1) P.T. Bindagi is the Technical Director of Spraymet Surface Technologies, which he founded in 1994 after working as a metallurgist and manager for other companies for over 10 years. 2) Spraymet provides thermal spray coating, electroplating, and weld surfacing services to help conserve industry resources by reclaiming machinery components. 3) The company has proprietary coating technologies and two facilities in Bangalore and Pune serving customers like steel mills and automotive companies demanding technical excellence and proximity.

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PROFILE
Spraymet Surface
Technologies helps in
conservation of resources
W
hat does it take a metallur-
gist to become an entre-
preneur? Besides a good
academic background
and industry exposure, you also need
self-confidence and courage to leave
a cushy job and enter business. That’s
precisely what Bindagi did.
A scholastic career
P.T. Bindagi, the Technical Director
of Spraymet Surface Technologies
P. Ltd., headquartered in Bengaluru.
Bindagi took his degree in metallurgi-
cal engineering from the Bellary Govt.
College. He was state first. After this
scholastic career, he took up a job with
Precision Fasteners as a metallurgist
in their R&D lab. After a short tenure
of two years, He joined Ador (erst-
while Advani-Oerlikon) in 1984 and
took the onus of product marketing
in the newly set up Powder Division.
At Ador, he stayed for long 10 years.
He had his career progression and
soon became the Divisional Manager
of Metco Thermal Hard facing Div. In
1987.
Bindagi received special train-
ing in tribology at Metco, Australia
as well as Sulzer Metco, USA. Back
home he presented several papers on
the nuances of ‘thermal spraying’ in
conferences organised by IIW, BARC,
VSSC and other organisations.
The turning point
The year 1994 was a turning point for
Bindagi. That was the year when he bid
adieu to service and decided to be on
his own, doing the same thing closer
to his heart : propagating the art and
science of tribology, harnessing the
proven technologies of thermal spray,
plasma spray and HVOF.
Subsequently, It took hardly a few
months for him to give shape to his
passion: establishing his own com-
pany in the name and style of Spray-
met Technologies Pvt. Ltd. Today
Spraymet is engaged in thermal spray,
ENP plating and weld surfacing. While
the main plant is in Bangalore, Bind-
agi set up the second plant in Pune to
stay closer to its customers especially
from the automobile sector which
is demanding technical excellence,
proximity and service all at the same
time. Spraymet has the distinction of
having pioneered the carbide coatings
in the steel mills and galvanizing line
roll coating.
Proprietary coatings
The company owns a few proprie-
tary coatings like moly blend (Spray-
met MoB) for metal to metal wear
and Ductile matrix carbide (Spray-
met DMC) for plastic processing feed
screws. Bindagi is keenly interested
and is working towards expanding
applications in turbine industry, med-
ical implants and other new frontiers.
In his quest, to spread knowledge,
Bindagi also picks up students from
universities for project work related to
tribology and wear metallurgy.
“Today when I look back, I have
the satisfaction of having chosen a
business line which is not only win-
ning bread for me but also butter for
the industry at large,” states Bindagi.
There is substance in what he says. He
has helped the industry save a lot of
money and helped conserve its scarce
resources.
May his tribe increase!
P.K. Balasubbramaniian
Waste into wealth: Spraymet
harnesses the best of surfacing
technologies to reclaim machinery
components and parts and conserve
resources
Mr. P.T. Bindagi,
Technical Director, Spraymet
Surface Technologies Pvt Ltd