The Armoloy Corporation Armoloy® TDC / XADC-Armoloy® Processes Considered the premier company in the metal coating industry, Armoloy Corporation leads the market in product performance& quality, customer services, technology innovations, and environmental management initiatives. Armoloy focuses its engineering intellectual capital and resources to specialize in thin dense chrome (TDC) metal coating applications, which enables Armoloy to be an expert consulting resource for your product development and manufacturing applications. Since 1957, Armoloy has grown from one plant with revenues of $50,000 to 12 plants with worldwide revenues of $16 million in 2001. Today, Armoloy has a global market presence that services customers throughout North America and Europe. Current plans include expansion into western United States, eastern Europe, the Pacific Rim, India and Japan. Armoloy Corporation includes two additional licenses in other processes for metal treatment: The Electrolizing process in Rhode Island and France and ME-92 Medical Coating in Rhode Island.   Thin, dense, chromium coatings with hardnesses of 78/98 Rc Armoloy TDC (thin dense chrome) is a hard, thin, dense chrome coating with a micro-nodular surface texture that was developed to protect a wide range of tools and components. The Armoloy TDC coating is applied in a chemical bath by means of a proprietary process. Armoloy TDC has a hardness of 78 Rc; XADC-Armoloy features the inclusion of synthetic nano-diamond to the TDC bath, resulting in hardness of 98 Rc. Armoloy® TDC -78Rc When first introduced in 1957, the Armoloy TDC provided a 70 Rc as-applied coating. During 2000, the company embarked on a series of experiments to improve this property, with results where hardness now exceeds more than 78 Rc. The same excellent adhesion, high ductility, and excellent corrosion resistance of the Armoloy TDC has not been compromised with the improved hardness level. XADC-Armoloy® - Adding Nano-diamonds to Armoloy TDC - 98 Rc In 1997, after three years of research and development, Armoloy introduced XADC, its newest coating which attains a surface hardness of 98 Rc through the addition of synthetic nano-diamond particulates to the TDC bath. In addition to its 98 Rc hardness, its coefficient of friction is 20% lower than that of other TDC coatings. We encourage you to visit www.armoloy.com to learn more about Armoloy Corporation and the Armoloy TDC and XADC applications and services.   ^back to top