Operating an international network of facilities and serving a wide range of industries including aerospace, defence, automotive, power generation, oil & gas, construction, machine building, medical and transportation, Bodycote is the world's largest and most respected provider of thermal processing services. These services are a vital part of any manufacturing process and include: ■ Metallic, Ceramic, Cermet and Organic Coatings Thermal processing is a vital part of any manufacturing process and includes a variety of techniques and specialist engineering processes which improve the properties...

Research & Development - making innovations possible... Bodycote's extensive facilities and expertise mean R&D projects can expand far beyond customers' in-house capabilities, helping to realise goals quicker and more cost-effectively. Around the globe, Bodycote has dedicated R&D teams working on a variety of projects. When required, this may include the development of specific processes and equipment for a customer or verification of materials or designs, prior to their application. In-house development and improvement of standard processes has led to Bodycote offering a range of proprietary...

Powder Metallurgy: ■ Bi-metallic and multi-metallic materials ■ Simple shape billets ■ Complex shape assemblies ■ Near Net Shape (NNS) components HIPped components ■ Capsule design and HIP modelling ■ Metal Matrix Composites Thermal Spray Coatings: ■ HVOF (High Velocity Oxy-Fuel) ■ Cold gas dynamic spray Thermal Diffusion Coatings: Mechanical Plating: ■ Mechanical Zinc, Zinc/Tin, Zinc/Aluminium, Zinclad HIP combines very high temperature (up to 2,000°C) with inert gas under very high pressure (up to 30,000 psi) - equivalent to the Mariana Trench 11,000m deep in the Pacific Ocean. HIP is used...

Land-based gas turbine blades and vanes Like aircraft turbine blades and vanes, land-based gas turbine components used for power generation must withstand extreme temperatures in operation. These materials frequently operate at temperatures approaching their melting point - heat treatment, HIP and coating allows these blades to operate reliably at these high temperatures for extended periods of time.

! The blades are precipitation hardened to increase their strength at high temperatures I The blade castings are HIPed to remove porosity and increase their creep and fatigue resistant properties B Honeycomb for abradable seals is vacuum brazed onto the vanes' main sections B A thermally sprayed coating is applied to improve temperature resistance Bodycote component journeys This is just one example of how Bodycote brings together the huge wealth of knowledge and expertise from across the Group to provide the vital engineering services you need... For more component journeys visit www.bodycote.com...

Caring for our environment Bodycote is totally committed to achieving environmental best practice throughout our business activities, ensuring that these meet relevant laws and regulations, that they are acceptable to the community at large, and that their environmental impact is reduced to a minimum. The company recognises that the pursuit of economic growth and a healthy environment are closely linked. Ever at the forefront of technology, Bodycote was one of the first thermal processing companies to use microprocessor controls to tightly control atmosphere and emissions and introduced its first...

How can energy intensive thermal processing be environmentally friendly? When you first consider the science of thermal processing from an environmental point of view, you may ask the question, 'How can such an energy intensive process help the environment?' However, if we consider a world without heat treatments, HIP or coatings the advantages become immediately apparent. Take an average car, for example - whether diesel, petrol, electric or gas, all need parts that are heat treated, HIPed and coated. For the wheels to turn bearings are needed, yet few people realise that it is thanks to heat...

Inner strength - a component journey Medical prostheses The stress on a hip or knee joint when a C ~ person jumps off a chair is equal to around 100 tonnes per square inch. Our bones, effectively composites, absorb such stresses regularly and effectively for much of our lifetime. When joints fail, they are often replaced with metal alloy implants. These implants must be incredibly strong, biocompatible, and able to last the lifetime of the patient. A combination of heat treatment, hot isostatic pressing and coating makes this possible.

> The implants are then HIPed to eliminate porosity, improve fatigue life and enhance the bonding of the biocompatible coating i The castings are thermally sprayed with a biomedical coating to allow a bond to form between the implant and body tissue, promoting bone growth ► Solution and ageing heat treatment is used to strengthen the implant Bodycote component journeys This is just one example of how Bodycote brings together the huge wealth of knowledge and expertise from across the Group to provide the vital engineering services you need... For more component journeys visit www.bodycote.com...

Optimise your business resources Bodycote has become the partner of choice for the world's most respected and innovative engineering companies by providing highly efficient, cost-effective services to the highest quality standards through strategic investment in people and the latest technology, equipment and quality systems. By outsourcing non-core but vitally important thermal processing requirements to Bodycote, you can concentrate your business resources on your core competence. Our services offer benefits to you through reduced equipment maintenance, capital expenditure, energy costs, people...

Bodycote's outsourcing model has three levels: Conventional subcontracting The foundation of Bodycote's business is the provision of services on a conventional subcontract basis, for customers without the required capability in-house, or who are experiencing an overload or breakdown situation, or do not possess the required technology. Long term agreements In many cases subcontracting relationships lead to component and service-specific long-term agreements, which embody protection and freedom from risk for the customer and Bodycote. These are often exclusive in character and provide the basis...