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March 07 2025 Non-stick, Anti-fouling

SilcoTek Coatings in Additive Manufacturing Propel Jet Fuel Research

A research group from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign recently published their research paper, Jet fuel oxidation on conventionally and additively manufactured metallic tubes, in...

September 16 2024 SilcoTek

Enhancing Stainless Steel Corrosion Resistance with Citric Passivation & CVD Coatings

The purpose of this blog is to study the impact of substrate passivation before coating on the long-term HCl corrosion performance of three SilcoTek coatings. Dursan®, Silcolloy® 2000 and Siltride®...

March 03 2023

SilcoTek's Coating Wear Resistance is Tested Using Pin-on-disk Technique

Wear is a Nightmare Wear can cause problems in most applications and can be frustrating, expensive, and time-consuming to deal with. We were curious about the wear resistance of our coatings and took...

December 09 2022

Electrical Conductivity Properties of SilcoTek Coatings

We frequently get questions about the electrical conductivity of our coatings. SilcoTek® offers coatings that are both conductive and insulative for various applications. We will characterize and...

August 26 2022 SilcoTek

How to get Better Coating Performance at High Temperatures

SilcoTek® recommends customers who use coated stainless-steel parts in high temperature applications (over 450°C) to preheat the parts prior to sending them in for coating. This recommendation was...

August 12 2022

Coating Parts with Silver Plating

SilcoTek® occasionally receives parts for coating that already have silver plating on them. Our materials compatibility guide lists silver plating as a substrate that “needs more information” because...

May 13 2022 SilcoTek

Vapor Stripping Cleaning Method for Aluminum and Stainless Steel

We test the effectiveness of a non alkaline cleaning method for aluminum and stainless steel. Read about the results! Vapor Stripping Cleaning Method for Aluminum and Stainless Steel SilcoTek® has...

February 11 2022 Corrosion

Can Silicon Prevent Stainless Steel Oxidation and Corrosion?

In part 3 our our blog series, we test and compare how Silcolloy® and improved Silcolloy protect stainless steel from oxidation and corrosion after high temperature exposure. Can Silicon Prevent...

February 04 2022 Corrosion

Improving Heat Resistance of Silicon Coatings

Learn how we pushed the boundaries of silicon heat resistance and improved the thermal stability of Silcolloy. Improving Heat Resistance of Silicon Coatings In our previous blog post, we learned that...

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