Thermal Spray, Inorganic Paint & Pack Coatings

1365 Newton St., Boucherville, Quebec - Canada - J4B 5H2

INORGANIC PAINT COATINGS

The Quebec Coatings division provides coating services to customers in North-America. VAC AERO is a leader in thermal spray coating technologies and solutions for both both new part applications and for restoration of service-damaged components. Thermal spray coatings are applied using robotically-controlled manipulators for maximum coating integrity.

This division has extensive capabilities for robotically-controlled thermal spray (plasma, HVOF, wire, flame) as well as pack aluminide coatings. Specialty coating processes include HVOF MCrAlY coatings as a less expensive alternative to vacuum plasma spray, plasma-sprayed thermal barrier coatings, abradable coatings for gas path seals in turbine engines and high density WC coatings for replacement of chrome plating.

VAC AERO is also developing cold spray techniques, for more information please click here. 

INORGANIC PAINT COATINGS

VAC AERO offers high-temperature corrosion and oxidation resistant coatings for ferrous alloys.

TYPES OF INORGANIC COATINGS

• Basic base coating
• Double base coating
• Basic base coating hardened
• Double base coating hardened
• Basic base coating hardened with sealer
• Double base coating hardened with sealer

Equipment & Capabilities

METALLURGICAL SERVICES CAPABILITIES

Here is a detailed list of our Heat Treating, Brazing and Coating service capabilities.

Equipment List

Four (4) robotised acoustical thermal spray booth equipped with Fanuc robots

• Two (2) Sulzer plasma spray system 9MC
• Two (2) Sulzer HVOF spray system DJC
• Two (2) Miller plasma spray system
• One (1)  Thermach plasma spray system

Degreaser

• One (1) vapour degreaser (110’’L  x  24’’W x 48’’D)
• One (1) Branson ultrasonic degreaser (24’’ x 24’’ x 24’’)

Sand Blast

• Five (5) blasting cabinets - From 24’’x 24’’x 24’’ to 36’’x 36’’x 48’’
• Two (2) walk-in chambers - 15’ x 15’  /  11’ x 14’

Peening

• Two (2) Cabinet for shot peening - 36’’x 36’’x 48’’ / 24’’x 24’’x 24’’
• One (1) Walk-in chamber for glass bead peening - 11’ x 14’

Paint Spray booth:

• Two (2) spray booth 11’ X 15’ fully supported by temperature and humidity control system

Curing Oven

• Two (2) electrical oven. Max. temperature: 650 degrees F - 7’x 7’ x 10’
• One  (1) gas fired oven. Max. temperature: 650 degrees F - 7’x 7’ x 10’

Machine shop

• One (1)  cylindrical grinder - 12’’x 60’’
• One (1)  lathe - 12’’x 48’’
• One (1) Supfina Super finisher

Paint Stripping

• One (1) fully integrated caustic paint stripping line

Laboratory

• Mount press
• Polishing machine
• Microscopes
• Hardness and micro hardness testers
• Tensile test machine
• Cut off machine

The Quebec coatings division maintains a comprehensive quality system and is AS 9100 / ISO 9001:2000 accredited.