VaporKote, Inc.

OUR COMPANY

  • VaporKote, Inc. was founded in 1987 to provide high quality metallurgical coatings to critical industries where severe erosion and corrosion problems are encountered. Recognized as a leader in our field, VaporKote serves industries worldwide with its metal surface enhancement and treatment processes.

  • Oil production, petrochemical refining, power generation, mining, pulp and paper and other process industries all utilize VaporKote to keep their equipment running at its peak performance. Here "down time" is critical. VaporKote's processes increase component life, thus saving industry many thousands of dollars a year.

ENGINEERING AND METALLURGICAL SERVICES

  • VaporKote provides metallurgical consulting backed with over 65 years of experience in the engineering and metallurgical field. Ask us about research and development of new processes and techniques to meet your requirements. Laboratory processing and analysis of customer parts is available at nominal fees.

  • We optimize the design and engineer the blueprints for customized parts manufactured in our facility. We follow ASME, SAE, API and other engineering codes and practices.
EROSION & CORROSION PROTECTION SYSTEMS

  • Our erosion protection system provides a very hard, wear-resistant surface using a boron gas diffusion coating or "Boronized" process. The part is metallurgically treated with our proprietary boron formulas to create a new very hard Boronized metal surface. Pumps, valves, pipe spools, elbows, and other pipe components are routinely fabricated, welded and boron hardened for wear and erosion protection. VaporKote's major business is manufacturing customized wear resistant boron hardened bushings, sleeve bearings and components to close tolerance for clients in various industries (especially electrical submersible pumps). Bushings are diamond honed to a +0.0005 tolerance.

  • Our high-temperature corrosion protection system provides a self-repairing surface using a aluminum gas diffusion coating or "Aluminized" process. The part is metallurgically treated with our proprietary aluminum formulas to create a new Aluminized corrosion resistant surface.

  • Several atmosphere controlled furnaces that operate up to 2000°F. (1080°C.) are on
    the premises to insure good deliveries of diffusion coated components. We also do
    in house heat treating and stress relieving. We can diffusion coat parts weighing up to 14000 pounds and 26 ft. long by 7.5 feet wide by 6.5 feet high.

MACHINING SERVICES

  • Besides manufacturing boron hardened bushings and sleeves, we also do in house machining / repair and turnkeys of large pumps, valves and other components, specializing in the petrochemical industry. We have a complete machine shop capable of turning 68-inch diameter parts.
     
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WELDING & REPAIR SERVICE

  • Most weld repairs are for turnkeys on critical petrochemical and refinery pumps, valves, and their structural components. Pipe spools, elbows, and other pipe components are fabricated and welded prior to the Boronized process. Certified welding is to AWS specifications. Material capabilities include all grades of steel, stainless and exotic alloys. We have MIG and TIG welding as well as conventional arc and gas welding processes.

QUALITY CONTROL

  • We do all in house inspection of customer treated components as well as VaporKote manufactured items.

  • VaporKote requires stringent material specifications for all boronized and aluminized processed components. Blueprints and engineering process sheets accompany each order in the shop.

  • Customer parts are processed with test coupons of similar metallurgy to that of the parts. These coupons are then analyzed in our laboratory for diffusion coating characteristics of depth, micro-hardness, appearance and surface finish and must meet VaporKote's strict standards. The base metal is also verified for hardness. Each order is delivered with certifications for both dimensional and metallurgical analysis of the diffusion coated surface.