Resurfacing, Recoating and Refinishing Services

Resurfacing, recoating and refinishing services alter or restore damaged coatings or surfaces to a usable condition. They perform five basic types of services: coating, finishing, cleaning, plating, and thin-film processing. Resurfacing, recoating and refinishing services may also perform architectural refinishing, on-site resurfacing, and web recoating activities. Material capabilities are an important specification to consider when selecting resurfacing services. Metal substrates are made of aluminum, copper, copper alloys, iron, cast iron, nickel, nickel alloys, precious metals, steel, steel alloys, stainless steel, or titanium. Non-metal substrates are made of ceramic, glass, plastic, polymer, or wood. 

Resurfacing, recoating and refinishing services perform many different coating, finishing, and cleaning processes. Some companies apply abrasive, adhesive, black oxide, ceramic, conductive, oil-based, phosphate, powder, rubber, titanium nitride, or selective coatings. Others perform chemical finishing, galvanizing, hardfacing, painting, thermal spraying, and screen printing processes. Resurfacing, recoating and refinishing services that apply shaped or spray-on liners are also available. Finishing processes include abrasive blasting, peening, abrasive flow machining (AFM), anodizing, buffing and polishing, corona treatment, deburring and deflashing, electroplating and electrolytic finishing, honing and superfinishing, mass finishing, mirror finishing, oxygen cleaning, passivation, pickling and chemical deburring, sanding and grinding, and thermal deburring. Cleaning processes include burn-off or thermal cleaning, degreasing, pressure washing or spray washing, immersion washing, stripping, and ultrasonic cleaning.

Some resurfacing, recoating and refinishing services perform plating and thin-film processes. Plating deposits a metal salt solution onto a metal or conductive surface. Electroplating requires the application of direct current (DC) power. Electroless plating does not. Common plating materials include brass, cadmium, chrome, copper, gold, nickel, platinum, rhodium, silver, tin, tin-lead, titanium, and zinc. Examples of thin-film processes include chemical vapor deposition (CVD), electrochemical deposition (EVD), physical vapor deposition (PVD), ion implantation, plasma etching, and rapid thermal processing (RTP).

Resurfacing, recoating and refinishing services provide several types of certifications. ISO 9001:2000 establishes requirements for company quality management systems and covers standards for design, development, production, and installation. AS 9100 is a set of quality guidelines and requirements published by the Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) in cooperation with major aerospace manufacturers. AS 9100 is based on ISO 9001, but maintains a particular focus on the aerospace industry. QS 9000 is a quality standard for suppliers of DaimlerChrysler Corporation, Ford Motor Company, and General Motors Corporation. QS-9000 is based on the 1994 edition of ISO 9001, but contains additional requirements that are particular to the automotive industry and its suppliers. Specifically, QS 9000 applies to suppliers of production materials, production and service parts, heat-treating, painting and plating and other resurfacing, recoating and refinishing services.

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