Industrial Coatings Blog
Orion Industries has a deep understanding of the crucial role of Teflon™ coatings on aerospace parts. These coatings, with PTFE (polytetrafluoroethylene) being the most commonly used, are key in many aerospace applications. It’s essential to recognize that while Teflon is commonly equated with PTFE, there’s a distinction: Not all Teflon […]
How Technetics and Orion Engineered a Repeatable PTFE Coating Process for Complex Rocket Seals In aerospace propulsion systems, seals are silent workhorses. Hidden inside rocket and jet engines, they maintain pressure differentials, minimize leakage, and perform reliably amid extreme heat, vibration, and in some applications, extremely low cryogenic temperatures. […]
Orion Industries and our sister company Surface Solutions Group (SSG) are obsessed with quality. Our work impacts the lives of real people – our customers, their customers, and ultimately the end users. We are engineering-focused – we solve problems from the root cause and invest in innovative technologies to continuously […]
Orion Industries is a 60-year-old high-performance coating company that got its start in the early 1960s coating parts to speed up race cars. Today, the Chicago-based company is coating aerospace and defense materials for use in outer space, in defense machinery and munitions, and on the ocean, as well as coating […]
When locked into a spec, engineers often have few options to select new materials. That’s especially true in the aerospace and defense industries when it comes to coatings. “It’s not easy to change the specification even though there might be better coatings available to simplify the process,” George Osterhout, senior […]
As 2024 marked Orion Industries’ 60 years of service in the functional coating industry, we have reflected on the evolution of the industry, and contributed the following article featured in the Illinois Manufacturers’ Association (IMA) Illinois Manufacturer magazine. Looking back over the years, we can see examples of how our […]
In 1964, Chicago-based Orion Industries was founded by a young entrepreneur who envisioned great possibilities for the use of coatings to improve the functional properties of parts and assemblies. That entrepreneur was Bruce Nesbitt. Little did he know that his love of cars and motorsport racing combined with an insatiable […]
Over the last six decades, automation and robotics have advanced how functional industrial coatings are applied and used. The results have included better precision of coating processes, lower costs, and improved product performance. George Osterhout, Orion’s senior advisor and former president, authored the following article featured in Design World magazine. […]
CHICAGO, September 12, 2024 – Orion Industries, Ltd. (Orion) celebrates its 60th anniversary as one of the most technologically advanced functional coating applicators in the industry, and as a respected leading functional industrial coatings partner for companies worldwide. “Orion’s investment and expertise in extensive automation and robotics provides our customers […]
Many people know that Teflon™ is used as a coating in non-stick cookware products such as pots and pans. With this application, Teflon creates a low-friction cooking surface that reduces stuck on food, cleans up easier and lets you cook with less fat. However, there are a million other uses […]