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Preferred UK Vicote polymer coater appointed

Victrex has appointed the Armourcote division of Surface Technology as preferred UK coater of its 'Vicote' anti-wear and anti-corrosion high performance polymer coatings.

News from Surface Technology (19 October 2006)

Black magnetite finishing time cut to minutes

Utilizing a seven tank process line and a patented two-step chemistry reduces part black magnetite finishing time from days to just minutes while improving finish part quality.

News from Birchwood Casey ( 4 September 2006)

Hole coating eases cartridge heater removal

A patented, high temperature solid lubricant coating, bonded directly to the heater sheath for ease of handling for cartridge heaters, facilitates easy removal from precision drilled holes.

News from Durex Industries ( 4 August 2006)

Coatings improve lithium-ion batteries, fuel cells

Advanced, one component coatings for lithium-ion batteries and hydrogen fuel cells are highly conductive, tough, tenacious, chemical- and solvent-resistant and are applied by brush or spray.

News from Acheson Colloids ( 3 August 2006)

Coating combats transport graffiti menace

When applied as a protective coating to the interiors and exteriors of railroad cars and other rolling stock, a product dramatically reduces the time and cost of restoration after a graffiti attack.

News from Copon E Wood (25 July 2006)

Tungsten carbide coating resists H2S cracking

A tungsten carbide coating, has proven resistant to sulphide stress cracking and stress corrosion in hydrogen sulphide environments in independent NACE TM0177 tests done by Bodycote.

News from Hardide Coatings (25 July 2006)

Super-durable filter coated onto lenses

A producer of highly durable thin film coatings has developed an abrasive-resistant, super-durable filter, which can be coated onto curved surface lenses for high accuracy applications.

News from Deposition Sciences (DSI) (12 July 2006)

Sputtering technique developed for laser mirrors

With the continuous and rapid development of new high power lasers requiring higher energy and power density handling, a new sputtering technique has been developed for laser mirrors.

News from Laser Components (UK) (15 June 2006)

Precision thin film coatings and filters

Barr Associates has signed a definitive agreement to acquire the assets of Optical Coating based in Natick, Massachusetts.

News from Barr Associates (29 May 2006)

CVD coating approved for fighter components

 User application article   A novel chemical vapour deposition tungsten carbide surface coating, which combines abrasion, erosion, friction and chemical resistant properties, has been approved for Eurofighter components.

News from Hardide Coatings Limited ( 1 May 2006)

UV curable conformal coatings unlikely to 'crack'

Significant advancements in the field of UV curable conformal coating materials have produced an extremely flexible, physically, making the product less likely to 'crack' under thermal cycling.

News from Concoat (26 April 2006)

Titanium anodised to build oxide layer and colours

For the anodising and colouring of titanium an anodiser uses varied voltage levels to produce an oxide layer as well as introducing a range of colours from lemon yellow to deep purple.

News from Balco Engineering Ltd (19 April 2006)

Gels brush on metal to provide speciality finishes

Brush-on antiquing and blackening gels provide fast, easy finishing of large surfaces of iron, steel, copper, brass and bronze parts without forming runs and drips or bleeding onto adjoining surfaces.

News from Birchwood Casey ( 2 February 2006)

Improve corrosion protection to tooling products

Finishing process imparts a low temperature, non-polluting black oxide anti-corrosion coating to high value tooling components such as toolholders, workholding and turret press tooling.

News from Birchwood Casey (11 January 2006)

Structures protected with UV coatings

Custom UV coatings are supplied for protecting various substrates such as stone, marble and metals, and include a portable ultra-violet curing system.

News from Synchron ( 9 January 2006)

Coatings applied without overspray or mist

Spray valve that features a slim and long nozzle enables the spraying of any available coating material more accurately and repeatedly without any overspray or mist.

News from DIMA SMT Systems NL (30 December 2005)

Powder coatings data added to knowledge base

Application notes relating to the powder coatings and pharmaceutical industries have been added to Malvern Instruments' Mastersizer 2000 section of its knowledge base.  Brochure available  

News from Malvern Instruments (26 December 2005)

UV curable conformal coating does not crack

A UV curable conformal coating material is easy to process and will not 'crack' under thermal cycling, and has none of the problems normally associated with these materials.

News from Concoat (15 December 2005)

Corrosive elements inside packaging neutralised

Birchwood Casey has introduced its new Intercept SPS packaging, which creates a protective, corrosion-free zone around metal parts stored inside.

News from Birchwood Casey ( 1 December 2005)

Paint/powder coating ovens monitored efficiently

A simple to use oven monitoring system offers temperature profiling and quality control for measuring that the paint and powder coating process is efficient and correct.

News from Grant Instruments (Cambridge) (20 October 2005)

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