Company Profile
Bodycote provides heat treatment and thermal processing services globally. It operates in Specialist Technologies and Precision Heat Treatment divisions. The company offers heat treatment services, including altering the microstructure of metals and alloys, which include steel and aluminum to impart properties comprising surface hardness, temperature resistance, ductility, and strength.
Its portfolio also includes metal joining services consisting of electron beam welding, HIP diffusion bonding, hydrogen brazing, induction brazing, and furnace/vacuum brazing, and hot isostatic pressing (HIP) services, such as isostatic pressing and HIP supporting services
Powdermet technologies, as well as surface technologies, which are used to prolong the working life of components and protect from environmental factors, such as corrosion and abrasion.
The company's surface technologies include anodising, flame and combustion spraying, high-velocity oxygen fuel coatings, plasma spray, electric arc wire, vapor phase aluminide, liquid and ceramic coatings, and thermochemically formed ceramic coatings to enhance corrosion protection and wear resistance. The company serves automotive, aerospace and defense, energy, and general industrial markets. Founded in 1923, Bodycote is headquartered in Macclesfield, the United Kingdom.