PVD Coatings
Physical vapor deposition coatings create a hard, low-friction protective layer for tools and components. Surface Solutions matches coating performance to the material, operating conditions, and wear challenge of your application.
Extend the working life of tools, dies, punches, and precision components with high-performance PVD coatings from Surface Solutions. Our wear-resistant coating solutions reduce friction, heat, buildup, and maintenance demands across demanding metal forming, cutting, molding, and manufacturing applications. Choose a coating engineered to help your equipment run longer, produce cleaner parts, and reduce costly downtime.
Application-specific PVD coatings that protect critical tooling, improve performance, and reduce wear across demanding manufacturing operations.
Physical vapor deposition coatings create a hard, low-friction protective layer for tools and components. Surface Solutions matches coating performance to the material, operating conditions, and wear challenge of your application.
Improve cutting-tool durability, heat resistance, and cutting performance with PVD coatings designed to reduce wear. Coated tools can maintain productive operation longer before resharpening is needed.
Protect forming dies and tooling from galling, friction, and premature wear. Coating solutions support smoother material flow, longer die runs, reduced lubricant use, and more consistent part output.
Extend punch life and help reduce chipping, buildup, and maintenance interruptions. High-performance coatings are selected to withstand repeated impact and demanding punching environments.
PVD-coated mold components help resist wear and material buildup in production molding applications. The result is cleaner release behavior, less maintenance, and dependable component performance over repeated cycles.
Increase blade durability and maintain edge performance with wear-resistant coatings. A properly selected coating helps reduce friction, protect against abrasion, and support more productive cutting intervals.
Surface Solutions provides high-performance PVD coatings for manufacturers that need more from their tooling. From TiN and TiCN to AlTiN, CrN, and proprietary Alpha coating, we help match surface protection to the demands of cutting, forming, punching, and molding. The right coating can reduce friction and buildup, limit heat-related wear, extend maintenance intervals, and help tools perform better than new after coating.
See how advanced PVD coatings help manufacturers improve tool performance and productivity.
"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!!!..."
Practical coating expertise focused on extending tool life and improving manufacturing performance.
High-performance PVD coatings are tailored to demanding forming, cutting, and manufacturing applications.
Coating benefits include longer tool life, fewer sharpening cycles, and reduced maintenance workload.
Surface Solutions supports customers throughout the United States, Canada, and Mexico with coating services.
Solutions address friction, galling, heat, buildup, chipping, and wear across critical tooling.
Coating specialists focused on better-performing manufacturing tools.
Surface Solutions is focused on delivering high-performance PVD coatings that help manufacturers protect the tools and components their operations depend on. Based in Fridley, Minnesota, the company serves metal forming, sheet metal, punching, cutting-tool, injection-molding, medical-device, and general manufacturing customers. Its coating offering includes TiN, TiCN, AlTiN, CrN, and Alpha coating options selected to address real production issues such as friction, heat, galling, buildup, chipping, and premature wear. Surface Solutions supports customers across the United States, Canada, and Mexico while maintaining a practical, application-driven approach from its Minnesota headquarters. The goal is straightforward: help tools last longer, require less maintenance, and contribute to more efficient, consistent production.
Wear-resistant coatings are thin, engineered surface layers applied to tools or components to protect them from abrasion, friction, heat, galling, corrosion, buildup, and repeated impact. PVD coatings are commonly used because they provide high hardness and low friction without materially changing the tool’s dimensions. They are especially valuable for cutting tools, dies, punches, blades, mold components, and other high-wear production equipment.
Speak with our team about your tooling and production challenges.
Focused protection for demanding production tooling.
Supporting customers across North America.
Coatings matched to tooling demands.
Tell us about your tools, materials, and wear challenges so we can discuss an appropriate PVD coating solution.
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.