Get Protective Coatings Solutions for Fasteners and Small Threaded Component
Engineered coatings that protect critical fasteners from corrosion, E-coat buildup, weld spatter, wear, and assembly-related performance issues.
Forest City Technologies provides protective coating solutions for fasteners and small components used in demanding automotive and industrial applications. As part of Forest City Technologies’ Fastener Performance & Reliability portfolio, these coatings are designed to help manufacturers improve durability, maintain assembly efficiency, and protect threaded and bearing surfaces from unwanted buildup, corrosion, and wear.
Protective Coating Solutions for Critical Fastener Applications
Protective coatings play an important role in fastener performance where corrosion protection, thread masking, lubricity, wear resistance, and reliable assembly are essential. Forest City Technologies applies material solutions and coating processes that help prevent galvanic corrosion, reduce the risk of E-coat deposition on protected surfaces, and protect against weld spatter on weld nuts, pierce nuts, studs, and other threaded components.
What Protective Coatings Help Solve
- Corrosion protection: Helps protect fasteners and stampings from corrosion in demanding environments.
- E-coat masking: Helps prevent electrodeposited coatings from building up on threads or other protected areas.
- Weld spatter protection: Helps reduce weld spatter adhesion on weld nuts, pierce nuts, studs, and related fastening components.
- Wear resistance: Adds a protective surface layer to help improve durability and performance.
- Lubricity and assembly support: Helps reduce friction and support more consistent installation performance.
- Electrical insulation or barrier properties: Supports applications where selective insulation or barrier protection is required.
Key Processes and Materials
Dip Spin Coatings
Forest City Technologies' dip spin coating process is used when a fully coated part is required for corrosion protection and overall surface coverage. This process is well suited for high-volume fastener and component applications where consistent coating coverage and repeatable performance are critical.
Automotive specifications: General Motors GM6076M and GMW15822, Ford WSS-M21P27-A3, and Chrysler PS-8542.
Nylon Powder Coating
Nylon powder coating can be applied to stampings and selected fastener areas to support corrosion protection, lubricity, wear resistance, mechanical resistance, or electrical insulation and barrier properties. Depending on the application, Forest City Technologies can apply nylon powder using electrostatic spray for selective-area coating, such as under the heads of bolts, or through a dip process for coating the end or side of a part.
Typical application areas: stampings, fastener bearing surfaces, selective coated areas under bolt heads, component ends, side-coated parts, and applications requiring a protective nylon barrier.
Automotive specifications: GM MG3513-7, MG3513-1, and GM4383-M; Ford ESB-M4D240-A, WSS-M4D240-A2, and ESB-M70J6-A; and Chrysler MSDM-20.
FP Fluoropolymer Coating
Forest City Technologies FP is a fluoropolymer-based protective coating applied to internal or external threads and selected fastener surfaces. It is used as a barrier or thread mask to help block E-coat deposition and reduce weld spatter adhesion. This coating is commonly used on weld nuts, pierce nuts, studs, and other fasteners where protected threads must remain functional after downstream coating or welding operations.
Relevant automotive specifications may include: General Motors GM6076M and GMW15822, Ford WSS-M21P27-A3, Chrysler PS-8542, and Fiat 9.57455.
Applications
- Weld nuts
- Pierce nuts
- Studs
- Bolts and screws
- Stampings
- Threaded fasteners requiring masking before E-coat or paint operations
- Components requiring corrosion protection, lubricity, wear resistance, or electrical barrier properties
Why Work with Forest City Technologies for Protective Coatings?
- Application-driven material selection: Forest City Technologies helps match the coating material and process to the performance requirement, part geometry, and end-use environment.
- Fastener-focused expertise: Protective coatings are part of Forest City Technologies’ broader Fastener Performance & Reliability portfolio, alongside thread locking, sealing, torque control, applied sealing, and other value-added fastener solutions.
- High-volume production support: Forest City Technologies supports scalable coating programs for production fasteners, stampings, and small components.
- OEM specification awareness: Forest City Technologies works with coating systems aligned to common automotive requirements for E-coat masking, corrosion protection, and performance reliability.
- Engineered solutions mindset: Forest City Technologies brings material knowledge, process capability, and manufacturing experience together to solve fastener performance challenges.
Need a Protective Coating for a Fastener or Small Component?
Talk with Forest City Technologies about your application, performance requirements, part geometry, and applicable OEM specifications. Our team can help identify the right coating approach for corrosion protection, E-coat masking, weld spatter resistance, wear resistance, lubricity, or barrier performance.
