SMTPL’s engineers coatings to meet the specific needs for its pharma industry customers. This brochure provides information on key coating properties and recommendation or use.

SMTPL’s Special Application Pharma-Grade (SAPG) coatings are special purpose coating designed to optimize for difficult to compress formulations.

SMTPL’s SAPG coatings exhibit excellent wear, corrosion & crack resistance resistant properties together with very high hardness, low coefficient of friction & surface roughness, and chemical inertness.

Coating name

TINUM-n

TINUM-Cn

TILUM-n

AlTINUM-n

Coating type

Monolayer
TiN

Multi-layer
TiCN

Monolayer
TiAlN

Monolayer
AlTiN

Hardness
(HV)

2700 ± 200

3200 ± 200

3400 ± 200

3500 ± 200

Thickness
(µm)

2.0 ± 0.1

2.0 ± 0.2

2.0 ± 0.2

2.0 ± 0.2

Wear coefficient
(m2/N)

4.0 x 10-14

3.5 x 10-14

3.0 x 10-14

3.0 x 10-14

Roughness
(Ra) (µm)

0.15 ± 0.02

0.12 ±0.01

0.10 ±.01

0.10 ± 0.01

Oxidation Temp(0C)

6000C

5000C

8000C

9000C

Friction coefficient

0.60

0.40

0.42

0.42

Deposition temperature(0C)

1500C

1500C

< 4500C

< 4500C

Colour

Golden yellow

Dark Copperish

Copperish

Violet-Grey

Prescribed for compressing

Abrasive products

Highly Abrasive products

Ayurvedic & Herbal products

Mineral and salts products