Praxair Surface Technologies (PST) has secured a long-term deal to apply its Tribomet abrasive coatings to rotating components of the Trent jet engine family by Rolls-Royce.
As part of the deal, Rolls-Royce’s facility in Crosspointe, Virginia, US, which produces engine components for the Trent engine, will receive the PST coatings for ten years.
The coatings will be applied to rotating components in the Trent engine family, which powers wide-body aircraft.
According to PST, the coatings help prevent frictional heating, increase fuel efficiency and extend component life.
Scheduled to start later this year, this project will be serviced from PST’s coating operations in Indianapolis, US, and Weston-Super-Mare, UK.
PST Americas vice-president Freddie Sarhan said: “This is just the latest example of the type of long-term business relationships we develop with our customers that support their business growth in the US and around the world.
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By GlobalData“It also further builds on PST’s long and successful history of serving the aerospace industry.”
The company currently provides high-performance coatings and technologies to the aviation, energy and other industries.
