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  Welcome to Thermaspray

South Africa’s leading supplier of thermal spray coating and specialised welding services …


World-class standards of expertise and a proven reputation are the reasons Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs) and end-users trust Thermaspray’s diverse engineering capabilities and skill set to provide industrial thermal spray coatings and specialised welding services tailored to their requirements.

Established as a Research and Development group at the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research’s (CSIR’s) Materials Science and Technology Division, the group was commercialised in 1999. Privatisation followed in 2002 and Thermaspray has enjoyed strong and steady growth going forward.

Thermaspray is committed to remaining at the forefront of global thermal spray innovations and technologies and this is underscored by the fact that we are the only privately owned company specialising in thermal coatings in South Africa to have invested in a dedicated in-house metallurgical laboratory for the analysis and evaluation of thermal spray coatings. Furthermore, Thermaspray is the only company operating in the thermal spray industry to be wholly compliant with the Department of Environmental Affairs’ Clean Air Act which came into effect in 2010.

By combining our thermal coating processes with specialized welding and our support finishing capabilities which include machining, grinding (traditional and diamond), linishing and superfinishing, Thermaspray strives to be a one source supplier to customers.

We have the tools and skill set to necessary to engineer a coating solution to meet your requirements. Guaranteed.		    

Thermal Coatings

Thermal spraying or metallising refers to a collection of processes that deposit metallic or non-metallic coatings onto a variety of substrates through the projection of a molten stream of the coating material.

Coating Processes we offer:

  • High Velocity Oxygen Fuel (HVOF)
  • Plasma
  • Arc
  • Combustion flame spraying
 

Specialised welding

Welding refers to a collection of processes whereby metals are fused using heat and/or pressure.

Welding Process we offer:

  • Plasma Transferred Arc (PTA)
All work is carried out at our facility located in Olifantsfontein (Clayville), situated between Pretoria and Johannesburg, and is performed under our DEKRA ISO 9001:2008 Quality Management Systems certification..