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Anti Rust Coating: A Viable Solution to a Bare Metal Problem

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Anti Rust Coating: A Viable Solution to a Bare Metal Problem

Bare iron and steel surfaces pose a serious risk of degradation over time through exposure to moisture, oxidation, and chemicals. Every year, the direct economic impact of corrosion in public infrastructure leads to billions of dollars lost to the government. The impact on infrastructure safety and serviceability adds up to poorer performance of structures. Health monitoring and repair or replacement become tasks of severe complexities, in addition to expensive burdens. Proper handling and corrosion protection of metal surfaces at an early stage is an effective way to attain good life expectancy of components and avoid unpredictable corrosion. An anti rust coating is one viable solution to provide corrosion and chemical protection.

An Effective Solution

Anti-rust coatings form an essential part of any industrial equipment and infrastructure component, ensuring great life expectancy, efficiency, and performance, regardless of the environmental conditions. They act as a barrier between the metal and the harsh environment your item potentially faces for the entire duration of its long service life. Employing these coatings on the surface ensures low maintenance costs over the life of the component in addition to better reliability and performance, as your equipment originally intended. In addition to their primary purpose, these coatings also provide utilities such as abrasion resistance, durability, and lubrication.

Anti rust coatings are available in the following types:

  • Polyester powder coatings: Available in vast color options with superior durability and UVA protection.
  • Epoxy powder coatings: Budget-friendly solution for waste treatment and water valves.
  • Nylon powder coatings: Excellent resistance to abrasion, corrosion, and chemicals.

Extra Benefits

Various performance enhancements to the above types of anti-rust coatings can also be achieved. For example, materials like zinc-rich and epoxy primer enhance the corrosion resistance of polyester coatings. A variety of products are available for very specific usage in a variety of environments. A wide variety of harsh environments require qualities like high operating temperatures (about 150°C), electrical resistance, non-stick performance, low-friction surfacing, and impermeability, which are achievable in a range of our products.

Wrapping Things Up

As a cost-effective solution tailored for use in a variety of environments, achieving corrosion resistance and adding extra features to coated surfaces, using an anti-rust coating has become a vital method of ensuring a long and quality usage life of various metal components you depend on. Our company takes pride in the quality of work we have been doing in this field and the service we provide to our customers in terms of excellent performance and reliable solutions that meet your specific needs, whatever they may be.

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Specialty Coatings: When One Size Will Not Fit All

It is not always true that “One size fits all.” At Secoa Technology, we know that not every component can achieve its goal through the application of a generic coating. In many cases, the only way to be successful, to address the demands and specifications of a coating for a component, is to create one. This is why we work with our clients to produce specialty coatings.

What Are Specialty Coatings?

Specialty coatings are designed to address the specific needs and requirements of companies and their components. We are partnered with many of the top coating manufacturers who can formulate specialty products according to specifications. They consider such factors as function, environment, and specific design constraints.

What Specialty Coatings Do We Offer?

At Secoa Technology, we can help you select the right coating for your component. We specialize in a variety of unique options including:

  • Architectural Coatings – Our UltraSeal™ coating offers unparalleled aesthetic and structural enhancements designed and customized to meet your specifications
  • Corrosion and Chemical Resistant Coatings – We offer a choice of effective coatings for corrosion and more protection. Among the current offerings are:
    • Polyester: a modern polyester powder coating
    • Rilsan ® Nylon 11: A high-performance technical polymer
    • Epoxy: A powder coating
    • High Build Thermoplastics: For application on steel
    • KF Polymer: A dense film build polymer
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DiamonDyze: A Breakthrough in Ceramic Anodizing

DiamonDyze is a breakthrough in advanced nano-ceramic and colored anodizing. At Secoa Technology, our staff has the licensing right to utilize this treatment. We all understand the advantages this process offers to those applications requiring anodizing. Our staff utilizes it to provide components with certain desirable characteristics.

What Are the Advantages?

When an applicator uses DiamonDyze, it provides two specific and now integrated characteristics to the substrate surface. This formulation allows our staff to:

  • Add color without the need of additional steps
  • Impart various protective qualities

This ability makes the entire process faster, easier, and more environmentally friendly. Overall, by using this process, an applicator recognizes the benefits to the customer and the metal finishing company. The process:

  • Is more environmentally-friendly because it uses less energy and fewer toxic materials
  • Results in a smoother surface with fewer pores
  • Provides good chemical resistance
  • Imbues greater corrosion resistance
  • Improves the ability to withstand wear-and-tear
  • Creates good thermal resistance
  • Offers customers the chance to select from any available standard color. This includes various shades resulting from the blending of existing colors
  • While it is possible to anodize other metals, aluminum remains the most popular metal benefitting from this process.

Aluminum Parts and DiamonDyze

For any aluminum component – including 2024 and 6061, you want to anodize, we at Secoa Technology can apply DiamonDyze to products such as:

  • Cylinder Heads
  • Cylinder Sleeves
  • Intake Manifolds
  • Pistons
  • Rocker Arms
  • Shock Absorbers
  • Turbo Intake Housings

Overall, it is popular for those in several industries including automotive, marine, and hardware. At Secoa Technology, we utilize it for both Type II and Type III anodizing.

DiamonDyze: Technologically Superior Anodizing

Research reveals the benefits of preferring a DiamonDyze treatment to conventional anodizing. This one-step dying and anodizing process produce a component that is superior in many ways. At Secoa Technology, we utilize DiamonDyze to provide high-quality results in corrosion resistance and color for Type II and Type III anodizing.

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Aluminum Anodizing: Producing A Superior Finish

For versatility, it is hard to beat aluminum. It is open to a variety of finishing processes. One of the most common means of treating it is through anodizing. Aluminum anodizing produces a metal that resembles other metals. By adding color, you can also have an aesthetically pleasing product.

What Is Anodizing?

Anodizing is a surface treatment. An electrochemical process, it deposits an even layer of clear, colorless, or gray to black aluminum oxide on the surface of the aluminum product. The thickness and color of the layer will depend upon the purpose behind the anodization process.

The intent of aluminum anodizing is simple – to produce a protective and/or a decorative coating. It does so by strengthening the naturally occurring development of oxidization. The addition of color to complete any of the processes is possible. This improves the attractiveness of the material and increases its potential use in the marketplace.

Three Types of Anodizing

Three major types of anodizing processes exist:

  • Type I (Chromic acid anodizing): This conventional form is typical for aerospace applications. Its intent is to imbue corrosion resistance as well as solid paint adhesion.
  • Type II (Sulfuric acid anodizing): This is for aluminum for aesthetic purposes. Commonly found in many applications, it produces a clear, even thin layer readily susceptible to the process of coloring.
  • Type III (Hard coat anodizing): The layer is thicker. It tends to range in color from gray through to black. Its purpose is to improve the wear resistance of aluminum. Finishers can dye or leave the product alone

Aluminum Anodizing

At Secoa Technology, we find anodizing to provide a superior finish to aluminum. It provides:

  • A protective layer
  • Extends corrosion resistance
  • Improves resistance to wear and tear
  • Produces an attractive finish

By applying DiamonDyze™, we ensure your company’s components receive a superior protective coating for both Type II and III aluminum anodizing processes.

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Preventing Anti Weld Spatter

In welding, a far too common problem is weld spatter. They build up on the fixtures creating problems for the welder. At Secoa Technology we are very aware of the concerns that can result from this issue. Our solution is the application of anti weld spatter to fixtures such as MIG welding nozzles.

What Is Weld Spatter?

Spatter is the term for small balls of molten metal ejected from the welding arc. They then fall throughout the area on and around the weld. These adhere to the gas shroud of the welding gun. This stops up the flow of the gas. The spatter also sticks to the tooling and workpieces.

Allowing the spatter to continue to build up can result in serious problems. It can:

  • Diminish weld joint quality by obstructing the consistency of the gas flow
  • Reduce the durability of the weld joint by contaminating it
  • Lead, in extreme instances, to porosity
  • Increase the chances of burn back
  • Necessitate lost time and labor spent on cleaning up
  • Produce a loss in material
  • Result in an accident

Overall, weld spatters can cause lost production time through reworking, repairing or even scrapping workpieces.

Enter Anti Weld Spatter Measures

To preserve the integrity of torch head attachments e.g. nozzles, diffusers, contact tips, and shrouds, requires the implementation of certain protective measures. While it is possible to reduce the problem through selecting only high-quality consumables, an integrated approach is best. This includes the application of an anti weld spatter solution.

At Secoa Technology Company, our technicians are there to offer solutions. This includes such items as MIG welding nozzles with an inimitable coating. This black covering stops weld spatter from sticking to the part. To date, our FluoroClad SDFC, two-coat water-based dispersion metallic reinforced polymer coating system has proven very effective as anti weld spatter protection.

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The Top Benefits of Metal Finishing

Metal finishing alters the surface of metal, which makes it more resistant to rust, corrosion, and wear. Without proper finishing, metal can be damaged quickly by air pollutants, chemicals and normal wear. In fact, without metal finishing, the lifespan of certain metal products would only be a fraction of what it could be.

Enhanced Appearance

A number of different techniques can be used to accomplish metal finishing, such as silk screening, e-coating, powder coating, anodizing and plating. Regardless of the method chosen, the greatest benefit to this process is the improvement to the overall appearance of the metal product.

The process works to remove any sharp edges, clean the surface and then smooth it. The finished product can be a matte, glossy or textured finish. In addition to removing unsightly and potentially dangerous burrs, a number of other surface flaws can also be eliminated through this advanced process. Decorative options can be modified, such as glass beading, metal polishing, color application and custom metal plating.

Enhanced Resistance

When products are overlaid in a protected metal finish, another major advantage is the increased longevity of the product. When left without treatment, metal will wear and disintegrate at a much faster rate than if it had been processed with metal finishing.

Metal finishing provides greater durability and resistance to abrasion, which protects against corrosion, chemical damage and wear. This is especially important in industries that require the use of hardwearing operative machinery.

Easy Cleaning

Finally, metal finishing provides considerable ease of cleaning for metal products. Adhesion and contamination are reduced due to the incredible smoothness of the surface. In addition, the finish will reduce the amount of time required to spend cleaning it. Nor will harmful chemicals that could increase the rate of wear need to be used in order to keep surface areas clean.

We have the capability to properly finish any type of metal surface. To learn more about the benefits of metal finishing call us today.

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Thermal Spray Coating: Processes And Choice Criteria

Thermal spray originated in the late 19th century. Between 1882 and 1889, M.U. Schoop registered patents for the earlier predecessor of a thermal spray coating process. By the end of World War II, advances made the process more economically feasible and improved the overall capabilities of the application. Today, it is possible to apply a variety of both metallic and non-metallic coatings to materials.

Four Categories

The application of such coatings falls into one of four major categories. These are:

  • Flame Spray
  • Electric Arc Spray
  • Plasma Arc Spray
  • High-velocity oxygen fuel (HVOF)

These supply the energy to heat the material used in the coating process. The result is either a molten or a semi-molten state. In turn, these heated particles are propelled towards the designated surface in one of two ways:

  • Gases
  • Atomization jets

The particles hit the surface and bond with it to create the effect specified by the client. For thicker layers, the operator will apply further layers of the sprayed particles.

Choice Criteria

At Secoa Technology, we select the appropriate thermal spray method by talking to our clients and considering the variables including:

  • Requirements: What is the purpose of the coating? What will be the working environment?
  • Preference: What type of coating do you want?
  • Budget: What is your budget?
  • Size, Shape, and Thickness: What are the size, shape and thickness of the components?
  • The Surface of the Workpiece: Is it a single-phase material e.g. metal, a composite or layered?

Having this information will help us decide the ideal thermal spray coating for the surface substrate of the workpiece.

Thermal Spray Coating

Thermal spray is an evolving technology. At Secoa Technology, our professional staff is here to help guide you in your choice of the right thermal spray coating for your components. Whether you are looking for one that provides water or resistance or even both, our technicians are ready to offer their expertise.

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Metal Finishing: Anti-Corrosion Options

At Secoa Technology, we work hard to provide you with the best options for improving your metal components. Our metal finishing solutions are both versatile and durable. They can also address any specific needs your components may require. A constant demand by many companies is for a metal finish that meets and exceeds the demands of a harsh and corrosive environment. We can provide you with several potential anti-corrosive selections.

Superior Anti-Corrosion Options

Finishing companies offer various types of products and services to protect parts from the corrosive elements of air, water, and chemicals. Our anti-corrosive options currently consist of the following:
  • Epoxy: This anti-corrosive powder coating is suitable for waste treatment, water valves, and other metal coatings, in thin to heavy builds.
  • Nylon: This polymer is popular for use in a variety of finishing applications. Nylon is a “green” coating that provides industrial equipment with high corrosion resistance. Several industries that utilize nylon powder coatings effectively are IT, medical, and automotive. We use Rilsan ® Nylon 11 to achieve optimum results.
  • Other Polymers: Polymers come in many types with diverse properties. They rank high among certain industrial concerns for their durability and anti-corrosion properties. Polymer coatings are popular for providing protection for piping, pumps, and valves of many kinds of industrial equipment.
  • Plascoat: Can be applied to steel as a replacement for stainless steel, which makes it perfect for the municipal, architectural, and food industries (i.e. dishwasher racks).

Anti-Corrosion Powder Coatings and Metal Finishing

If you need to protect your products against corrosion – chemical or elemental, you need to be able to trust the capabilities, experience, and knowledge of your metal finishing company. At Secoa Technology, our team of professionals will provide you with the most suitable options for protecting your components and guide you through the process of making the best decision possible.
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Powder Coating Services: Using Plascoat

Corrosion occurs throughout many different environments. Often times, architectural, industrial, and commercial structures are affected. Equipment supports and other machinery and devices fall prey to corrosive elements unless steps are taken to protect them. At Secoa Technology, we ensure the longevity and durability of your components through our various powder coating services.

Turning to Plascoat

While polyester, nylon, and epoxy powder coatings are common protective coverings for the substrate metals, a lesser known substance is making strides in Europe, Australia, and North America. This is Plastcoat, a thermoplastic powder coating. Once restricted to being used on dishwasher racks and other commonplace stainless steel equipment, it has since been making inroads into other markets. These include municipal, architectural, and food industries.

The product offers low maintenance costs while minimizing any production of hazardous gas fumes. Overall, Plascoat plastic powder coating possess the following features or properties:

  • Robustness
  • Durability
  • High performance
  • Low toxicity this includes the emission of fumes or other gases
  • Versatility
  • UV resistant
  • Extremely long-living or lasting
  • Impervious to animal urine and graffiti
  • Has approval for both water and food contact
  • Extremely low water absorption

In addition, this coating provides outstanding anti-corrosion properties. In fact, our engineers say it is the best in terms of resisting abrasive and harsh environments. It can easily withstand wear-and-tear as well as exposure to a hostile environment without any effect on its ability to perform. Plascoat also does not require primer or curing, making it a great option for our powder coating services.

Powder Coating Services and Plascoat

We offer our clients a wide variety of means through which they can protect their valuable components from degradation and destruction. The selection will depend upon the substrate metal, client preference and the intended purpose of the part. Among our many powder coating services, we proudly offer the versatile, durable and cost-effective Plascoat.