Research & Development

APS Materials, Inc. has made research and development the cornerstone of its business philosophy since our founding. The company and our founders emerged from a plasma spray research and development group at Monsanto Research Corporation in Dayton. As a result, APS places a high priority on providing R&D materials coating services to solve a variety of unique problems for our diverse clientele. Our experienced R&D staff can isolate a particular material and develop a spraying process to provide a solution for nearly any project. Feel free to get in touch with our R&D staff at your convenience.

Below is a partial listing of the applications and materials we have worked with via our recent research & development projects.

• Heat and Corrosion Resistance Coatings for Metal Casting Molds and Fixtures
• Solid Lubricant Hardfacing
• High-temperature Thermal Barrier Coatings (TBC) for the Glass Industry
• Porous Coatings for Biomedical Implant Applications
• Corrosion Resistance Coatings for Semiconductor Fabrication Equipment
• Dielectric Coatings for Semiconductor Wafer Electrostatic Chucks
• Plasma Spray Formed Rare Earth Magnets

Some of the materials investigated in recent R&D projects include the following:

• High Purity Oxide Ceramics
• Semiconductors
• Solid Lubricants
• Oxide Dispersed Metals
• Thermal Barrier Oxide Ceramics
• Refractory Borides
• Refractory Carbides
• Precious Metals and Alloys
• Rare Earth Magnetic Alloys