Aircraft and Spacecraft Industries

Metals can be deposited on surfaces in the form of thin layers. These serve various purposes (partly in combination), such as:

• Resistance to oxidation and corrosion

• Mechanical protection - hardness

Such requirements are mainly found in the fields of space and aircraft industries. These materials in particular are exposed to enormous thermal and mechanical stress.

Precious metals like platinum meet these requirements and are used e.g. for coating of turbine blades by electroplating.

You can find more information and products for electroplating here.

Turbine blades for use under extreme conditions – for instance in aircraft engines or power stations – are based on high-performance alloys with nickel or cobalt, which contain the exotic metal rhenium, too (“Super Alloys”).

Ruthenium as co-metal is also gaining more and more importance.

Heraeus supplies the alloying industry with e.g.

• Rhenium powder, Re

• Rhenium pellets, Re

• Ruthenium powder, Ru

• Ruthenium pellets, Ru

Here you can find more information about rhenium

We look forward to your enquiries and are at your disposal at any time. Should you not find the product you are searching for, please feel free to contact us.

Our company also offers you the recovery of precious metals and rhenium.For this, please, visit the web page of our Recycling business unit.