Sub-One Systems – producing the equipment
for high-performance internal metal coating

 

Sub-One Systems (formerly Sub-One Technology) is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Duralar Technologies. Duralar is owned by AWT Technologies, which is headquartered in the U.S., and Epicrew Corporation of Nagasaki, Japan. The founders and senior executives of Sub-One and Duralar have decades of experience in manufacturing and providing advanced technology equipment for semiconductor and other global industries. The combined breadth and depth of experience in coating technologies are the basis for the companies' unique innovations and they give them significant advantages in the marketplace.

 

Sub-One Systems builds systems for applying ultra-hard InnerArmor® coatings on the interior surfaces of parts. Please note that Sub-One Systems does not sell standard machines; it engineers and manufactures systems including custom designs for purchase by end-user customers. For additional information about coating services for our ultra-hard metal coatings please contact our parent company Duralar Technologies.

 

Interior metal coating technology

Sub-One is the industry leader in advanced coatings for internal surfaces. Its patented InnerArmor coating process applies a high-performance, chemically inert, protective coating which reduces operational costs. InnerArmor technology blocks corrosion, reduces erosion, stops abrasion and prevents fouling, while maximizing flow. The InnerArmor process deposits hard, smooth, pure coatings on the internal surfaces of a broad spectrum of products ranging from small metal components to long, large diameter production pipes. The net result: unprecedented levels of protection. InnerArmor applications range across a wide spectrum of industries benefiting virtually any function involving the handling or movement of fluids or gases.

 

The Sub-One name derives from the scientific description of surface smoothness. Surfaces having a roughness coefficient lower than 1.0 microinch (or sub-one) are extremely smooth and highly desirable for many processes today. The unique, patented InnerArmor technology can apply coatings that are not only extremely smooth and hard but are also exceptionally resistant to corrosion, erosion and wear. These multi-layer coatings are amorphous, pinhole-free and naturally self-leveling—even across extended lengths.

 

Sub-One has developed a patented process as well as state-of-the-art systems for depositing its advanced coatings onto the internal surfaces of a broad spectrum of products. These products can range from small, complex components to long, large-diameter industrial piping. Pipe coating and combating pipeline corrosion are, in fact, among the largest applications for this technology.

 

The unique, patented Sub-One solution provides a spectrum of unprecedented features and benefits:

 

 

A breakthrough for industries utilizing fluid, gas or materials flow

Many industries (oil and gas, food processing, pulp and paper, medical, semiconductor, aerospace, geothermal and public utilities) make extensive use of pipes, valves, chambers, cylinders and other parts through which fluids, gases or materials flow. Often, the internal surfaces of these parts require special properties such as corrosion resistance, hardness, smoothness and purity. Until now, there were only two basic ways to address those needs: 1) manufacture entire parts from expensive high-grade special alloys and metals, or 2) use traditional means, such as electroplating, to try to strengthen the interiors of the products. Both are problematic…

 

The problem with option one is that high-grade materials are expensive—and they are still vulnerable to corrosion, erosion, wear, etc. The problem with option two is that conventional coating technologies are primarily designed for external surfaces. They are also limited in effectiveness, relatively expensive and often toxic or environmentally dangerous. InnerArmor coating technology eliminates those problems—and can save many billions of dollars of cost for many industries.

 

InnerArmor can be used to great advantage in many sectors for its corrosion control, wear-resistant coatings and many other benefits.

 

 

 

To download a Sub-One InnerArmor brochure, click here.