The laboratory’s facilities include:

• Visual inspection, Dimensional inspection, Non Destructive Inspection, Dye penetrant, Surface Roughness Testing, Sample  preparation, Mounting – cold cure and vacuum, Grinding,  Polishing
• Micrographic analysis

-- Porosity, Interfacial contamination

-- Micro cracks/cracking, Oxides, Un-melts, Carbide content,

• Hardness Testing, Macro Hardness Rockwell, Micro Vickers Hardness
• Adhesion Testing Pull Test, Bend Test, Salt spray  (fog) testing

The laboratory’s facilities include:

• Visual inspection
• Dimensional inspection
• Non Destructive Inspection
• Dye penetrant
• Surface Roughness Testing
• Sample preparation
• Mounting – cold cure and
• vacuum
• Grinding
• Polishing
• Micrographic analysis -- Porosity

-- Interfacial contamination -- Micro cracks/cracking

-- Oxides -- Un-melts -- Carbide content

• Hardness Testing -- Macro Hardness Rockwell

-- Micro Vickers Hardness

• Adhesion Testing
• Pull Test
• Bend Test
• Salt spray (fog) testing

• Vapour Degreaser
• Abrasive Blasting

-- 2 x Euro 7» blast cabinets

-- 2 x Euro 10» blast cabinets

-- 1 blast room with maximum component size of 7m in length

• Flame Spray
• Twin Arc Spray

-- 1.6mm and 2.3mm wires

-- Offsite and Onsite capability available

• Plasma – 2 x booths

-- Controlled by ABB

-- 1 x booth operating Metco 7m gun

-- 1 x booth operating Metco 3m gun

• High Velocity Oxygen Fuel – 2 x booths

-- Booth 1 controlled JP5000 gun and 8000 console.

• Maximum component size of 1.5m height and 2.9m in length

-- Booth 2 robotically controlled by ABB Robot with 30kg capacity, with a JP5000 gun and

• Metco console. Maximum component length of 7m
• Low Pressure Vacuum Plasma

-- Turntable capable of spraying rings

• Box Oven and Kiln

-- 320 Degrees Celsius Maximum

• Diamond polishing of Mud Rotors
• LPPS Chambe

Small machine shop approved to  complete aerospace critical parts. The  machine shop’s facilities include:

• External CNC lathe
• External CNC grinder
• Complex parts 5 axis machining
• Inner diameter and outer diameter surfaces
• TIG/MIG welding
• Including Plasma Transferred TIG/MIG
• Pillar drill
• Colchester lathe

Our commitment to excellent customer service means providing first-class training available globally to customers and end-users. Castolin Eutectic has trained thousands of technicians from all over the world and training centres have been established in most countries with training programmes offered in a wide variety of languages. We offer a wide range of courses starting from one-day welding courses to full-week maintenance seminars. From welders to engineers, researchers and managing directors - there´s no limit to the range of technical and professional people trained by Castolin Eutectic in all aspects of industrial cost-savings, wear, repair and preventive maintenance.

Process Descriptor – Castolin Eutectic workshop in Newcastle offers offsite bespoke work packages through a range of different thermal spray coatings on site at customer facilities across a wide range of industry sectors. We are able to develop and support risk assessment for projects and mobilise personnel and equipment to site for the duration of project activities. We can carry out cleaning, blasting, welding, spraying and sealant cure activities to extend lifetime of critical plant at the customer facility.​

Applicable Industries – Marine & Defense, Petrochemical, Waste to Energy​

Materials (Broad Classification) – AlMg Alloys, AlTi Alloys, CuAl Alloys, CuP Alloys, CuZn Alloys, FeCr Alloys, FeNiCr Alloys, Molybdenum, NiAl, NiCr Alloys, NiMoCr Alloys, SnCu Alloys, TSA Alloys, Zn, ZnAl, other materials available upon request​

Process Capacity – Castolin Eutectic workshop in Newcastle can provide fully containerised blasting and coating systems for site work:​

Customer Site Services: Coating Removal, Blast, Spray & Sealant Cure across unlimited work areas​

Special Considerations – Castolin Eutectic workshop in Newcastle manufactures and applies specialist SealPlex™ and MoniPlex™ slurries, and other commercially available sealants as a method of coating densification to remove porosity and improve the corrosion resistance of as sprayed HVOF coating. ​

• Compact High High Velocity Oxy Fuel (cHVOF) (Internal)
• High Velocity Oxy Fuel (HVOF) (External)
• Air Plasma Spray (APS)
• Low Pressure Plasma Spray (LPPS)
• Thermally cured chemical Slurry Coatings (MoniPlex/SealPlex)
• Heat Treatment
• CNC turning, milling and grinding service
• Arc Spray – including on-site operations

Process Descriptor - Air Plasma Spray coating is a plasma process where particles are melted and accelerated towards the substrate at extremely high temperature to produce a dense and uniform coating. The high temperature associated with the plasma allows for the melting of high temperature materials. The versatility of the plasma process allows for specialty materials to be applied as coatings including polymers where coating materials can imbue specialist properties including chemical resistance, lubrication and electrical insulation as well as resistance to abrasion, corrosion and thermal induced failures.

Materials - Abradables – AlSi-PE, AlSi-hBN, AlSi-Graphite, Ni-Graphite, NiCrFe-hBN, MCrAlY-hBN-PE, MCrAl-Bentonite, YSZ-PE, DySZ-PE, Al2O3, Al2O3/TiO2, Cr2O3, Cr2O3/TiO2, MCrAlY, NiCr, NiAl, WC/Co, TBC – ZrO2 XY2O3, Pure Molybdenum & Molybdenum alloys, Pure Si, Pure Ta, Pure Ti, TiC, TiO2, Y2O3, Self-Fluxing Ni alloys, Self-Fluxing Co alloys, other materials available upon request

Process Descriptor – Arc Spray is an electric arc spray method where the wire is atomized with compressed air to create the spray stream to achieve high deposition rates and flexibility for workshop and site coating application. Arc Spray is used to apply a wide range of solid or composite metallic feedstocks. Flexibility of the process allows for large work areas to be coated including carrier deck in the marine environment and waste to energy  boiler systems.

Materials (Broad Classification) – AlMg Alloys, AlTi Alloys, CuAl Alloys, CuP Alloys, CuZn Alloys, FeCr Alloys, FeNiCr Alloys, Molybdenum, NiAl, NiCr Alloys, NiMoCr Alloys, SnCu Alloys, Zn, ZnAl, other materials available upon request

Process Capacity 

• Castolin Eutectic has two Air Plasma bays which can accommodate a wide variety of component sizes and geometries:
  • Bay 2: 7000mm length x 800mm OD x 3000Kg
  • Castolin Eutectic Site Capability: Unlimited
  • Customer Site Services: Coating Removal, Blast, Spray & Sealant Cure across unlimited work areas (Carrier Deck and Waste to Energy boilers)

Special Considerations – The Castolin Eutectic workshop in Newcastle manufactures and applies specialised SealPlex™ and MoniPlex™ slurries, and other commercially available sealants as a method of coating densification to remove porosity and improve the corrosion resistance of as sprayed Arc Spray coating.

Process Descriptor – Flame spray is a low velocity thermal spray coating process where oxygen is used along with a fuel source (typically acetylene) to create a flame which applies metallic, ceramic or cermet materials with high deposition rates. The flame spray process is compatible with carbon and stainless steels, and nickel alloy base materials. Depending on flame spraying technique, the coatings produced can be fully dense or require post application fusion of the coating deposit, when the coating materials used are self-fluxing in nature.

Materials (Broad Classification) – Eutalloy, RotoTec, ProXon, MetaCeram, CastoPlast, CeraTuff. Other materials available upon request

Process Capacity 

• Castolin Eutectic has a range of thermal spray bays which can be fitted to perform flame spraying and can accommodate a wide variety of component sizes and geometries:
  • Bay 1: ___mm length x ___mm OD x ___Kg (weight limit)
  • Bay 1a: ___mm length x ___mm OD x ___Kg (weight limit)
  • Bay 2: 7000mm length x 800mm OD x 3000Kg
  • Bay 2a: ___mm length x ___mm OD x ___Kg (weight limit)

Special Considerations – Due to preheat requirements for flame spraying methods, this process isn’t compatible with all base materials and the nature of the coating application method needs to be considered. The heat input associated with flame spray method and fusion operations will result in a change in mechanical properties of the base material.

Process Descriptor – High Velocity Oxygen Fuel (HVOF) coating is a high velocity thermal spray process utilising oxygen and kerosene as a fuel source to apply metallic, ceramic or cermet thermal spray materials onto a wide range of complex components across most industry sectors. The high velocity process creates repeatable highly dense coatings with excellent coating adherence. HVOF application of coating materials protect against a range of common industrial failure modes including abrasion, corrosion, fatigue, oxidation and high temperature to extend component lifetime.

Materials (Broad Classification) – FeCrNiMo, FeCr, NiCr, NiAl, Self-Fluxing Ni alloys, MCrAlY, CoCrWBSi, CoCrNiW, CoCrWSiC, CoMoCrSi, Self-Fluxing Co alloys, Cu Alloys, Pure Molybdenum & Molybdenum alloys, Cr2C3/NiCr, WC/Co, other materials available upon request

Process Capacity 

• Castolin Eutectic has four HVOF bays which can accommodate a wide variety of component sizes and geometries:
  • Bay 1: XXXmm length x XXXmm OD x XXXKg (weight limit)
  • Bay 1a: XXXmm length x XXXmm OD x XXXKg (weight limit)
  • Bay 2: 7000mm length x 800mm OD x 3000Kg
  • Bay 2a: XXXmm length x XXXmm OD x XXXKg (weight limit)

Special Considerations – The Castolin Eutectic workshop in Newcastle manufactures and apply specialist SealPlex™ and MoniPlex™ slurries, and other commercially available sealants as a method of coating densification to remove porosity and improve the corrosion resistance of as sprayed HVOF coating. HVOF is a replacement technology for hard chrome plating offering improved wear and corrosion resistance, coating uniformity and adhesion. The Castolin Eutectic workshop in Newcastle has  the ability to strip old coatings to offer the potential for repair and overhaul of components.

Process Descriptor – The Compact High Velocity Oxygen Fuel (cHVOF) process is a patented Castolin Eutectic technology that optimises combustion, powder injection and fuel mixing within a compact torch design to allow for thermal spray application of coatings within confined components areas. cHVOF is a fully digitised process with different fuel sources allowing for the hybrid torch to acts as a HVOF or HVAF type process for maximum process flexibility offering improved coating hardness and retention of  hard phases with tungsten carbide coating materials. Processing limits for internal diameters are coating material dependent but the smallest internal diameter for WC/Co is >90mm with up to 1m of insertion.

Materials (Broad Classification) – FeCrNiMo, FeCr, NiCr, NiAl, Self-Fluxing Ni alloys, MCrAlY, CoCrWBSi, CoCrNiW, CoCrWSiC, CoMoCrSi, Self-Fluxing Co alloys,  Cu Alloys, Pure Molybdenum & Molybdenum alloys, Cr2C3/NiCr, WC/Co, other materials available upon request

Process Capacity 

• The Castolin Eutectic workshop in Newcastle has four HVOF bays which can accommodate a wide variety of component sizes and geometries:
  • Bay 1: XXXmm length x XXXmm OD x XXXKg (weight limit)
  • Bay 1a: XXXmm length x XXXmm OD x XXXKg (weight limit)
  • Bay 2: 7000mm length x 800mm OD x 3000Kg
  • Bay 2a: XXXmm length x XXXmm OD x XXXKg (weight limit)

Special Considerations – The Castolin Eutectic workshop in Newcastle manufactures and applies specialist SealPlex™ and MoniPlex™ slurries, and other commercially available sealants as a method of coating densification to remove porosity and improve the corrosion resistance of as sprayed HVOF coating. HVOF is a replacement technology for hard chrome plating offering improved wear and corrosion resistance, coating uniformity and adhesion. The Castolin Eutectic workshop in Newcastle has the ability to strip old coatings to offer the potential for repair and overhaul of components.

Rolls-Royce, Halliburton, TATA, Siemens, BAE Systems, Babcock, Thales, Ministry of Defence, British Royal Navy, Weatherford, Danieli, British Steel, Esterline, Total Steel Production, McMenon, Outokumpu, National Oilwell Varco