Coating system for tubular gripping components

Abstract The present invention relates to a gripping tool, comprising a gripping element, and at least one gripping surface formed on the gripping element. The at least one gripping surface comprises a plurality of teeth extending from the gripping element; an outer layer extending a depth from an outer surface of the gripping element, wherein the outer layer is an elemental diffusion layer or a deposition layer; and, at least one inner layer formed between the outer layer and a base of the gripping element, wherein the inner layer(s) is/are separate elemental diffusion layer(s), and wherein each elemental diffusion layer comprises an elemental diffusion of one or more elements selected from a group consisting of carbon, chromium, nitrogen, boron, aluminum, silicon, vanadium, cobalt, tungsten, molybdenum, titanium, nickel, and copper.