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There is an increasing demand for hexavalent chrome-free coatings that have equal corrosion resistance and wear resistance. TOPCOAT® 107, Griekspoor’s economical hexavalent chrome-free alternative to nickel chrome plating, scores very high on both…

There is an increasing demand for hexavalent chrome-free coatings that have equal corrosion resistance and wear resistance. TOPCOAT® 107, Griekspoor’s economical hexavalent chrome-free alternative to nickel chrome plating, scores very high on both…

The search for replacement of products with hexavalent chrome, chromium(VI), is an important current issue in today’s market. Griekspoor Thermal Coatings already developed the alternative in 2017: TOPCOAT® 107.

This piston rod is being coated with the economic alternative for nickel chrome plating: TOPCOAT ®107. Watch the video

Griekspoor Thermal Coatings was the first coating specialist who developed its own integrated Linear Positioning Measurement (LPM®) system.

Our recently developed coating TOPCOAT®107 has besides an excellent corrosion- and wear resistance also another big advantage. Small impact damage can easily be repaired by simple welding. For a 90 seconds demonstration see above instruction video.

The photos show the chromium carbide coating before grinding of the lower bearing of a high end screw pump.

It had to wait a little but the coating of the piston rod is finished!

This rod is now pre-machined and is being prepared for the coating process! Follow for update and read more....

In this movie you see one piston rod off a pair. The piston rods are 14.5 meters long each and will settle in a heave compensation cylinder in a large ship.

To assure the delivery time and the projected costs quality of the rod is an essential factor. Therefore in this second article of the the right pre-machining quality, we provide you with a short overview of the quality checkpoints before supplying…

Last week we posted about an 8,5 tons piston rod being prepared for ceramic coating. Click to see the end product!

Griekspoor TC has coated a piston rod with a diameter of 360mm, length 10.500mm, and weight 8,5 tonnes. In the movie you see the rod being prepared for coating.

To really save time (reliable delivery times) and costs for both you as our customer and us as your supplier, pre-machining quality of the rods is an essential factor. Therefor is this article a short overview of the quality checkpoints before…

Follow the process of how to repair the propeller shaft of a ship that has wear damage.

Griekspoor Thermal Coatings has coated 22 Falzspitzen to extend their lifespan. Falzspitzen are cones in a folding machine for leaflets that wear out because of friction.

This piston rod is ready for take off. We applied TOPCOAT®. Prepairing this piston rod with our 'standard' TOPCOAT® makes it suitable for almost all aggressive and corrosive environments.

Yesterday one of the piston rods that will be installed in a ship to harvest in the Dead Sea was coated.

Thermal Coatings will prepare 4 piston rods for a rough and intensive use on a ship that will sail the Dead Sea.

Griekspoor thermal coatings is pleased to carry out their specialization in the coating of very long and thin piston rods. In this case for a foreign gouvernement!

Two unreleased coatings will be tested in our lab! The two rods are ready for an Acetic Acid Salt Spray test(according to ISO 9227 – AASS).

Our colleagues from Griekspoor bv have revised the “Stevensbrug” (Stevens bridge) in Leiden. One of the areas that needed repairing was the cylinder that raises and lowers the bridge. Griekspoor Thermal Coatings removed the damaged chrome plating…

The correct roughness of the piston rod coating is very important in the hydraulic industry. An optimum roughness has a positive effect on the lifespan of the rod coating and on the lifetime of the seals.

Griekspoor Thermal Coatings has recently developed TOPCOAT® 107: a nickel based super alloy blended with carbides. TOPCOAT® 107 is developed as an improved and very economical hard chrome and nickel/chromium replacement.

Laboratory In the laboratory at Griekspoor several devices can be found that are needed to test and improve existing coatings as well as develop new coatings. Griekspoor can test coatings according to a range of standards, e.g. NBD 10300 (corrosion…

Coating for Cones Griekspoor Thermal Coatings is not only known because of its excellent coatings for the hydraulic industry but can also coat and grind/polish complex other products. These cones are used in the paper industry and have been coated…

Paint Griekspoor Paint Systems helped a nearby yacht builder when its painting department was at maximum capacity. Below is just a fraction of over 100 pieces that were painted in record time to much appreciation of the yacht builder. Reference…

Hardness tester As a service for our customers and also to keep improving our quality Griekspoor recently installed a new professional Struers hardness tester. This is an important new item in our professional laboratory. Reference projects & News…

Expansion production capacity Griekspoor Thermal Coatings has great confidence in the future. We strongly focus on our customers to meet their specifications. Since establishing the in house laboratory we are able to test (acc. ISO, DNV/JIP specs)…

Taking work home When your colleagues from Griekspoor are overhauling a bridge near your home it is almost like taking work home. Especially when the bridge railing is repainted in your own company. A good example of Griekspoor an GriekspoorTC…

Griekspoor Linear Positioning Measure (LPM) explained This video demonstrates how the Griekspoor Linear Positioning Measure (LPM) works: a sensor detects the difference in the rod profile underneath the coating and conveys this information to a…

Coating small high-pressure-plungers Griekspoor Thermal Coatings recently coated some small high precision plungers for high pressure fluid pumps (>3000 bar). The coating and grinding capacity of Griekspoor is: length 23 meters, diameter approx. 1…

TOPCOAT® Ceramics An effective way of demonstrating our product. The customer supplies the base material, a piston rod, and we coat it. In this video the coating is Topcoat ceramics: a NiCr corrosion resistant intermediate coating and a ceramic wear…

Repaired by welding of a though and high corrosion/wear resistant tungsten carbide TOPCOAT®107 Griekspoor Thermal Coatings recently developed a very cost efficient and better coating alternative for galvanic nickel chromium, named TOPCOAT®107. Until…

LPM coating Griekspoor coated a rod with diameter Ø180mm and length 11.400mm. Not as long and thin as this one, but the Linear Positioning Measurement (LPM) profile made this rod challenging enough. In the end the rod was coated without any…

High corrosion- and wear resistant rod coatings Griekspoor Thermal Coatings is known as a one stop supplier for high corrosion- and wear resistant rod coatings. But one of the other assets of GTC is a professional and well equipped paint shop. In…

LPM profile check Griekspoor was asked to check the LPM (Linear Position Measurement) profile on a newly machined piston rod. The rod was too long to move under a sensor so it was done the other way around: move the sensor over the rod.…