3. Materials and Technologies
Company Profile
• IBC Group consists of IBC Coating Technologies, Inc.; IBC Materials and Technologies, Inc.; and IBC-
Sputtek, Inc.
• IBC is a privately owned surface engineering company established in 1996, with manufacturing and
R&D capabilities located in Lebanon, Indiana, U.S.A. and Toronto, Canada
• IBC has about 85 employees and occupies approximately 80,000 square feet
• IBC serves a variety of industries – Aerospace, Defense, Gas Turbines, Oil, Automotive, Metal Forming,
Die Casting, Forging, and others – by providing advanced surface treatment solutions in USA , Canada,
Mexico, and Europe
• IBC develops and applies proprietary surface treatments to improve wear, corrosion, fatigue, and
lubricity properties of components
• IBC uses build-up processes (Cold Spray, HVAF, Laser Cladding) in conjunction with surface treatments
to provide repair solutions
• IBC’s surface treatments are used in a wide variety of applications with excellent results
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4. Materials and Technologies
IBC Provides The
Following Services
• Thin Film Coating
– CeraTough-D™ Diamond Like Carbon (DLC)
coatings
– High Energy PVD coatings (TiN, TiALN, CRN,
CRC, TIC, VC, Al2O3, SiO2, ZrO2, SiN)
• Nitriding
– Ion Plasma Nitriding (DHIN)
– Ion Plasma Ferritic Nitrocarburizing (DH-FNC)
– Post-DHIN and FNC Oxidation (equivalent to
Plasox)
– Salt Bath Nitriding (DHN) (equivalent to QPQ,
Melonite, Tufftride, etc.)
• Laser Cladding
• Micro-laser welding and repair
• Electro-spark deposition
• Plasma Electrolytic treatments and
coatings
– PEO – plasma electrolytic coatings of Al, Mg, Ti
alloys
– PED – plasma electrolytic diffusion coatings
– PEP- plasma electrolytic polishing
• Heat treating
– Vacuum Heat Treat with up to 12 Bar Gas Quench
– Annealing
– Stress Relief
– Aging
– Carburizing
– Solution Nitriding
• Thermal Diffusion Surface treatments
– Boriding (DHB)
– Tantalizing (DHTa)
– Chromizing (DHC)
– Aluminizing (DHA)
– Vanadium Carbide (TDH)
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5. Materials and Technologies
LASER CLADDING
• IBC Laser Cell has a 4kW IPG fiber laser with a head tail stock
positioner that can hold up to 2000 kg and 12’ length
• Cell has a wide production window to clad a variety of metals
7. Cladding Steel Mill Rolls
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Base Material - 4140
66” Length
7.67” OD
Cladding material 431 SS / H13…….
8. Materials and Technologies
Cladding Steel Mill Rolls
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Hardness(HV200g) Depth (um)
Hardness vs. Depth - Nitride Case
Ion Plasma Nitriding after Laser Cladding
allows additional increase in hardness
and wear resistance
431 SS – Cladding
Material
4140 Base
Material
10. Materials and Technologies
Examples of Laser cladding repairs
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Laser cladded turbo shaft Laser cladded cam lobs
Cladding material 420 SS Cladding material 431 SS
11. Materials and Technologies
Performance of Laser cladded
agricultural components
• Standard components after
two weeks
• Laser cladded components
after two weeks with no
wear signs
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Cladding Material
WC-Ni-Cr-B
