Biocompatible coatings enhance the durability, safety, and performance of surgical instruments by preventing corrosion and wear while ensuring they remain safe for use in the body. To learn more about the key benefits and differences between coating types like BIO-TDC and ME-92, read our full blog here.
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Medical Device Coatings
Armoloy medical coatings offer exceptional biocompatibility, corrosion resistance, and wear protection, ensuring optimal performance and longevity of medical instruments and devices.
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Medical Device Coatings for Outstanding Performance
Medical coatings and plating are vital in enhancing the safety, performance, and longevity of medical instruments and devices. These biocompatible coatings are inert and non-magnetic and provide excellent protection against corrosion while reducing wear and microbial contamination—critical in medical, surgical, laboratory, and clean room environments.
In addition to extending the lifespan of medical tools, these coatings improve performance by reducing friction and facilitating easier sterilization processes. Compliance with stringent industry standards such as USP 10993-10, 10993-6, and 10993-11 ensures that Armoloy’s medical device coatings meet the highest quality and safety requirements, making them essential in modern healthcare applications.
Medical Coatings & Surface Treatments
Developed by highly-trained coating professionals following strict process controls, Armoloy’s precise, biocompatible chromium coatings enhance the longevity, safety and performance of medical devices and instruments.
An Armoloy application engineer can assist you in finding the best coating solution for your medical application. Request a sample today.
Benefits of Medical Plating Services from Armoloy
Metal failure mitigation
Armoloy protective coatings have helped mitigate risk from a wide range of metal failures
Improve performance
We produce solutions that prevent metal failure while increasing cycle times.
Reduce downtime
Armoloy helps protect your metal assets by reducing the need for maintenance and making maintenance more predictable
Decrease costs
In addition to reduced downtime, Armoloy coatings are a cost-effective way of meeting performance requirements instead of using an exotic or expensive base metal.
Regulatory compliance
Select Armoloy locations are certified to NADCAP, AS9100, and ISO 9001—with plating lines compliant to industry standards including AMS 2438 and AMS 2460.
Long-lasting solutions
Our performance for over 65 years and constant innovation provides continual value for your business
Global reach
Armoloy operates a total of 9 processing facilities across 7 U.S. states, as well as 6 international facilities located in individual countries spread throughout 3 continents
Turnkey partnership
We’re with you throughout the entire process, acting as a single point of contact for all deliverables
Why Choose Armoloy?
Start-to-Finish Surface Solutions
- Armoloy stands out with our fully staffed metallurgical laboratory dedicated to research and development. We offer comprehensive surface coating services, guiding you from initial consultation through design, application, and final quality checks to ensure optimal results for your project.
Innovative Process Development
- Our innovation center focuses on developing and validating repeatable and reliable processes, which we can then implement at any process fulfillment location. This ensures consistent, high-quality coatings no matter where your project is completed, maintaining the same high standards across the globe.
Global Fulfillment and Logistics
- With fulfillment centers located around the world, we optimize logistics to ensure your coatings are delivered on time and maintain consistent quality, no matter where you are. Our extensive global network allows us to efficiently serve clients worldwide.
Process Accreditations at Armoloy
Armoloy’s medical coatings meet rigorous industry standards and certifications, ensuring the highest quality and safety for medical devices and instruments. Our coatings have met the rigorous standards for the following accreditations:
- AS9100D
- ISO 9001:2015
- ISO 14001:2015
- RoHS Compliance
- NADCAP
- WEEE Compliance
- REACH Compliance
- NAMSA
- ISO 19011
- ISO 10993
Certifications at Armoloy
Armoloy’s medical coatings meet rigorous industry standards and certifications, ensuring the highest quality and safety for medical devices and instruments. Our coatings are tested and certified to the following specifications:
- AMS2460 SAE, Plating, Chromium
- USP Class VI
- Tripartite/ISO
- STERIS SYSTEM 1
- SAE AMS2406 | AMS-QQ-C-320, Chromium Plating (Electrodeposited)
- SAE AMS2438 Plating, Chromium Thin, Hard, Dense Deposit
- Steam Autoclave
- STERIS EtO
- STERRAD Sterilization
Medical Coatings Applications
Armoloy biochrome coatings enhance the functionality of various medical instruments and devices, including:
- Clean room applications
- Dental reamers
- Endoscopic cutters
- Laboratory environments
- Medical instruments & devices
- Medical packaging
- Mobile medical devices
- Orthopedic tooling
- Surgical tools
- Veterinary surgical tools
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Frequently Asked Questions
Yes, many single-use medical devices are coated — especially when performance, sterilization resistance, or biocompatibility is required. Common coatings include biocompatible chromium (like Armoloy ME-92), PTFE, and Parylene, depending on the device’s function.
Coatings are used to reduce friction, improve cleanability, or prevent corrosion on tools such as catheters, guidewires, or surgical blades. However, not all disposable devices are coated; cost, sterilization method, and regulatory approval influence this decision.
For example, ME-92 is often applied to reusable surgical tools, but may also be used on high-performance single-use components that require ISO 10993 biocompatibility.
Yes, Armoloy ME-92® and BIO-TDC coatings provide an excellent surface for laser marking and are widely used in medical device manufacturing where traceability and UDI compliance are required. These biocompatible coatings support high-contrast, permanent markings without compromising the coating’s integrity or performance.
The microcrystalline surface of ME-92 and the nodular structure of BIO-TDC both respond well to laser energy, producing clear, readable marks — even on complex geometries like clamps, forceps, or orthopedic screws. This makes them ideal for instrument serialization, branding, and regulatory identification in surgical and clinical settings.
A disposable medical instrument must perform as well as a reusable device and even disposable instruments require autoclave prior to use. Disposable instruments experience galling and dulling of edges during their short usage, but still must perform to a high level. The ME-92® biocompatible coating reduces these undesirable occurrences.
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