Levers and pulls
Door and cabinet hardware
- TiN gold
- TiAlN copper-bronze
- DLC black
PVD and CVD coatings that make good tools even better
- TiN gold
- TiAlN copper-bronze
- DLC black
Founded in 1978, we have grown into the largest privately owned PVD and CVD coating company in North America.
Every tool gets the coating that suits its job
We run most major deposition technologies in our plant, from cathodic, pulsed and filtered arc to ion beam plating, reactive and magnetron sputtering, HIPIMS and PaCVD.
PVD or CVD, matched to the tool
PVD coatings
Low-temperature vacuum coatings applied between 320 and 800°F
- Nitride and carbide films from 1500 to 8000 HV, and ta-C DLC up to 9000 HV
- Films 2 to 5 µm thick that hold ±.0001" tolerances
- Sharp edges stay sharp with no coating build-up
- No heat treating needed after coating to keep core hardness
CVD coatings
High-temperature coatings formed at about 1925°F
- A chemical and metallurgical bond to the tool
- Hardness from 2400 to 3400 HV in films 4 to 12 µm thick
- Reaches internal surfaces better than a PVD process
- Outlasts cold processes on heavy metal-forming tools
We design, build and maintain our own coating units
Most of our CVD and PVD units were built in our own plant, and our R&D engineers keep improving the processes while they develop new coating compositions.
Request a QuoteCoatings for tools, implants, hardware and firearms
We coat cutting tools, forming dies, molds and die casting tooling, along with medical devices, implants, decorative hardware and firearm parts.
Our storyTitankote™ coatings for every kind of shop
Our standard line of general-purpose PVD coatings started with titanium nitride and now covers nearly 20 compositions for cutting, forming, molding and die casting tools.
Medikote™ coatings for medical devices, instruments and implants
We were the first PVD coating facility in North America certified to ISO 13485:2016, which complies with the FDA's 21 CFR Part 820, and most of our coatings are ISO 10993 compliant by third-party testing.
Request a QuoteRichkote™ decorative finishes
BHMA and custom colors that come out smoother, brighter and harder than plating, with color held tight from cycle to cycle and year to year.
Lever set and handles
Door hardware on a backplate
Bath faucet
Kitchen and bath fixtures
Replikote™ for polished molds
Replikote™ locks a polished finish under a hard, dense film because it filters out the macro particles that leave a typical PVD coating hazy.
That makes it suitable for lens molds and most optical work, with better release and less cleaning, and our Replikote™ C11 is the smoothest DLC coating on the market.
Specialty PVD coatings
Coating Data
TiFusion™ duplex coatings
Plasma nitriding and PVD in one process, for severe metal forming and die casting, run at 932°F or below so tight tolerances hold.
Diamond-like carbon
Our full range of DLC films, from Me-DLC to ta-C, pairs high hardness with low friction on engine parts, gears, molds and non-ferrous cutting tools.
Armor Guard and S-Line
PVD, CVD and DCD coatings for slides, frames, barrels, suppressors and internal parts, offered to firearms manufacturers only.
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CVD coatings
Titankote™ H, H+ and H+S bond chemically and metallurgically to the tool at about 1925°F, which stands up to the shearing stress on punches, draw dies, trim dies and cold heading tools.
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Vacuum heat treating
We harden tool steels, high speed steels and 400 series stainless at our Pennsylvania, Michigan and Kentucky plants, with 2, 6 and 10 bar quenching that leaves parts bright and free of scale.
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Boronizing
Titankote™ B diffuses boron into the surface for a 1600 to 1900 HV case that resists heat, acids and cold welding on forging dies, extrusion dies, valves and nozzles.
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Coating, material and failure analysis
Our thin film and metallurgical lab runs SEM, nano-indentation, scratch adhesion, tribometer and film thickness tests, and it takes on commercial projects as well as our own R&D.
Hardness and friction across our standard coatings
[ Titankote™ C10 · ta-C ]
5000–9000 HV
Micro-hardness of our hardest DLC film
[ Titankote™ C14 · C-DLC ]
0.06
Lowest coefficient of friction in our standard range
Data from lab samples, so results on your parts will vary with base material, surface condition and part geometry.
About Richter Precision
Hans Richter founded the company in 1978 to make and refurbish carbide inserts, and in 1981 he turned it toward CVD and PVD coating services.
We were the first in North America to use HIPIMS commercially, we pioneered commercial Super Lattice PVD and a wide range of DLC compositions, and every technician is retrained as each new process comes in.
- ISO 9001:2015, Pennsylvania and Michigan
- ISO 13485:2016, Pennsylvania
- RoHS, REACH and WEEE compliant
- ATF Type 7 FFL and SOT
Three plants, one call
East Petersburg, Pennsylvania
Headquarters, certified to ISO 9001:2015 and ISO 13485:2016
1021 Commercial Ave., East Petersburg, PA 17520
Michigan
Vacuum heat treating, certified to ISO 9001:2015
Kentucky
Vacuum heat treating
Request a quote for your tools or parts
Tell us what you need coated and what it has to survive, and we will recommend a coating and send a price.