest natural substance found in earth. Diamond-like carbon (DLC) can be coated on various materials to make their surface as hard as diamond and greatly enhance their wear resistance.
DLC coating typically requires vacuum environment, which is expensive and has limit on application. Our technology can generate DLC with atmospheric plasma, and has broader applications and cost advantage.
