What does field-deployable coating mean?

Field-deployable coating means AEGIS brings the coating equipment and crew to your facility instead of you shipping the part to us. We coat the part in place — rolls, vessels, bolts, or fixed equipment — and your team avoids removal, freight, and reinstallation costs.

Which coatings can AEGIS apply in the field?

HVOF tungsten carbide and tungsten carbide with XR overlay, ceramic heat-cure coatings, heat-cure fluoropolymer overlays (PTFE, PFA, FEP) using our induction-cure process, and silicone XR finishes for FDA-approved release applications.

How long does on-site coating take?

Most jobs run one to three days at the customer site. Surface prep, masking, application, and induction or heat cure happen during the visit. Cure-in-place fluoropolymer typically adds half a day for our induction process versus shop oven cure.

When does field service make sense versus shipping the part to AEGIS?

Field service makes sense when the part is non-removable, oversized for a shipping crate, embedded in critical infrastructure, or when downtime cost exceeds freight cost. Bolts, anchor bolts, large rolls, structural steel, and tanks are common candidates.

How is field-deployable coating priced?

AEGIS quotes field jobs as a fixed price per visit covering crew, equipment mobilization, consumables, and induction or heat-cure power. We need surface area, substrate condition, environment, and access details to give a firm number.

What does field deployable coating mean?

A field deployable coating is an industrial coating system that can be applied and fully cured on the customer site, on the asset, without removing the part or shipping it to a coating facility. AEGIS field deployable service covers surface preparation, coating application, and in situ heat cure for assets that cannot be moved.

Does AEGIS travel to our facility to apply the coating?

Yes. AEGIS mobilizes a crew with portable surface preparation, application, and cure equipment to the customer facility for assets that cannot be shipped or that are part of fixed infrastructure. We commonly deploy across the eastern United States and the Gulf Coast, with longer mobilizations to Texas, the Midwest, and Canada on a case by case basis.

Which coatings can AEGIS apply in the field?

AEGIS can field apply the Spectrum Advanced corrosion coating system, HVOF tungsten carbide for extreme wear, FP Series heat activated PTFE PFA and FEP fluoropolymer coatings, and ceramic. Heat activated systems are cured in place using the patent pending portable precision magnetic heat rig instead of an oven.

How is the coating cured on site without an oven?

AEGIS uses a patent pending portable precision magnetic heat system to bring the coated substrate to cure temperature on the customer site. The system heats only the substrate skin to the required cure temperature, not the bulk material, and is monitored with surface thermocouples to follow the temperature profile in real time. USPTO Application 19/441,842.

What size of asset can be coated in the field?

AEGIS has field coated rolls up to 60 feet face length, structural steel runs, large vessels, and process equipment too heavy or too integrated to remove. The constraint is access for the crew and the portable cure rig, not part size.

Field Deployable Industrial Coatings

AEGIS is the only industrial coating system designed to be applied and cured on equipment in place. Mobile precision energy surface preparation, mobile precision magnetic heat activation, and trained field crews mean you do not need to remove the asset from service.

AEGIS field deployable application of a coating system to an industrial roller.

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In situ heat activation

Why field deployable matters

For many industrial assets, the cost of removing the equipment to send to a coating shop is the dominant cost of the coating job. Disassembly, rigging, transportation, reinstallation, recommissioning, and the multi day or multi week outage to make all of that happen. Field deployable coating collapses that entire chain into a single onsite work order.

What AEGIS brings to your facility

Mobile precision energy surface prep. The chemical bond ready surface prep that makes the coating last, delivered onsite with no hazardous waste stream.
Mobile precision magnetic heat activation. The cure technology that holds substrate dimensions and activates the coating at the right temperature, anywhere we can rig power.
AEGIS application crew. Trained on the specific coating chemistry and substrate. The crew that cures the coating is the crew that applied it.
Documented quality verification. Coating thickness, hardness, and cure temperature recorded at the asset before we demobilize.

Where field deployable is the right answer

Bolts and threaded fasteners already installed on flanges, pressure vessels, and structural assemblies.
Pump bodies and impellers too large or too embedded to ship economically.
Long rollers and shafts at risk of thermal distortion in oven cure.
Structural steel in marine, refinery, and chemical plant atmospheres.
Heat exchangers and tube sheets with complex internal geometry.
Emergency or unplanned repair where shop based turnaround does not fit the outage window.

How a field deployable job runs

Coating review. AEGIS engineering spec within one business day. Field deployable system selected.
Site survey. AEGIS visits the asset, confirms access, power, hot work permitting, and locks the work plan.
Mobilization. Mobile prep and cure rigs arrive on schedule with documented procedures and PPE.
Surface prep. Precision energy prep on the asset, no grit, no waste stream.
Coating application. Coating applied to spec by AEGIS technicians.
Cure. Precision magnetic heat activation under closed loop temperature control.
Verification and handover. Coating thickness, hardness, and cure documented on the asset. Job package delivered.

What to send us to plan the job

Asset details: substrate, geometry, current condition, existing coating if any.
Service environment: chemistry, temperature, pressure, and what is currently failing.
Access constraints: power availability, work envelope, hot work permits, plant safety procedures.
Outage window: maintenance schedule and tolerable downtime.
Quality requirements: any specific NACE, ISO, FDA, or customer specific spec.

Frequently asked

How is field deployable AEGIS different from in shop coating?

The coating chemistry and cure technology are the same. The difference is mobility: surface prep, application, and cure all happen at your facility on equipment in place, with documented quality at the asset.

What outage window do I need?

For most bolt, structural, and pump body work, AEGIS field cure fits inside a normal maintenance outage. Specific timing depends on coated surface area and access. We quote exact required downtime when we scope the job.

Can AEGIS work in hazardous or classified areas?

Yes with the appropriate equipment selection. Tell us the area classification and hot work permitting requirements and we will spec accordingly.

How is quality documented onsite?

Coating thickness, surface hardness, cure temperature, and visual inspection are recorded at the asset. A job package documenting all of this is delivered before we demobilize.

How quickly can AEGIS mobilize for an emergency repair?

Mobilization timing depends on crew availability and travel distance, but typical emergency response is days, not weeks. Call us when you have an unplanned outage and we will tell you the fastest fit.

Coat your asset in place

Send us the asset, the chemistry, and the outage window. We will spec a field deployable coating that fits inside it.

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