Wear & Abrasion Resistant Ceramic Coatings

Ziebart specializes in automotive ceramic coatings for vehicle paint protection, which are fundamentally different from industrial wear-resistant ceramic coatings. Parkway-Kew Corporation provides industrial-grade ceramic and tungsten carbide coatings via HVOF and plasma spray technologies, designed for machine components such as wire drawing blocks, fracking plungers, and heavy industrial parts that face extreme abrasion and wear in demanding environments.

Industrial ceramic coatings from Parkway-Kew are engineered for metal substrates such as steel and iron components, not natural stone like marble. Our plasma-sprayed chrome oxide and tungsten carbide coatings are applied to machine parts including wire drawing blocks, fracking plungers, rolls, and sheaves to build up worn surfaces, restore dimensional accuracy, and create a hard, abrasion-resistant working surface on industrial equipment.

Parkway-Kew offers a full range of coating technologies including HVOF (High Velocity Oxy-Fuel) spray exceeding Mach 2, plasma spray ceramic, metallizing, submerged arc welding, and fuse welding. Each process is matched to specific application requirements, component materials, and wear conditions to deliver optimal performance and service life for industrial components.

The Restore & Grind process fills and blends only the drawline wear area of a wire drawing block with new coating material, seamlessly integrating with the existing original coating. This targeted repair approach allows 5 to 7 lower-cost repairs before a full recoating is required, significantly reducing material costs, turnaround time, and operational downtime for wire mills and industrial operators.

Parkway-Kew serves a broad range of industries including oil and gas (fracking plunger rebuilding), wire drawing mills (blocks, capstans, tuner rolls, sheaves), shipping terminals (festoon wheel manufacturing and rebuilding), and heavy industry (rope pulleys, wire drawing equipment). The company has served more than 500 companies worldwide across North America and internationally.

HVOF (High Velocity Oxy-Fuel) coatings are applied at speeds exceeding Mach 2, producing extremely dense, well-bonded tungsten carbide or nickel-chrome coatings ideal for high-stress wear applications. Plasma spray ceramic coatings, such as the PK-1500 Chrome Oxide, use high-temperature plasma to deposit ceramic layers, offering the highest wear resistance for wire drawing blocks where abrasion from the wire contact is the primary concern.