BryCoat Inc.

04/22/2014

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We will be hosting ASTM Committee F34, read more on our blog.

This week, BryCoat is hosting ASTM Committee F34 on Rolling Element Bearings at its facility in Oldsmar, FL. The committee is involved in developing standards for rolling elements used in bearings. BryCoat’s CVD Titanium Carbide coating is used on bearing balls. The TiC balls are coated with a sp…

01/02/2014

BryCoat extends our sincere appreciation to all of our associates, customers and suppliers for a challenging yet successful 2013. Your performance and support was unparalleled. We are counting on everyone to make 2014 another successful year and with your help, we can exceed expectations to meet our customer needs. BryCoat remains the specialists in high-end advanced metallurgical coatings applying PVD, CVD and plasma, HVOF and thermal barrier coatings for critical component performance and extended life within the aerospace, defense, energy, surg/med markets. Team BRYCOAT wishes you health and prosperity in the coming year.

09/24/2013

09/23/2013

Tampa Bay Innovation Center

09/23/2013

BryCoat will exhibit at the 2013 Florida Defense & Technology Showcase September 24, 2013 at the Sheraton Sand Key Resort, Clearwater, Florida. Congressman Bill Young has invited BryCoat Inc. back to demonstrate BryCoat’s high technology coating services.

BryCoat offers a number of PVD coatings, featuring TiN, CrN, WS2 Dry Film Lubricant coatings, Thermal Spray Coatings and CVD TiC Coatings. We serve customers across North America and throughout the World. We are approved by many major OEM customers, due to our OEM recognized quality systems including NADCAP, AS9100:2009 Rev. C, ISO 9001:2008, USDA and FDA Approved Coatings.

08/26/2012

Yesterday, a major national news outlet said that Tampa Bay has been hit by hurricanes 5 times in the last 100 years. Today, they reported that Tampa has been hit by Hurricanes over 20 times! The truth is that Tampa Bay has not been hit by a hurricane since 1921. New York City gets hit by hurricanes much more frequently than Tampa Bay.

The news media loves to hype every potential hurricane and frequently claims that Tampa Bay is the target. With the Republican Convention starting on Monday, they are drooling over the prospect of hyping a potential disaster. But, Tampa Bay is in an ideal location that is generally well protected from hurricanes. To hit Tampa Bay, a hurricane has to pass through the narrow strait between mountainous Cuba and the Florida keys, then make a sweeping U-turn and come back toward the central west coast of Florida. That takes a very rare sequence of events to happen.

Hurricanes that do pass into the Gulf of Mexico, generally move across to hit Mexico or Texas. If they “make the turn”, they tend to curve north and hit the panhandle of FL. If they make the turn earlier, they pass up the East coast of the US. If it passes over Cuba, the big mountains tear it up and shift it’s course. Here in Tampa, we enjoy a nearly complete lack of problems caused by natural disasters. Other parts of the country have been ravaged by earthquakes, mud slides, floods, ice storms, blizzards, brown-outs, etc.

Yes, Florida has been hit by many hurricanes. But, Florida is a huge state with more miles of coastline than any other. The hits are concentrated on the east coast and the panhandle. Florida’s flat topography and frequent heavy rains also makes Florida practically immune to flooding from a major rain.

Yes we have an emergency plan and we do prepare for these storms. Our location is away from the coastal storm surge area, and on higher ground outside of the 500-year flood plain. Our building was built after the Hurricane Andrew building codes were put into effect requiring design for 130-mile-an-hour winds.

In spite of media doomsday predictions, I am confident that we will continue to supply our customers with high quality and timely delivery.