PVD Coating
Durable PVD coatings engineered to improve wear resistance, reduce friction, and extend tool life across demanding metal forming, cutting, molding, and manufacturing applications.
Surface Solutions provides high-performance coating engineering for manufacturers that need longer tool life, cleaner production, and lower maintenance costs. From PVD coatings for cutting tools and punches to specialized finishes for medical, forming, and molding applications, our coatings help reduce sharpening frequency, improve part output, and keep production moving with reasonable turnaround times.
Explore PVD coating solutions for tooling, forming, molding, medical, and high-wear manufacturing applications.
Durable PVD coatings engineered to improve wear resistance, reduce friction, and extend tool life across demanding metal forming, cutting, molding, and manufacturing applications.
High-performance coatings for drills, end mills, inserts, and other cutting tools that need longer runs, reduced heat, and fewer interruptions for sharpening.
Coating solutions for sheet metal forming tools designed to reduce galling, improve part appearance, use less lubricant, and extend die run times.
Specialized punch coatings that help reduce chipping, limit material build-up, and keep production running longer before basic sharpening or maintenance is needed.
Wear-resistant coatings for molding components that support better release, cleaner operation, and improved durability in high-volume injection molding environments.
Application-focused coatings for medical manufacturing tools and components where consistent performance, wear control, and clean, reliable output are critical.
The right coating can change how your tools perform on the production floor. Surface Solutions helps manufacturers choose coatings that reduce chipping, galling, heat, lubricant use, polishing, and sharpening frequency. With options including Alpha™, TiN, TiCN, CrN, and AlTiN, our team supports demanding forming, cutting, molding, and medical applications with practical, performance-driven recommendations.
Manufacturers rely on Surface Solutions to extend tool life and reduce costly maintenance interruptions.
"Surface Solutions helped me with a small, but very significant project. They CrN coated some titanium pieces for me. They went above and beyond to make it amazing. Chet and Mike are pros and I would highly recommend their service."
"Nearly everything we resharpen gets sent out to Surface Solutions for coatings. I had one customer that wasn't using coatings and now that he's tried it, he wants everything coated. His tools are working better than new. It's like night and day . . ."
"The Alpha™ coating that was utilized last time for these small parts worked great. I was very pleased with the result as it greatly increased the part life. I was able to make 500 passes using the scratch testing equipment and saw no visible degradation of the coating under our..."
"Alpha cutters are amazing! And I hear AlTiN can only get better… Either way, we are going to ship you a huge set to get processed asap… Thank you so much! Kirk is thinking that these cutters just eliminated an entire process to the current one we have to do!!!..."
"Surface Solutions helped me with a small, but very significant project. They CrN coated some titanium pieces for me. They went above and beyond to make it amazing. Chet and Mike are pros and I would highly recommend their service."
"Nearly everything we resharpen gets sent out to Surface Solutions for coatings. I had one customer that wasn't using coatings and now that he's tried it, he wants everything coated. His tools are working better than new. It's like night and day . . ."
"The Alpha™ coating that was utilized last time for these small parts worked great. I was very pleased with the result as it greatly increased the part life. I was able to make 500 passes using the scratch testing equipment and saw no visible degradation of the coating under our..."
"Alpha cutters are amazing! And I hear AlTiN can only get better… Either way, we are going to ship you a huge set to get processed asap… Thank you so much! Kirk is thinking that these cutters just eliminated an entire process to the current one we have to do!!!..."
"Surface Solutions helped me with a small, but very significant project. They CrN coated some titanium pieces for me. They went above and beyond to make it amazing. Chet and Mike are pros and I would highly recommend their service."
"Nearly everything we resharpen gets sent out to Surface Solutions for coatings. I had one customer that wasn't using coatings and now that he's tried it, he wants everything coated. His tools are working better than new. It's like night and day . . ."
"The Alpha™ coating that was utilized last time for these small parts worked great. I was very pleased with the result as it greatly increased the part life. I was able to make 500 passes using the scratch testing equipment and saw no visible degradation of the coating under our..."
"Alpha cutters are amazing! And I hear AlTiN can only get better… Either way, we are going to ship you a huge set to get processed asap… Thank you so much! Kirk is thinking that these cutters just eliminated an entire process to the current one we have to do!!!..."
Surface Solutions helps manufacturers match coating performance to real production challenges.
Coatings are selected to improve productivity, tool life, and measurable manufacturing outcomes.
PVD solutions help reduce sharpening, polishing, chipping, lubricant use, and maintenance workload.
Support extends from Minnesota to customers throughout the U.S., Canada, and Mexico.
Surface Solutions serves forming, cutting, molding, medical, and high-wear tooling applications.
Application-focused coating support for demanding manufacturers.
Surface Solutions is based in Fridley, Minnesota and serves manufacturers across the Upper Midwest, the United States, Canada, and Mexico. As a plating service, metal finisher, and tool manufacturer, the company focuses on high-performance PVD coatings that help production teams solve practical problems: short tool life, excessive polishing, heat build-up, chipping, lubricant use, and repeated sharpening. Customers in metal forming, punching, drawing, cutting tools, medical manufacturing, and injection molding rely on Surface Solutions for coating guidance grounded in real production outcomes. The team’s goal is straightforward: help tools last longer, perform more consistently, and reduce the workload required to keep manufacturing lines moving.
Coating engineering improves tool performance by selecting and applying a surface coating matched to the material, process, heat, friction, and wear conditions. Surface Solutions focuses on high-performance PVD coatings that can extend tool life, reduce lubricant needs, limit build-up, and help manufacturers produce more parts before sharpening or maintenance is required.
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High-performance PVD coating expertise.
Trusted across North American markets.
Focused on measurable productivity gains.
Tell us about your tooling, substrate, production challenge, or coating goal. Our team will review your application and help identify a practical coating option for improved wear resistance, reduced maintenance, and better production efficiency.
For immediate assistance, feel free to give us a direct call at +1 763-785-9436. You can also send us a quick email at info@tincoat.net.
For immediate assistance, feel free to give us a direct call at +1 763-785-9436. You can also send us a quick email at info@tincoat.net.