Finishing - July-August 2023
In this issue... ‘It’s a question that seems to be being asked more and more at the moment; Do we really care about the environment? The Government has been accused by a departing minister that we are abandoning our environmental pledges and it seems that we are turning our back on green energy and returning to fossil fuels. Is the right way to go and does industry need to do this to remain competitive? Even the most blinkered individual can see that the UK’s climate is changing, but have we got the tools to change, either legislatively or technologically? It will be interesting to see if this becomes more of a political issue in the coming months as a general election becomes ever closer.
In this issue...
‘It’s a question that seems to be being asked more and more at the moment; Do we really care about the environment? The Government has been accused by a departing minister that we are abandoning our environmental pledges and it seems that we are turning our back on green energy and returning to fossil fuels. Is the right way to go and does industry need to do this to remain competitive?
Even the most blinkered individual can see that the UK’s climate is changing, but have we got the tools to change, either legislatively or technologically? It will be interesting to see if this becomes more of a political issue in the coming months as a general election becomes ever closer.
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<strong>July</strong>/<strong>August</strong> <strong>2023</strong><br />
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<strong>July</strong>/<strong>August</strong> <strong>2023</strong> – Volume 47 Number 4 – ISSN no. 0264 2506<br />
In this issue...<br />
‘It’s a question that seems to be being asked more and more at the moment;<br />
Do we really care about the environment? The Government has been accused<br />
by a departing minister that we are abandoning our environmental pledges and<br />
it seems that we are turning our back on green energy and returning to fossil<br />
fuels. Is the right way to go and does industry need to do this to remain<br />
competitive?<br />
Even the most blinkered individual can see that the UK’s climate is changing,<br />
but have we got the tools to change, either legislatively or technologically? It will<br />
be interesting to see if this becomes more of a political<br />
issue in the coming months as a general election becomes<br />
ever closer.<br />
News<br />
Newsdesk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4<br />
Features<br />
The shape of water . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10<br />
Into the Futura . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12<br />
Wheels up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14<br />
Going in house . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16<br />
It’s a Cinch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20<br />
Are you ready for the green effect . . . . . . . . . . . . . .22<br />
Powder perfection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .26<br />
Mellow yellow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .30<br />
Selective satisfaction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .44<br />
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Novec HFE replacements<br />
3M has announced that it will stop manufacturing the Novec HFE<br />
materials by the end of 2025. They also have stated in a letter sent to<br />
all their customers that they cannot guarantee supply and that current<br />
users should be looking at alternatives as quickly as possible.<br />
While there are no immediate issues with supply it would be<br />
prudent to consider your options before the supply of the 3M®<br />
materials becomes an issue. Frasers can help with direct drop in<br />
alternatives to the Novec materials as well as alternative technologies<br />
such as water wash and solvent recovery systems etc.<br />
There are a few direct drop in alternatives available, but it should be<br />
noted that many of these contain HFE materials manufactured by 3M.<br />
These can sometimes be hidden away and not openly declared so it is<br />
important to know what is in any alternative you are considering and<br />
the source of these materials. Frasers can assist with evaluating your<br />
current application and offer free advice on legal compliance and safe,<br />
available alternatives such as the Chemours Opteon speciality fluids<br />
which are direct drop in alternatives.<br />
Suitability of equipment, material compatibility, product performance<br />
and legal compliance are just some of the key areas to look at here.<br />
Frasers can run application trials with suitable alternatives and advise<br />
on alternative chemistries and or equipment if relevant.<br />
You can either be proactive and line up suitable alternatives in<br />
advance or wait until supply ends or is interrupted. The choice is yours<br />
but, but supply will stop and switching systems can sometime take<br />
time, so allow time for this.<br />
Chemical partnership<br />
The Bodo Möller Chemie Group is expanding its cooperative<br />
partnership with manufacturer Henkel Adhesive Technologies. The<br />
special chemicals experts are now also distributing to Belgium,<br />
Luxembourg and the Netherlands.<br />
In doing so, they will be focusing on products for electrical and<br />
electronic applications as well as for e-mobility, sensors, lighting, rail<br />
and aerospace. This includes the complete Bergquist product range of<br />
thermally conductive materials. In this way, the entire value chain for<br />
thermally conductive solutions will be covered – from selecting the<br />
technically most suitable material through to cutting and the<br />
production and logistics chain.<br />
Thanks to the extended collaboration with Henkel, Bodo Möller<br />
Chemie now also offers a complete adhesive solutions portfolio for the<br />
electronics industry with renowned brands Loctite and Bergquist.<br />
Accreditation achieved<br />
HMG Paints has received JOSCAR supplier accreditation. The Joint<br />
Supply Chain Accreditation Register (JOSCAR) Registration Mark is<br />
valued by some of the largest purchasers in the defence, aerospace<br />
and security community and indicates to potential customers that<br />
HMG has successfully demonstrated its commitment and credentials<br />
to the industry.<br />
JOSCAR is recognised by some of the largest purchasers in the<br />
defence community such as BAE Systems, Babcock, Boeing, Leidos,<br />
Leonardo QinetiQ, Raytheon, Rolls Royce and the Ministry of Defence<br />
(MOD). It is used a single repository for pre-qualification and<br />
compliance information to determine if a supplier is “fit for business”.<br />
The award of the accreditation will allow HMG Paints to further<br />
develop its sales within the defence industry and other markets.<br />
“We are delighted to have gained the JOSCAR supplier<br />
accreditation” commented Alan Sharples, defence sales manager at<br />
HMG Paints. “The award is testament to the investment and<br />
innovation we’ve made into the business and the marketplace over the<br />
last few years. It also represents a huge opportunity area for us and<br />
we’re excited to start working with the businesses who utilise JOSCAR<br />
to find suppliers.”<br />
No slowing down<br />
SECO/WARWICK is not<br />
slowing down and boasts a<br />
record order portfolio at the<br />
end of last year - PLN 566<br />
million (an increase of 66%<br />
y/y). This success is influenced<br />
by balanced development, wellthought-out<br />
investments, and a<br />
long-term strategy to support<br />
green technologies.<br />
The Group’s excellent results<br />
last year were influenced by<br />
growth in the production<br />
activities in China, dynamic<br />
development in the American<br />
market, and the huge number<br />
of orders related to the<br />
electromobility industry<br />
expansion. In 2022, the<br />
company had an increase of<br />
over 80 % netprofit compared<br />
with the previous year, and<br />
sales revenues amounted to<br />
PLN 622 million in this period<br />
(PLN 463 million in 2021).<br />
Such results set the bar high,<br />
but this year’s first quarter<br />
summary shows that<br />
SECO/WARWICK does not<br />
intend to rest on its laurels and<br />
consistently implements longterm<br />
growth strategies.<br />
<strong>Finishing</strong> – <strong>July</strong>/<strong>August</strong> <strong>2023</strong>
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The BCF has appointed its first female preseident at its<br />
conference in Derby<br />
Aerospace award<br />
The Aerospace Coatings business of AkzoNobel has achieved the<br />
highest supplier award in the Airbus Supply Chain & Quality<br />
Improvement Program (SQIP). The team once again attained<br />
‘Accredited Supplier’ status for Airbus Procurement Operations,<br />
materials and parts.<br />
The award acknowledges AkzoNobel’s ongoing focus on delivering<br />
a sustained performance aligned to agreed KPIs, strong continuous<br />
improvements, and a proven customer-oriented approach in line with<br />
Airbus targets and expectations.<br />
It particularly recognizes the developments and process<br />
improvements across all of the AkzoNobel Aerospace sites. It also<br />
reflects the ongoing drive to further reduce the supply chain risk<br />
associated with sourcing and securing the supply of raw materials<br />
conducted by Procurement teams and Research and Development<br />
teams within the business.<br />
Alexia Apostolou, Airbus key account manager at AkzoNobel<br />
Aerospace Coatings, says the award is recognition of a journey of<br />
continuous improvement: “We realize that the best can always be<br />
better, and we are constantly challenging ourselves to enhance the<br />
quality of our products and our service,” she explains.<br />
Curing for the coil industry<br />
Beckers has adapted the use of UV/EB curing technology for the coil<br />
coating industry and has been developing and testing suitable paint<br />
formulations since 2005 as the application technology itself has<br />
developed. Beckers’ first coil coating radiation curing system has been<br />
launched earlier in <strong>2023</strong> and its LCA study highlighted significant<br />
sustainability benefits for UV/EB coil coating compared with<br />
conventional techniques.<br />
Beckers conducted LCAs for conventional solvent-borne and waterbased<br />
coil coating techniques, as well as the new UV/EB technology.<br />
The assessments covered a cradle to customer gate perspective –<br />
including the manufacture of the coating, its component raw materials<br />
and the customer’s coil coating process for each coating technique.<br />
“The LCAs highlighted that UV/EB coil coating significantly reduces<br />
CO2e emissions and enhances resource efficiency compared with<br />
conventional coil coating techniques,” explains James Maxted, global<br />
product sustainability director. “Sustainability-related savings are<br />
primarily realised from the cold-cure UV/EB process that does not<br />
require natural gas and can instead use electricity from renewable<br />
sources. UV/EB curing also requires much less paint per square metre<br />
than standard solvent-based formulations which carry significant<br />
quantities of solvents that are necessary to facilitate application, but<br />
which are removed in the ovens and combusted via Regenerative<br />
Thermal Oxidizers (RTO).”<br />
Over 150 senior business leaders and decision-makers from the<br />
UK's paints, coatings and printing ink sectors gathered in Derby for<br />
the <strong>2023</strong> British Coatings Federation (BCF) Annual Conference. The<br />
conference also marked the close of current BCF President Guy<br />
Williams’ two-year tenure, with the baton being passed to incoming<br />
President, Sharon Harte of Dacrylate Paints.<br />
Sharon becomes the first female President of the BCF – or its<br />
predecessor organisations – in its 111-year history.<br />
Speaking of his time as President, Guy thanked the Board and<br />
said it had been an honour to serve the industry.<br />
“BCF has developed considerably over the last 10 years, and I<br />
have no doubt it will continue to grow and thrive. Looking back, I<br />
take immense pride in the achievements of BCF in recent years.<br />
Starting with the new HQ in Coventry, we’ve seen the Federation<br />
strengthen significantly and has twice been named Trade Association<br />
of the Year. Financially we are on a very sound footing now and<br />
Corporate Governance is exemplary, ratified with the Trade<br />
Association’s Good Governance Award in February this year, with<br />
high engagement at Board Level and a clear strategy for the years<br />
ahead.”<br />
Commenting on her appointment, Sharon Harte said that she was<br />
looking forward to serving the for the next two years and<br />
supporting the BCF team.<br />
“I would like to personally thank Guy for his fantastic leadership<br />
throughout his presidency which must be one of the most turbulent<br />
periods in the industry’s history. Looking forward, the BCF, like<br />
many others, will face significant challenges ahead. However, the<br />
BCF is continuing to punch above its weight on key issues such as<br />
UK REACH, Net Zero, and changes to packaging and building<br />
regulations.”<br />
Tom Bowtell, CEO of BCF, added: “We are all looking forward to<br />
working with Sharon in her new role as President. She is a great<br />
servant of, and advocate for the industry. We know we have so<br />
much more to do in terms of addressing diversity issues in our<br />
industry but this marks another step in the right direction. We have<br />
more female BCF Board members than ever before too and we<br />
have, collectively, pledged to do more to prioritise further progress<br />
in terms of diversity and inclusion across the sector as a whole.”<br />
Coating’s highest honour<br />
Geoff Mackrill was awarded the coatings industry’s highest honour, the<br />
Silver Medal, at the British Coatings Federation Conference in Derby.<br />
Geoff took over the running of his family business, Teal and Mackrill,<br />
in Hull in 1999. He has been active within the BCF since the early 2000s<br />
and has led BCF’s campaigning with Government departments on<br />
several key issues – most notably defending the use of anti-fouling<br />
coatings for the marine sector with HSE and Defra.<br />
Serving on the BCF Board of Directors since 2002, Geoff also currently<br />
holds the chair of the BCF Marine Coatings Group, a position he has<br />
held for the last five years. On top of this, he spent six years representing<br />
the UK paints industry in Europe as a board member of CEPE, the<br />
European coatings association. Geoff helped ensure BCF maintained its<br />
seat at the table, facilitating the British Coatings industry to be<br />
represented within Europe post-Brexit.<br />
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REACH reset?<br />
The British Coatings Federation<br />
(BCF) has called for a “reset” in<br />
the development of a UK<br />
REACH system that supports UK<br />
businesses amid growing<br />
concern that a workable solution<br />
remains a long way off.<br />
Speaking at the BCF’s Annual<br />
Conference, held on Thursday<br />
25th May, Chief Executive Tom<br />
Bowtell said: “After years of back<br />
and forth, it is becoming<br />
increasingly clear that the<br />
Government’s plan for<br />
establishing a UK REACH<br />
regime is not going to be<br />
successful as industry requires.<br />
We welcome the current pause<br />
applied to the REACH<br />
registration deadlines but work<br />
on an Alternative Registration<br />
Model also seems not to be<br />
addressing many of the concerns<br />
that led to that pause in the first<br />
place.<br />
“The Government knows that<br />
a sub-optimal application of UK<br />
REACH could cost UK industry<br />
billions of pounds but we are<br />
not currently seeing the<br />
application and creativity<br />
required to find a solution that<br />
works. The ongoing uncertainty<br />
is bad for business planning and<br />
investment and yet we are no<br />
nearer a position of clarity.<br />
“There is time to get the right<br />
solution for the UK coatings<br />
industry, but to achieve that<br />
outcome we believe there needs<br />
to be a fundamental shift in<br />
approach and a reset of the<br />
process. We are committed to<br />
upholding high standards of<br />
environmental and human<br />
health and safety while also<br />
aiming for a manageable and<br />
efficient regulatory set up that<br />
supports – rather than<br />
suppresses – business. If<br />
genuine progress is not realised<br />
quickly, there is the risk of<br />
irreparable damage not just to<br />
the UK chemicals sector but to<br />
downstream users and<br />
formulators of chemicals, like<br />
those in the coatings sector, who<br />
have to use thousands of<br />
different substances in their<br />
products, as well as to UK<br />
manufacturing more widely.<br />
“BCF looks forward to<br />
continuing to engage with Defra<br />
towards initiating that reset and<br />
finding a workable solution to<br />
the UK REACH problem.”<br />
Digital platform launched<br />
AkzoNobel has launched My Interpon Portal, an extended digital e-<br />
commerce platform with enhanced features and functionalities to give<br />
customers fast, easy access to the information and products they need<br />
to keep their powder coating lines rolling and stay one step ahead of<br />
the competition.<br />
My Interpon Portal is much more than an online shop for<br />
customers to buy Interpon products. Instead, it is a central online<br />
resources platform to help coaters not only discover the world’s<br />
leading range of Interpon powder coatings, but also see and<br />
experience how a multitude of colors and textures will perform<br />
through a 3D lightbox color visualization tool. Intelligent features and<br />
functionality enable customers to easily navigate the site and search<br />
for, find and compare hundreds of Interpon products, all at the touch<br />
of the button.<br />
Administration has also been made easy, to manage new, ongoing<br />
and repeat orders. A Track and Trace feature enables customers to<br />
see how their order is progressing, while past and present invoices<br />
can also be accessed, reviewed, printed, and filed.<br />
Ordering has also been made simple: users can instantly see<br />
what’s in stock and how quickly they can get the powder coatings<br />
they need, with the corresponding technical specification data which<br />
can be downloaded to help them make the right decision. Customers<br />
can also quickly re-order products that they use most often.<br />
QUALICOAT members meet in Cork<br />
As the Association covers both the UK and Ireland, the second<br />
members council meeting of the year was held at Architectural &<br />
Metal Systems (AMS), based in Cork, who kindly offered their<br />
meeting room facilities for the event which was attended by thirty<br />
members.The meeting took place within the AMS offices,<br />
overlooking the ‘Lough Mahon’ on Little Island and despite the<br />
warm weather outside, the meeting was opened by Chair, Angus<br />
Mackie, who welcomed everybody to the meeting and thanked<br />
AMS for their hospitality and assistance in organising the meeting.<br />
Following a round table delegate introduction, the Chair<br />
welcomed two new member companies at the meeting, Ross<br />
Hartshorn & Eddy Webb from Garnalex and Declan Deane from<br />
Deane Roofing. Both companies were awarded their licences in<br />
early <strong>2023</strong>.<br />
After matters of business were covered, the Members discussed<br />
the upcoming Surface Live Show at the NEC on the 4th & 5th of<br />
October and attendance at the ZAK World of Facades in London<br />
later in the year on the 8th November. The Surface World Live<br />
show brings people together from all the surface coatings<br />
businesses and associations to discuss and review the Industry.<br />
Supporting the event, QUALICOAT Members will be present to<br />
discuss the benefits of membership of the Association.<br />
The ZAK World of Facades event, which takes place in London,<br />
brings together the complete facade supply chain including<br />
specifiers who are working on projects in the UK and overseas.<br />
QUALICOAT is taking a tabletop stand at the show and will be<br />
on-hand during the conference break-outs to offer guidance on<br />
specification of architectural powder coatings which adorn the<br />
majority of facades around the globe.<br />
Most UK & Ireland members are now using chrome-free<br />
pretreatment systems and the Members were reminded that the<br />
use of hexavalent chromate in the UK for pretreatment will be<br />
banned by the HSE from September 2024 due to its carcinogenic<br />
properties. Pretreatment systems Members confirmed that their<br />
products will be withdrawn for sale in the UK at that time but that<br />
the product will continue to be used in other countries around the<br />
globe as it remains within QUALICOAT approval.<br />
Two further companies applying for QUALICOAT application<br />
licences are very close to being awarded. One UK systems<br />
company in the West Midlands and an applicator business in the<br />
South East. Both companies have recently cleared initial<br />
inspections, with these two companies in membership later in the<br />
year, twenty eight of the UK’s leading architectural powder coat<br />
applicators will be QUALICOAT approved licensed applicators.<br />
Training for the members laboratory technicians, which takes<br />
place once a year and is obligatory for members to attend at least<br />
once every two years, will be held in the Midlands on the 21st<br />
November and be run by the independent German test house<br />
IFO. More information will be available on the website prior to the<br />
event.<br />
On the technology, front there will shortly be a further appendix<br />
added to the QUALICOAT Specification. The new appendix will<br />
cover post forming of powder coated profiles. As technology in the<br />
metal curving world has advanced allowing specifiers freedom in<br />
design, there has been little research undertaken to determine the<br />
life expectancy of the coatings on the profiles that have been<br />
shaped after powder coating.<br />
<strong>Finishing</strong> – <strong>July</strong>/<strong>August</strong> <strong>2023</strong>
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10 PAINT<br />
The shape of water<br />
Clariant has launched a set of wetting<br />
and dispersing agents that enable<br />
coatings’ manufacturers to extend the<br />
open time of their acrylic lacquers and<br />
polyurethane (PU) lacquers, and lengthen<br />
current post-application correction windows<br />
for these water-based systems.<br />
“The switch from solvent to water-based<br />
paint systems has made the control of the<br />
drying and film-forming process a key<br />
property for all paint formulators. Particularly<br />
within the decorative and industrial coatings<br />
markets, increasing the workability time to fix<br />
painting errors on a freshly applied film and<br />
avoid permanent visible brush marks can add<br />
value to help differentiate a brand’s product<br />
for users. We are providing paint<br />
manufacturers with pre-assessed, easy-tocompare<br />
solutions to support their product<br />
development and open time goals,”<br />
comments Sebastian Prock, head of<br />
marketing industrial applications, BU Care<br />
Chemicals, Clariant.<br />
Customers can have confidence in finding<br />
the perfect match for their specific<br />
requirements from the new portfolio. Clariant<br />
has used its two new industry-leading inhouse<br />
open-time testing methods to assess<br />
each additive in both paint systems using fast<br />
and reproducible measurements, which<br />
avoids the inaccuracy of the visual evaluation<br />
and low reproducibility of the current<br />
standard industry methods. As well as<br />
support for extending open time, the wetting<br />
and dispersing agents also offer formulators<br />
the possibility to solve multiple problems at<br />
once. The multifunctional additives have been<br />
tested for their performance regarding<br />
blocking resistance, gloss, leveling, and<br />
sagging, highlighting the potential for even<br />
more end-product improvements.<br />
“There has been a need for quantitative<br />
determination of open time which allows for<br />
accurate comparison of paint additives and<br />
their performance. Our formulation expertise<br />
and new measuring techniques put us in a<br />
unique position to support formulators with<br />
recommendations for acrylic and PU lacquer<br />
systems, making it easier to find the right<br />
solution to extend the open time of their<br />
paints, and simultaneously other properties<br />
too,” comments Zhigang Miao, head of<br />
industrial applications, BU Care Chemicals<br />
Clariant.<br />
Clariant’s open-time extenders include<br />
EcoTain labelled solutions recognized for their<br />
outstanding sustainability advantages. To<br />
discover the options and access the selection<br />
guide and more information visit<br />
www.clariant.com/Additives-for-Paint.<br />
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12 PAINT<br />
Into the Futura<br />
In North America, AkzoNobel Powder<br />
Coatings has launched its much-anticipated<br />
Interpon Futura Collection, revealing 46<br />
new distinct colors under three brand new,<br />
on-trend color palettes – Merging World,<br />
Healing Nature and Soft Abstraction – helping<br />
designers and architects connect to the latest<br />
developments in the built environment.<br />
Building on AkzoNobel’s proven leadership<br />
in the architectural powder coatings market,<br />
and in particular its extensive choice of<br />
superdurability and color, the new collection is<br />
the result of rigorous testing and scientific<br />
research by AkzoNobel’s trend and color<br />
specialists involved in the building and<br />
construction sector. It is also the result of more<br />
than two decades of evolution, during which<br />
time the collections have inspired innovative<br />
designs all over the world.<br />
Launched with the promise to ‘Futura your<br />
world’, the new range delivers a superdurable<br />
performance with a warranty up to 20-years,<br />
enabling architectural creations to stand the<br />
test of time. With a building’s legacy<br />
determined by its ability to withstand its<br />
surroundings, the durability provided by<br />
Interpon powder coatings reflects the brand’s<br />
proven commitment to sustainability and the<br />
environment.<br />
As a powder coating, the collection uses no<br />
solvent emissions or volatile organic<br />
compounds and supports AkzoNobel’s<br />
broader sustainability goals. The company has<br />
committed to eliminating carbon emissions by<br />
50% in the value chain and using 100%<br />
renewable energy by 2030 as it looks to lead<br />
a revolution in sustainability. Interpon’s<br />
architectural range is showing full<br />
transparency with its recently updated<br />
Environmental Product Declaration (EPD),<br />
helping real estate owners and developers to<br />
achieve points towards Green Building<br />
certification.<br />
“The Interpon Futura Collection has been<br />
created with the future in mind,” says Alan<br />
Alex, Commercial Director North America -<br />
AkzoNobel Powder Coatings. “Our new<br />
collection provides architects with world class<br />
colors that enable them to bring their<br />
imagination to life. It also provides a<br />
sustainable choice in powder coatings that<br />
both protects buildings and lowers the<br />
environmental footprint compared to other<br />
coating solutions.”<br />
Bob Dirks, global segment manager<br />
architectural of AkzoNobel Powder Coatings<br />
describes the importance of innovation for the<br />
architects of tomorrow: “The range<br />
demonstrates Interpon’s commitment to<br />
delivering the highest quality colors, textures<br />
and finishes to enable architects to Futura their<br />
world and ours. That’s why we are constantly<br />
innovating, while collaborating with our<br />
network to bring insights and research to<br />
predict future trends and ensure you’re always<br />
one step ahead.”<br />
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14 ALLOY WHEELS<br />
Wheels up<br />
Ever wondered what exactly happens to<br />
your product inside your paint oven<br />
during normal production? That is<br />
exactly what the PhoenixTM new Optic<br />
system for Paint Process monitoring allows<br />
you to do. The system can monitor the<br />
product temperature profile and<br />
simultaneously record video of your product<br />
travelling through the cure oven at<br />
temperature.<br />
The PhoenixTM VIS-64 Optic system was<br />
recently used to validate the operation of the<br />
Ri Wheel Systems Ltd alloy wheel<br />
refurbishment line installed at the Dick Lovett<br />
Group. To our knowledge, this is the first<br />
time that a combined optical and<br />
temperature profile of a powder coating line<br />
has been performed.<br />
The PhoenixTM Optic system allows thruprocess<br />
paint defect detection using optical<br />
profiling. The high-resolution video camera<br />
can safely travel through the paint oven with<br />
an independent torch recording video<br />
footage of what the product sees. The system<br />
is just like your car ‘Dash Cam’ the only<br />
difference being that the journey is through<br />
a cure oven operating up to 200 °C. During<br />
the same run a temperature profile of either<br />
the oven temperature and or product<br />
temperature can be performed using the<br />
PTM1200 data logger.<br />
From the optical profile run, video of the<br />
alloy wheels journey through the oven was<br />
obtained showing smooth unhindered travel.<br />
The excellent field of view allowed a<br />
comprehensive inspection of the inside of the<br />
oven and operation of the chain on edge<br />
conveyor system.<br />
Amazingly, from the optical profile even<br />
detail powder coating process transitions<br />
were detected. It is possible to see the<br />
powder coating transitions from virgin<br />
powder through the melt, flow, and final<br />
cure stages.<br />
Consider combined temperature and<br />
optical profiling of your continuous paint<br />
cure process and open your eyes to the<br />
hidden mysteries of what happens inside that<br />
black box that is your paint cure oven.<br />
Whether temperature or optical monitoring,<br />
PhoenixTM your finishing oven to find, fix<br />
and forget those coating cure problems!<br />
PhoenixTM VIS-64 Optic System used on the Ri Wheel Systems Ltd alloy wheel<br />
refurbishment line at the Dick Lovett Group.<br />
PhoenixTM Optic System still video image of the video captured thru-process<br />
showing detail of the oven condition and wheel transfer.<br />
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16 SPRAY BOOTHS<br />
Going in house<br />
From a standing start in 2012, Datalec<br />
Precision Installations (DPI) has grown<br />
into a substantial business delivering<br />
high quality and cost-effective design, supply,<br />
installation, commissioning and managed<br />
services to the demanding data centre sector.<br />
Constantly in the pursuit of perfection,<br />
Datalec is always looking at ways to better<br />
service its customers and is continuously<br />
innovating, improving and developing its<br />
portfolio. The result is a ‘one call, one team’<br />
solution for its customers that is designed to<br />
deliver a seamless and integrated end-to-end<br />
result.<br />
Datalec approached Gema UK & Ireland to<br />
explore the options to bring its coating facility<br />
‘in-house’ as part of their continuous<br />
improvement strategy. The team at Gema<br />
engaged with Datalec and its selected pretreatment<br />
& oven supplier to ensure that the<br />
design brief was fully met and obtained the<br />
best all round value for the Datalec business<br />
strategy.<br />
Datalec manufactures a wide range of aisle<br />
containment and caging solutions including<br />
security cage partitions, enclosures, and<br />
louvres plus a variety of other metal products<br />
to provide a complete end-to-end solution for<br />
the data centre industry.<br />
Their brief included a focus on overall<br />
sustainability, scalable platform, quality,<br />
reliability and process repeatability combined<br />
with the lowest running costs. The team from<br />
Datalec visited installations from different<br />
manufacturers and chose Gema to provide<br />
their new powder coating system. Datalec had<br />
the opportunity to view various Gema systems<br />
and engage with Gema customers to<br />
understand their experience in installing and<br />
using this powder coating system. Datalec was<br />
able to verify the performance criteria outlined<br />
by the Gema team at the time of quoting.<br />
Delivered towards the end of 2022, the<br />
new system is enhancing Datalec’s portfolio<br />
by providing quality products and bringing<br />
this service in-house.<br />
The design includes a quick colour change<br />
facility with up to 60 standard colours being<br />
used in the business, with special finishes<br />
available upon request. The line operates at<br />
up to 1.5m/min and is capable of processing<br />
parts within a 300mm wide x 1,500mm high<br />
x 4300mm long work envelope.<br />
The new system includes the latest Gema<br />
BA04 Magic Compact booth which is a<br />
double skinned enclosure with an Equiflow<br />
self-cleaning floor. The whole structure is<br />
designed to minimise the amount of powder<br />
adhering to the structure and enables<br />
extremely quick colour changes with the<br />
minimum of operator input. When the unit is<br />
in operation, the majority of reclaimed powder<br />
is recovered automatically, recycled and fed<br />
back to the guns in a seamless flow. We<br />
expect powder reclaim efficiency of up to<br />
97%. This high efficiency is possible due to<br />
the powder flow circuit being optimised to<br />
ensure that the powder is conveyed smoothly<br />
to reduce powder degradation whilst it is in<br />
transit. The powder pumps, ducting, cyclone<br />
and hoses are modelled using the latest fluid<br />
dynamic software which keeps the powder in<br />
‘tip top’ condition.<br />
The Gema OC06 All in One Powder<br />
Center keeps the powder flowing accurately<br />
and allows the reclaimed powder to be dosed<br />
back into the main feed tank (OptiSpeeder)<br />
with incredible accuracy to maintain a<br />
consistent blend of virgin and reclaimed<br />
powder. This keeps the finish uniform. The<br />
Gema OptiCenter also has a facility to adjust<br />
the blend ratio of reclaimed powder which is<br />
particularly advantageous when processing<br />
metallic powders. The cleanliness of every<br />
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continues on page 18
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18 SPRAY BOOTHS<br />
Gema OptiCenter is a primary benefit and the<br />
inbuilt filtration system ensures the unit<br />
operates under a high negative pressure,<br />
keeping all powder spills within the confines of<br />
the enclosure. This negates the need for<br />
external doors which are fitted on other<br />
systems, which means all the features for the<br />
operators and maintenance technicians are<br />
easily accessible at any time.<br />
The Magic Compact Gema booth has four<br />
automatic GA03 guns fitted, two on each side<br />
of the booth to accurately coat the parts<br />
suspended on the overhead track. A manual<br />
gun is also fitted at the exit side of the booth<br />
which allows operators to manually touch-in<br />
complex parts. All the coating guns have the<br />
‘precise charge control’ and ‘Direct Valve<br />
Control’ features built in. This means a<br />
superior finish is achieved with the minimum<br />
over application of powder.<br />
To comply with the ATEX and Health &<br />
Safety regulations, Gema systems are supplied<br />
with a zone map and fire suppression and<br />
detection equipment.<br />
Separate to the automatic booth, a smaller<br />
open fronted Classic Gema booth is also<br />
fitted in the conveyor line. This booth<br />
includes an offline manual OptiPro coating<br />
gun and allows for parts to be coated in very<br />
small batches without having to change the<br />
colours on the main line. This feature helps<br />
maintain a high level of production.<br />
Brian Alexander, Quality Manager at<br />
Datalec, has shared his thoughts on the new<br />
system purchased from Gema.<br />
“Making the change from using multiple<br />
outsourced suppliers to creating an in-house<br />
powder coating facility required a detailed<br />
business plan. After a thorough evaluation we<br />
selected GEMA given their extraordinary<br />
reputation together with an impressive<br />
operational capability relating to useability,<br />
scalability, and reliability.<br />
The plant has been fully operational for<br />
only a few months but has already proven to<br />
be a great investment for us. Our powder<br />
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and enables us to responsively deliver results<br />
to the same exacting standards and quality<br />
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20 CONNECTORS<br />
It’s a Cinch<br />
C<br />
inch Connectivity Solutions is a supplier<br />
of high quality, high performance<br />
connectors. Their products are used to<br />
satisfy the most demanding and complex<br />
requirements in various applications such as:<br />
military, aerospace, telecommunications,<br />
medical, oil and gas etc.<br />
In early 2022, D&S Ultra-Clean Ltd<br />
supplied a ‘Cleanseal’ ultrasonic, solvent<br />
cleaning machine to Cinch to clean<br />
components during the manufacturing<br />
process. The machine was commissioned on<br />
NovecTM 73DE and has worked successfully<br />
since that time. Kevin Davis, sales and<br />
technical manager at Cinch, comments:<br />
“Providing a high-quality product to our<br />
customers is of paramount importance and<br />
effective cleaning of components is critical to<br />
this process. The machine and solvent worked<br />
well together from the start, so we were really<br />
happy.”<br />
Towards the end of 2022, 3M made the<br />
announcement that they would be<br />
discontinuing manufacture of Novec products,<br />
and this obviously caused some concern at<br />
Cinch. Kevin Davis again: “The cleaning<br />
process was really working well and had<br />
integrated well with our production process,<br />
so the announcement came as something of a<br />
shock. Clearly, we would need to begin the<br />
process of identifying and evaluating<br />
alternatives and it was essential that we could<br />
maintain the high standard of cleanliness we<br />
had become accustomed to.”<br />
Fortunately, as the newly appointed UK<br />
distributor for Microcare critical cleaning<br />
products, D&S Ultra-Clean was able to<br />
simplify the process for Cinch. Steve Jones,<br />
managing director at D&S Ultra-Clean, takes<br />
up the story. “We’d been in discussions with<br />
Microcare for some time, and our in-house<br />
testing indicated that the ‘Tergo’ cleaning<br />
fluids performed well in our ‘Cleanseal’<br />
machine. We knew Microcare was a wellestablished<br />
company with many years’<br />
experience in the development and supply of<br />
cleaning fluids and this gave us great<br />
confidence moving into what was a new<br />
product area for us.”<br />
D&S contacted Cinch to discuss ‘Tergo’ as a<br />
viable alternative to Novec and to offer<br />
evaluation trials. Cinch provided sample<br />
components, and these were cleaned in<br />
‘Tergo’ MCF at D&S Ultra-Clean’s<br />
demonstration facility in Runcorn. “The trials<br />
were carried out within a few days and the<br />
samples returned to us. We found them all to<br />
be 100% clean with a very bright finish and<br />
no staining” commented Kevin Davis “The<br />
positive trial results and the supporting<br />
product information provided by D&S meant<br />
we could move forward quickly and plan<br />
replacement of the fluid.” Coincidentally,<br />
Cinch were preparing to move to a new<br />
facility and so it was decided to commission<br />
the ‘Cleanseal’ machine on ‘Tergo’ MCF to<br />
coincide with the move to the new premises.<br />
“D&S Ultra-Clean carried out the conversion<br />
for us and all the work was planned to fit in<br />
with the move, so it was trouble free.”<br />
Cinch has now been using ‘Tergo’ MCF for<br />
several months and Kevin Davis is delighted<br />
with how things are going. “We have been<br />
able to maintain a very high standard of<br />
cleanliness on all our parts, which was always<br />
our primary objective but, as an added bonus,<br />
we’re also benefitting from a dramatic<br />
reduction in the running costs of the process<br />
since switching to ‘Tergo’ MCF. Maintaining<br />
cleaning performance and reducing costs has<br />
been a real positive outcome.”<br />
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22 ENERGY<br />
Are you ready for the green effect?<br />
The coating industry is very energy<br />
demanding. This is a fact that has been<br />
known to us for long, but we never<br />
knew exactly how much energy that escapes<br />
during the process. Now we know.<br />
We are meeting up with Petter Törefors,<br />
CEO and owner of HangOn AB, a Swedish<br />
developer and manufacturer of solutions for<br />
hanging, masking, and handling, solutions that<br />
today are distributed to more than 40<br />
countries around the world. For starters the<br />
business idea was mostly about helping<br />
customers to increase efficiency and<br />
profitability in their coating process, a mission<br />
in which they have succeeded. But the<br />
question that has been eating away during the<br />
last couple of years, ever since HangOn<br />
conducted a life cycle analysis (LCA) on their<br />
own products 20 years ago, is the question of<br />
sustainability. All while visiting customers and<br />
exploring their needs for further development.<br />
And it is obvious that finding the right<br />
solutions for sustainability in the coating<br />
industry by increasing hanging density is the<br />
most important thing we can do for our<br />
customers, Törefors says.<br />
Sustainability – a top priority<br />
In the coating industry for the last decades,<br />
sustainability has been a top priority when it<br />
comes to limit emissions, preventing air and<br />
water pollution and putting effort to<br />
reformulate and produce environment-friendly<br />
coatings. Furthermore, the coating industry<br />
has gone long ways to explore the<br />
development of bio-renewable technologies to<br />
reduce the carbon footprint. An array of<br />
certified environmentally preferable paints and<br />
coatings are available, which all together have<br />
much lower levels of toxicity, while also<br />
having recyclable content. Some of these<br />
paints are not only environmentally friendly,<br />
but also more cost-effective than conventional<br />
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Energy consumption in the<br />
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terms of sustainability aspects. One essential<br />
question to be investigated has been to<br />
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and the energy losses in a coating line.<br />
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“What the study rather surprisingly<br />
revealed, was that regardless of how much<br />
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consumption is constant up to between 80<br />
and 90 percent. For example, increasing the<br />
goods flow times five per hour with HQChanging<br />
instead of regular hooks, will only<br />
increase the total energy consumption with 18<br />
percent,” Törefors says.<br />
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24 PROFILE<br />
A family affair<br />
HMG Paints has been named the<br />
Manufacturing Family Business of the<br />
Year at the Family Business of the Year<br />
Awards <strong>2023</strong>. The awards, hosted by Family<br />
Business United, took place in the serene<br />
Medicine Garden located within the grounds<br />
of the Royal College of Physicians. The event<br />
aimed to recognise and celebrate the<br />
invaluable contributions made by family firms<br />
to the national economy.<br />
“Family businesses are the engine room of<br />
the UK economy and with 6 million family<br />
firms employing around 14 million people in<br />
all corners of the country they make a massive<br />
impact each and every day” commented Paul<br />
Andrews, Managing Director of Family<br />
Business United. “Incomes are generated, jobs<br />
provided and wealth created but as one of the<br />
family members said to me, ‘That is just the<br />
tip of the iceberg. Family businesses care and<br />
want to be seen as doing the right thing,<br />
doing business the right way.’”<br />
The accolade of Manufacturing Family<br />
Business of the Year is a testament to HMG<br />
Paints’ commitment to excellence, innovation,<br />
and the preservation of its family legacy, with<br />
the judges also recognising the companies<br />
support for the wider family business<br />
community. As a multi-generation familyowned<br />
business, HMG Paints has consistently<br />
demonstrated its dedication to producing<br />
high-quality paint products and industryleading<br />
solutions for over nine decades.<br />
John Falder, Chairman of HMG Paints,<br />
expressed his gratitude for the recognition<br />
received by the company, stating, "Being<br />
named the Manufacturing Family Business of<br />
the Year is an incredible honour for HMG<br />
Paints. We are immensely proud of our<br />
heritage and the values that have guided our<br />
family business since its inception. This award<br />
is a testament to the hard work and<br />
dedication of our team, who consistently strive<br />
for excellence in everything we do."<br />
HMG Paints Ltd has been at the forefront<br />
of the manufacturing industry, continuously<br />
delivering innovative products and solutions to<br />
a diverse range of customers. The company's<br />
commitment to sustainability, customer<br />
satisfaction, and community engagement has<br />
further strengthened its reputation as an<br />
industry leader.<br />
Paddy Dyson, marketing manager “Being<br />
able to collect the award on behalf of all the<br />
team back at Riverside Works is an honour.<br />
We’re extremely proud just to be nominated<br />
for the award and be in the company of so<br />
many fantastic family businesses but to receive<br />
the Manufacturing Family Business of the Year<br />
Award was a fantastic surprise.”<br />
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26 POWDER COATING<br />
Powder perfection<br />
Established in 1895, Ritherdon have been<br />
manufacturing a variety of electrical<br />
enclosures and related products for<br />
many decades. A passion for innovation with<br />
close working relationships with their<br />
customers means that they are continually<br />
developing and expanding their product<br />
ranges.<br />
These products are used across a wide<br />
variety of industries such as Industrial<br />
metering panels for the electricity supply<br />
industry, EV Charger Enclosures, Data and<br />
Fibre cabinets & Passive Fire Protection<br />
Products.<br />
Their stainless steel electrical enclosures are<br />
also used in many other applications where<br />
electrical or electronic equipment needs<br />
protecting from the elements, from solar<br />
photovoltaic farms in the UK to oil wells in<br />
Saudi Arabia.<br />
Ritherdon have recently invested in their<br />
coating process with the purchase of a Magic<br />
Compact powder coating system from Gema<br />
UK & Ireland. After viewing various<br />
manufacturers, Gema was the chosen supplier<br />
due to the reputation Gema has for market<br />
leading after sales, low running costs, quality<br />
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Gema supplied their premium Magic<br />
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great option to consider. The advantages of a<br />
consistent controlled powder cloud, less<br />
powder degradation and exceptionally long<br />
service life are key factors in maintaining<br />
repeatable outputs day after day.<br />
The new powder coating paint plant will<br />
also boost efficiency and help Ritherdon<br />
further reduce the environmental impact of<br />
their manufacturing process due to the<br />
exceptionally efficient powder recovery circuit<br />
which can reclaim up to 97% of powder. The<br />
additional inverter-controlled filter drive system<br />
only consumes the power needed and<br />
automatically drops to idle mode when no<br />
part is detected, saving significant cost, and<br />
reducing the carbon footprint.<br />
The new state-of-the-art powder coating<br />
plant keeps Ritherdon providing the best<br />
powder coated finish, quality and<br />
performance.<br />
The management team at Ritherdon<br />
proudly shared that “We look forward to<br />
increasing our capacity, providing the best<br />
paint finish for our products and most<br />
importantly doing so in an eco-friendly way.<br />
Making use of the advanced technology that<br />
allows the OptiCenter to reclaim up to 97% of<br />
the powder used, after being recovered and<br />
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We pride ourselves in our quality powder<br />
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cabinets, feeder pillars, meter boxes and<br />
FireSeals. The powder coated finish make<br />
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28 INSTALLATIONS<br />
Seco helps Italian business grow<br />
Business has been growing so<br />
quickly for Italian medical implant<br />
manufacturer Permedica that it<br />
can barely keep up with demand.<br />
However, a new strategy for its<br />
CNC department, in partnership<br />
with Seco Tools, has started to<br />
make a powerful increase to its<br />
productivity.<br />
The global market in medical<br />
implants is booming. One<br />
estimate says that the compound<br />
annual growth rate (CAGR)<br />
between 2022 and 2030 will be<br />
5.4%, increasing the overall value<br />
from $95.1 billion to $145.6<br />
billion.<br />
Over the past decade, this<br />
constant upward trend has seen<br />
Italian-based implant<br />
manufacturer Permedica<br />
transform itself from being a wellrespected<br />
name in its native<br />
market to becoming an<br />
international business. The<br />
company now has subsidiaries in<br />
Switzerland, Germany, India,<br />
Austria, South Korea, Australia,<br />
and France, with plans for<br />
expansion to the UK and US in<br />
the pipeline. Export now makes<br />
up 60% of its 35 million annual<br />
turnover.<br />
But Permedica’s rapid growth<br />
has posed what the company’s<br />
Sales Manager Federico Perego<br />
calls “extreme challenges” to its<br />
productivity.<br />
“Many distributors, partners<br />
and surgeons love our products<br />
for their design and quality, so<br />
they keep demanding more and<br />
more. Unfortunately, we can’t<br />
keep up with current demand,<br />
and how the CAGR rate is<br />
increasing in our sector,” says<br />
Federico, the son of Permedica’s<br />
founder and President, Marco<br />
Perego.<br />
Initially, the management tried<br />
to address this by increasing<br />
resources.<br />
“We were trying to solve the<br />
problems internally by investing<br />
in more people for our company<br />
and streamlining the training<br />
process to perform a better<br />
method of manufacturing,” says<br />
Federico.<br />
“However, it was a problem of<br />
multiple issues that characterise<br />
our complex operational structure.<br />
And the family nature of our<br />
business makes it important for us<br />
to solve problems because we<br />
haven’t got the time or resources<br />
to do everything.”<br />
The turning point came when<br />
the parent of one of the<br />
company’s distributors suggested<br />
a meeting with Seco in 2022.<br />
That began an improvement<br />
journey, and a partnership, that<br />
continue to gather momentum to<br />
this day.<br />
After an initial assessment of<br />
the factory by South Europe<br />
Cluster Manager Steven Bell,<br />
Permedica and Seco Tools Italy<br />
agreed to start a pilot to address<br />
a key productivity bottleneck in<br />
Permedica’s CNC department<br />
that was creating problems for the<br />
supply chain in its hip cup<br />
products.<br />
“One of our machines could<br />
not operate at night due to the<br />
programming and the kinds of<br />
tools we were using. The material<br />
was overheating, which was<br />
stopping the machine and<br />
meaning that it couldn’t be<br />
programmed to operate<br />
automatically during the night,”<br />
Federico explains.<br />
“Due to Steven being so clear<br />
and practical in his assessment of<br />
the problem, and because he had<br />
a team and a structured proposal<br />
to manage the issue, I<br />
automatically trusted them with a<br />
pilot. Steven and Seco were<br />
always very direct in relation to<br />
the issue and in proposing a<br />
better solution. They didn’t make<br />
a promise they couldn’t keep, and<br />
they didn’t just try to sell us tools.<br />
Instead, they helped us to solve<br />
what was an important issue for<br />
Permedica.”<br />
One of the Seco Tools Italy<br />
team working with Permedica,<br />
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Manager Matteo Foglietta, adds,<br />
“We were able to address swarf<br />
issues that were a big problem for<br />
the night shift.<br />
“So Permedica has gained not<br />
only more productivity in terms of<br />
a shorter cycle time, but also an<br />
increase in capacity of the<br />
machine during the night in the<br />
unmanned shift. This is also<br />
thanks to the global competence<br />
from our innovation hub that we<br />
can bring to the customer side<br />
through the local and technical<br />
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Federico Perego estimates that<br />
this initial success has helped to<br />
increase Permedica’s productivity<br />
by more than 40%. Now further<br />
initiatives, including the installation<br />
of tool vending machines to help<br />
with warehouse management, are<br />
underway.<br />
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30 CORROSION<br />
Mellow yellow<br />
Corrosion comes in many different forms<br />
with many different solutions, which is<br />
why it is important to be aware of the<br />
multiple metal types in need of protection.<br />
Someone who does not take this into account<br />
may do more harm than good by trying to<br />
inhibit corrosion with the wrong chemistry.<br />
Cortec suggests looking at three key factors to<br />
understand some of the corrosion risks and<br />
abundant solutions when yellow metals are in<br />
the picture.<br />
Key 1: Know What Is Inside Your<br />
Application<br />
Whenever a manufacturer, project owner,<br />
or other individual seeks a corrosion solution,<br />
it is imperative to ask what types of metals are<br />
in the system. This is because yellow metals<br />
need different corrosion inhibitors than ferrous<br />
metals (e.g., steel), and because some ferrous<br />
rust inhibitors are actually aggressive to yellow<br />
metals. A small mistake of not realizing that a<br />
copper sensor or other yellow metal is present<br />
inside a tank treated with corrosion inhibitors<br />
aggressive to yellow metals can cause serious<br />
problems for the end user and the consultant<br />
who prescribed the product, leaving everyone<br />
worse off than if they had done nothing.<br />
Some common examples of equipment<br />
containing yellow metals are electrical cabinets<br />
and heat exchangers. Countless others exist<br />
throughout the industrial world. It is therefore<br />
part of the user’s due diligence to verify<br />
whether any yellow metals are present before<br />
applying treatment.<br />
Key 2: Know What Is<br />
Surrounding Your Application<br />
It is also important to know what is on the<br />
outside of the application. In other words, how<br />
corrosive is the surrounding environment?<br />
Yellow metals like brass and copper are<br />
typically more resistant to corrosion than<br />
ferrous metals and are often used for this<br />
reason. However, extra protection may be<br />
needed for harsh environments such as those<br />
experienced by new copper wires and tubing<br />
being shipped overseas, electrical panels and<br />
control boxes installed at paper mills or<br />
wastewater treatment plants, and copper heat<br />
exchanger tubing in refineries with high<br />
sulfuric gases. In short, more corrosives raise<br />
the risk of corrosion and warrant additional<br />
protection.<br />
Key 3: Know What the Product Is<br />
Like<br />
The next step is to match the corrosion<br />
inhibiting product to the application. First and<br />
foremost, verify the product is not aggressive to<br />
yellow metals. A close second priority is to find a<br />
product that actively protects yellow metals.<br />
Fortunately, a wealth of options exists, as most<br />
Cortec VpCI® materials include multi metal<br />
protection unless otherwise noted. Third, it is<br />
important to match the product characteristics to<br />
the type of application. Some great examples<br />
are as follows:<br />
• CorShield VpCI-146 Paper for protection of<br />
copper parts and wire during shipment<br />
• VpCI-105 and VpCI-111 Emitters for<br />
protection of electrical cabinets (with built-in<br />
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• ElectriCorr VpCI-239 for cleaning and<br />
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• Cooling Loop Gator for cooling tower layup<br />
• VpCI-308 Pouch for protection of large<br />
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• VpCI-126 Bags and BioPad for easy<br />
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• Corrosorber cups for absorbing hydrogen<br />
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Though yellow metal are known for their<br />
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exists for their protection. Knowing the metals<br />
involved, the degree of corrosion hazards, and<br />
the specific benefits various corrosion solutions<br />
have to offer are the first steps to successful<br />
corrosion protection of yellow metals.<br />
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32 IMAGING<br />
Using particle showers to scan the<br />
interior of structures<br />
Earth is constantly being struck by cosmic<br />
particles. High-energy muons can easily<br />
penetrate several meters of steel or<br />
concrete. A team at the German independent<br />
research institute Helmholtz-Zentrum<br />
Dresden-Rossendorf (HZDR) seeks to harness<br />
the potential of this unavoidable background<br />
radiation to view the interior of industrial<br />
facilities or structures. The problem is that<br />
muon detectors used in high-energy physics<br />
at research centers such as CERN are highly<br />
sensitive and expensive. This is why<br />
tomography experts at the HZDR are now<br />
developing a demonstrator – a low-cost, largescale,<br />
and high-resolution muon detector for<br />
non-destructive condition monitoring. The<br />
Helmholtz Association is providing 500,000<br />
in funding for the project over a period of two<br />
years as part of its transfer campaign. The<br />
project is set to start on <strong>July</strong> 1, <strong>2023</strong>.<br />
According to the Federal Highway<br />
Research Institute, one in ten bridges in<br />
Germany is dilapidated. Corrosive attacks on<br />
concrete reinforcement have a major impact,<br />
which is why bridges are checked regularly.<br />
Continuous monitoring of production facilities<br />
is also essential in the basic materials industry,<br />
incurring enormous costs. Distillation columns<br />
up to 50 meters high, large steel casting<br />
plants, and rotary kilns for waste incineration<br />
must be brought to a standstill, because this is<br />
the only way to detect signs of wear. And<br />
what about the condition of the spent fuel<br />
elements currently kept in storage casks at<br />
Germany’s 17 interim storage facilities?<br />
“In theory, muon imaging is ideal for such<br />
applications,” emphasizes Professor Uwe<br />
Hampel, departmental head at the HZDR’s<br />
Institute of Fluid Dynamics. For example, it<br />
was in early March that the media again<br />
reported on a chamber discovered in 2017 in<br />
the 4,500-year-old Great Pyramid of Giza.<br />
What is a sensation for archaeologists owes<br />
much to muon imaging.<br />
Muons are a component of cosmic rays.<br />
The charged particles are extremely energetic<br />
and penetrate deep into materials. This is why<br />
high-resolution detectors can be used to<br />
obtain three-dimensional images of the<br />
interior of large industrial facilities and<br />
structures.<br />
“However, existing detector types are not<br />
sufficiently robust for monitoring, and are far<br />
too expensive,” explained the expert in<br />
imaging techniques in energy and process<br />
engineering. The cost drivers are complex<br />
manufacturing on the one hand, and the<br />
number of electronic channels required for<br />
high-resolution images on the other.<br />
Clever adaptation to obtain inexpensive<br />
and robust detectors<br />
It is hoped that new ideas will now help<br />
muon imaging achieve a breakthrough: One<br />
such idea is a detector concept with a special<br />
matrix structure for the electronics, which<br />
Hampel’s team originally designed for a<br />
patented wire-mesh sensor.<br />
“Our structure is characterized by the<br />
ability to locate and transmit signals in the<br />
area with high efficiency, and then evaluate<br />
them using algorithms developed in-house.<br />
We have already managed to transfer this<br />
scheme to muon detectors,” the engineer<br />
reported.<br />
In principle, the matrix structure is suitable<br />
not only for the wire electrodes of a gas<br />
ionization detector, but also for the optical<br />
fibers of a scintillation detector. Yet another<br />
advantage: Thanks to the sophisticated<br />
addressing scheme, both the number of<br />
electronics channels and the detector costs<br />
can be drastically reduced.<br />
In the MYTOS project, which has received<br />
500,000 in funding, experts at the HZDR are<br />
taking on the task of comparatively analyzing<br />
different detector principles. “We are<br />
particularly interested in whether the test<br />
detectors prove to be robust in an industrial<br />
environment, i.e. in the event of temperature<br />
fluctuations or vibrations,” Hampel explained.<br />
Armed with the knowledge gained, he and<br />
his team of experienced measurement engineers<br />
and scientists plan to build a prototype and test it<br />
experimentally in collaboration with potential<br />
users. Also on board are BASF, EWN<br />
Entsorgungswerk für Nuklearanlagen [EWN<br />
Nuclear Waste Disposal Plant], and the<br />
Bundesanstalt für Materialforschung und -<br />
prüfung [Federal Institute for Materials Research<br />
and Testing, BAM].<br />
As yet, the idea is limited to inspecting<br />
plants and structures using modular, mobile<br />
detectors at regular intervals. But Uwe Hampel<br />
is pursuing a clear vision: “In the long term, we<br />
want to reduce the cost of sensors and<br />
measurement technology to such an extent<br />
that stationary long-term monitoring becomes<br />
feasible.”<br />
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34 GALVANIZING<br />
Galvanized investment<br />
Major works to enhance the<br />
productivity and efficiency of a local<br />
manufacturing firm have been<br />
completed thanks to significant investment<br />
from its parent company.<br />
Hampshire-based Wessex Galvanizers Ltd,<br />
part of Wedge Group Galvanizing, has seen<br />
major improvements to its new processing<br />
line, with a new degrease tank, acid tanks<br />
and water rinse system installed, as well as an<br />
additional crane and a large extension to its<br />
building. These advancements will help to<br />
speed up production as well as increase the<br />
sustainability and efficiency of the plant.<br />
Richard Whiddett, sales manager at<br />
Wessex Galvanizers, said: “This investment<br />
has been extremely exciting for the plant,<br />
and will hugely increase our productivity to<br />
meet ever-evolving customer needs. The<br />
original works began in <strong>August</strong> last year<br />
where we prepared the shop floor for the<br />
new and improved processing line. In<br />
November, the building extension began<br />
which has created much more space in the<br />
back end.<br />
“Just before Christmas, the existing acid<br />
tanks were carefully removed before work<br />
started on the new bund - a vital piece of<br />
equipment that contains any leaks from the<br />
galvanizing tank and reduces potential fire<br />
hazards. The new tanks arrived from Austria<br />
and were fitted only a few weeks ago, and<br />
since 23rd January production has resumed<br />
as normal.<br />
“We’re incredibly grateful to all our<br />
customers for their patience whilst the<br />
renovation has taken place – the brand-new<br />
components will enhance our entire<br />
galvanizing process and also speed up<br />
production to allow us to work even smarter,<br />
more efficiently, and more sustainably.”<br />
Chris Woolridge, managing director of<br />
Wedge Group Galvanizing Ltd, added: “This<br />
is excellent news for Wessex Galvanizers and<br />
we’re pleased to see the plant back up and<br />
running as usual. It’s also a significant<br />
investment for Wedge Group as a whole, as<br />
we’re continuing to offer the very best<br />
service, using the very highest quality of tools<br />
and equipment, and a highly skilled and<br />
experienced team.”<br />
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history dating back over 150 years. With 14<br />
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36 ENVIRONMENT<br />
Turning green<br />
Caring for the environment is an<br />
important value of the<br />
SECO/WARWICK Group. It is<br />
understood not only as sustainable production<br />
of ecological and innovative solutions, but also<br />
as care for energy savings, involvement in<br />
ecological social campaigns or supporting<br />
Partners who contribute to improving the<br />
natural environment. This is a part of longterm<br />
strategy. SECO/WARWICK implements<br />
innovative technologies allowing our company<br />
to make many pro-environmental changes in<br />
the energy, aviation, automotive and recycling<br />
industries. Thus, it makes the world a better<br />
place – an ecological place.<br />
The innovations implemented at<br />
SECO/WARWICK directly related to the<br />
manufactured furnaces concern ecology,<br />
among others. Vacuum furnaces use vacuum<br />
(heat treatment under pressure created by air<br />
evacuation) as the protective atmosphere for<br />
heat treated part surfaces. “Vacuum heat<br />
treatment has a number of ecological<br />
advantages. Thanks to the vacuum-processed<br />
element’s high quality, the finished work does<br />
not require additional mechanical treatment,<br />
saving emissions, time and costs. No need for<br />
protective gases, zero start-up time, and<br />
minimal preparation time also increases the<br />
total value of vacuum processing. Using<br />
SECO/WARWICK vacuum solutions,<br />
customers around the world reduce their<br />
carbon footprint. LOW PRESSURE<br />
CARBURIZING (LPC) is a green alternative to<br />
traditional carburizing processes. It is available<br />
in CMe, Pit-LPC and Vector furnaces. It results<br />
in shortening the carburizing time by 5 times,<br />
which leads to both cost and energy<br />
consumption reduction,” explains Maciej<br />
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segment at the SECO/WARWICK Group.<br />
For aluminum technologies, an example of<br />
an ecological solution is the patented Vortex®<br />
Jet Airflow technology for processing<br />
aluminum coils that reduces processing time<br />
by up to 30% compared to other available<br />
technologies. The EV/CAB solution is<br />
SECO/WARWICK’s response to modern<br />
electromobility needs, or the eco-friendly<br />
JetCaster vacuum casting system with a gas<br />
crystallization method, which enables users to<br />
produce twice as many castings with a<br />
comparable level of energy demand, resulting<br />
in a reduction in production energy<br />
consumption by 40 % and cooling water<br />
consumption reduction by 50%.<br />
“Of course, these are not all of S(ECO)<br />
responses to the industry’s green appeal. We<br />
are a leader in the implementation of<br />
ecological solutions in metal heat treatment<br />
systems. We focus on both created as well as<br />
tried and true green solutions; in fact, an<br />
ecological approach is included in our<br />
mission, where we declare that the creation of<br />
innovative products providing our customers<br />
with reliable, safe and environmentally friendly<br />
heat treatment and metallurgy solutions can<br />
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CEO at the SECO/WARWICK Group.<br />
SECO/WARWICK changes its technologies<br />
to green by providing solutions that reduce<br />
production energy consumption, increase<br />
production efficiency, shorten process and<br />
treatment time, and reduce energy and<br />
process gas consumption.<br />
“The ECO prefix is inscribed in our name<br />
and the Group’s DNA. We do not talk and do<br />
not think differently about ecology other than<br />
Secology, because we look at environmental<br />
protection so broadly. Secology is therefore a<br />
set of projects and ecological social initiatives,<br />
ecological investments within the company<br />
and green technologies that we use or create.<br />
Therefore, Secology is not a new science or<br />
religion, it is the attitude and strategy of the<br />
SECO/WARWICK Group visible in various<br />
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SECO/WARWICK Group.<br />
“The ECO COMPANY <strong>2023</strong> award we<br />
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our green activities are important, valuable,<br />
and noticeable. We know that heavy industry<br />
can be ecological, and we consistently prove<br />
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38 EXHIBITIONS<br />
Choose right<br />
Today, component cleaning is a quality<br />
and cost-relevant production factor in<br />
every sector of industry, with a steadily<br />
growing significance. In addition to the various<br />
component cleanliness requirements, future<br />
company competitiveness will thus<br />
increasingly depend on fulfilling the high<br />
standards for resource and energy efficiency.<br />
As an information and procurement platform<br />
featuring the world’s most comprehensive<br />
range of products and services, parts2clean<br />
offers the right range of solutions for this. The<br />
supporting program of the 20th leading<br />
international trade fair for industrial parts and<br />
surface cleaning, taking place from 26 to 28<br />
September <strong>2023</strong> at the Stuttgart Exhibition<br />
Center (Germany), will provide information on<br />
all the latest trends, innovations and<br />
benchmark applications.<br />
Modified and new components, new<br />
manufacturing and coating technologies,<br />
innovative materials and material<br />
combinations, the increasing digitization of<br />
manufacturing – these and other trends also<br />
require new and adapted cleaning processes<br />
in industrial parts and surface cleaning. In<br />
addition to particulate contamination, there is<br />
an increasing focus on filmic contamination –<br />
which must be removed in a stable and<br />
efficient way. At the same time, ever-stricter<br />
energy efficiency and climate protection<br />
targets need to be met.<br />
Solutions for every task and<br />
industry<br />
“The exhibitors at this year's parts2clean will<br />
present ideally adapted and future- oriented<br />
solutions to meet these stiffer requirements,”<br />
reports Christoph Nowak, Project Director at<br />
Deutsche Messe. “These include<br />
developments in the area of wet chemical<br />
processes and dry cleaning technologies, as<br />
well as for improved energy and resource<br />
efficiency, greater cost-effectiveness and<br />
flexibility, and the integration of component<br />
cleaning into connected manufacturing<br />
processes.” A novelty at the anniversary event<br />
is the addition of the “High Purity” theme to<br />
the parts2clean core areas, which addresses<br />
special solutions for the semiconductor<br />
supplier industry, medical technology, sensor<br />
technology, electronics and numerous<br />
applications related to electromobility. The<br />
leading international trade fair for industrial<br />
parts and surface cleaning will be held at the<br />
Germany-based Stuttgart Exhibition Center<br />
from 26-28 September <strong>2023</strong>.<br />
Supporting program focuses on<br />
competition-relevant themes<br />
The exhibitor presentations across<br />
industries, technologies and materials will be<br />
complemented by a supporting program<br />
which is ideally adapted to the current<br />
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challenges in component cleaning. “With<br />
knowledge and expertise as well as<br />
approaches to solutions for process design,<br />
adaptation and optimization, the focus is on<br />
competition-relevant topics which are not<br />
covered anywhere else to this degree,” notes<br />
Nowak.<br />
Bilingual technical forum –<br />
value-added knowledge on<br />
basics and trends<br />
The bilingual technical forum at parts2clean<br />
has been one of the highlights of this leading<br />
international trade fair for many years.<br />
Renowned experts from research and science,<br />
as well as from associations and industry, will<br />
offer knowledge and expertise, as well as<br />
benchmark solutions, in simultaneously<br />
translated presentations (German English)<br />
on the following topics at this year’s event:<br />
“The basics of industrial cleaning processes” –<br />
this includes presentations on the mode of<br />
action of cleaning processes and media, drying<br />
processes, special features and the suitability of<br />
product carriers, and component design that is<br />
optimized for cleaning. The session<br />
“Monitoring and controlling cleaning<br />
processes” will focus on process automation,<br />
the use of AI (artificial intelligence) for cleaning<br />
and analysis processes, and integration into<br />
factory automation systems. In the<br />
presentation block “Cleaning for electrical<br />
engineering and electronics”, practical<br />
examples and special solutions will be<br />
presented, along with fundamental challenges<br />
and both the opportunities and limits involved<br />
in cleaning technology. The section “High<br />
purity applications – challenges and solutions”<br />
will address applications for, among other<br />
things, EUV lithography, semiconductor<br />
manufacturing, microtechnology, medical and<br />
pharmaceutical technology, while also<br />
highlighting actual innovations. For verification<br />
of the technical cleanliness achieved, the<br />
presentations in the “Monitoring and<br />
analyzing cleaned surfaces” section will<br />
provide detailed information and solutions.<br />
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40 PRE-TREATMENT<br />
Pre-treatment targets<br />
Goals like sustainability and saving<br />
valuable resources are increasingly<br />
becoming competitive factors across<br />
practically all industries. When it comes to<br />
cleaning a variety of industrial processing<br />
liquids, the cleaning centrifuges from Rösler<br />
offer a substantial potential for reaching these<br />
goals. Along with significant savings in the use<br />
of chemicals, they help reduce the<br />
consumption of water by up to 90 %. With<br />
these benefits the Dutch company Ulamo,<br />
specialized in powder coatings, could not only<br />
make a contribution towards environmental<br />
protection but was also able to reduce the<br />
annual costs for pre-treatment by thousands<br />
of Euros. Over the past 60 years Ulamo has<br />
grown to become a provider of complete<br />
coating solutions and today is a leading<br />
supplier for the manufacturers of radiators.<br />
The company, located in Ulft, Netherlands,<br />
offers powder coatings to customers all over<br />
Europe for various products made from<br />
aluminum and different steel grades. Ulamo<br />
also produces decorative radiator panels,<br />
which the company sells to its customers<br />
under the trade name - Sentimo“.<br />
Problems with the pretreatment<br />
liquids<br />
Before they can be powder-coated, the<br />
components must generally be de-greased<br />
and undergo a “wet” chemical cleaning<br />
process in the form of a spraying operation.<br />
The cleaning liquid, contaminated with dust<br />
and grease, is collected in a special tank. To<br />
maintain the cleaning characteristics of the<br />
liquid and re-use it, certain chemicals have to<br />
be added. The downside of this approach is<br />
that the degree of contamination is rapidly<br />
increasing. To partially offset the progressive<br />
contamination, the amount of added<br />
chemicals has to be continually raised. In<br />
addition, the dirt contained in the liquid<br />
migrates into the spray nozzles and,<br />
subsequently, is passed onto the components.<br />
This created numerous problems: Plugged up<br />
nozzles prevent the cleaning liquid from<br />
reaching all surface areas of the components,<br />
resulting in a highly erratic pre-treatment.<br />
Therefore, frequent controls of the nozzles<br />
and their exchange are becoming<br />
indispensable. This causes frequent<br />
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interruptions of production and high labor<br />
costs.<br />
Moreover, the liquids must be regularly<br />
replaced and cleaned, which is also costly and<br />
disturbs the production flow. In addition, the<br />
discharge of the tanks and refilling them is an<br />
environmental hazard.<br />
Simon Wagenaar, manager of the technical<br />
services department for coating at Ulamo<br />
Coating BV explains: „The contamination of<br />
the cleaning liquids was costing us thousands<br />
of Euros for personnel, lost sales and scrap<br />
parts.”<br />
Cleaning centrifuge eliminates<br />
the problems<br />
It is not surprising that Ulamo was looking<br />
for a solution to this problem and finally found<br />
one at the Dutch subsidiary of Rösler. The<br />
solution consists of a cleaning centrifuge: A<br />
charging pump transfers the liquid from the<br />
tank into the rotary basket of the centrifuge.<br />
The high centrifugal force of the rotary basket<br />
causes the tiny dirt fines to be deposited on<br />
the basket wall in the form of sludge. The<br />
liquid, now free of the contaminants, is<br />
transferred back into the cleaning process.<br />
Simon Wagenaar continues: „Any investment<br />
in new equipment should amortize itself<br />
relatively quickly. Therefore, it is always good<br />
to learn that an investment really pays for<br />
itself. Rösler allowed us to test the centrifuge<br />
free of charge for a month. So, we only had to<br />
commit to a purchase after we had learned<br />
that our requirements can be met. For my<br />
department, where we are coating aluminum<br />
components, we installed a semi-automatic<br />
centrifuge.”<br />
A second centrifuge for coating<br />
of steel components<br />
Later on, for the coating of steel<br />
components, primarily radiator components,<br />
the company purchased a second cleaning<br />
centrifuge. Norbert Becking, production<br />
manager for coating at Ulamo Metaal B.V.,<br />
adds: „Once we saw how well the centrifuge<br />
technology works, we purchased a fully<br />
automatic centrifuge for my department. We<br />
had previously tested a unit from another<br />
supplier. But this was too big and complex.”<br />
Semi-and fully automatic<br />
centrifuges<br />
The semi-automatic centrifuge is used for<br />
the pre-treatment of aluminum components<br />
and is handling very contaminated liquids. The<br />
insertable basket containing the sludge<br />
separated from the liquid is manually<br />
exchanged and emptied once per day. This<br />
work is done without having to interrupt<br />
production. The fully automatic centrifuge for<br />
pre-treating steel components is connected to<br />
two tanks containing pre-treatment liquid. The<br />
centrifuge cleans the liquid from one tank at a<br />
time. Switching from one to the other tank is<br />
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handled by a special valve. The fully automatic<br />
centrifuge removes the sludge from the drum<br />
wall automatically and dumps it into a large,<br />
mobile container that must only be emptied<br />
once a month. Norbert Becking explains:<br />
“Rösler helped us in organizing the switch<br />
from one tank to the other. The compact<br />
machine is easy to operate. Twice a year it is<br />
thoroughly checked by Rösler and, therefore,<br />
demands very little attention by our technical<br />
department.”<br />
Zero scrap parts<br />
Both centrifuges have been in operation for<br />
over a year. And both investments have been<br />
a win for Ulamo. The spray nozzles are not<br />
plugged up anymore and must, therefore, not<br />
be checked and replaced so frequently. The<br />
pre-treatment liquids must only be replaced<br />
once a year instead of three times before.<br />
Because of the substantially more stable<br />
quality of the liquids fewer chemicals must be<br />
added. And finally, the employees became<br />
free to perform other, more productive tasks.<br />
Overall Ulamo is highly satisfied with the<br />
centrifuges. Simon Wagenaar concludes: „In a<br />
few years we want to replace the tanks in our<br />
production line. On this occasion we will<br />
replace the semi-automatic centrifuge with a<br />
fully automatic unit. Moreover, we plan to<br />
expand our production capacity with an<br />
additional line. For this project we will again<br />
use the products and service from Rösler.”<br />
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42 CLEANING<br />
Solvent alternative?<br />
With the increasing regulatory pressure<br />
on PFAS which might impact the<br />
future use of fluorinated solvents in<br />
industrial parts cleaning, many companies are<br />
racing to find direct drop-in replacements.<br />
SAFECHEM offers a long-term perspective –<br />
the use of modified alcohols in airtight<br />
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Increasing regulatory pressure<br />
on PFAS could impact use of<br />
fluorinated solvents<br />
Due to acceleratory global regulatory<br />
pressure on PFAS (per- and polyfluoroalkyl<br />
substances), many hydrofluoroethers (HFEs)<br />
and hydrofluoroolefins (HFOs) which fall<br />
under the definition of PFAS are now facing<br />
an uncertain future. Their use as fluorinated<br />
solvents in industrial parts cleaning could be<br />
restricted or prohibited.<br />
Many manufacturing companies are<br />
currently seeking variations of HFEs and<br />
HFOs which are PFAS-free to use as drop-in<br />
replacements in open degreaser. It is<br />
understandable because direct drop-in<br />
replacements can keep the operations running<br />
with minimal disruptions. But there is a much<br />
more important and far-reaching question for<br />
companies to consider: will drop-in<br />
replacements used in open and semi-open<br />
(normal atmospheric) equipment also make<br />
for a future-proofing cleaning approach –<br />
especially when viewed within the context of<br />
increasing regulatory requirements on health,<br />
safety and environmental protection?<br />
Not to forget that many fluorinated solvents<br />
are often blended with Trans-1,2<br />
dichloroethylene (t-DCE) – and t-DCE is under<br />
legislative pressure itself.<br />
Modified alcohols as a viable<br />
future-proof cleaning solution<br />
A viable cleaning solution should not only<br />
deliver quality cleaning results, but also enable<br />
cost efficiency, safety and sustainability. One<br />
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such solution is modified alcohol.<br />
SAFECHEM’s modified alcohol solvents –<br />
DOWCLENE 16-Series as well as DUALENE<br />
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and pH. With both non-polar and polar<br />
properties, they can effectively clean off nonpolar<br />
contaminants such as oils and greases,<br />
just as effectively as certain polar<br />
contaminations like cooling emulsions or solids<br />
such as particles and abrasives.<br />
Modified alcohols have a flashpoint and<br />
therefore must be applied in vacuum closed<br />
cleaning machines, or the so-called<br />
airtight/airless degreasers. Users currently<br />
operating open/semi-open equipment are<br />
likely to see the initial equipment expenditure<br />
as a hurdle. They might also be apprehensive<br />
about changing their cleaning process<br />
altogether.<br />
However, compared to the high<br />
consumption of fluorinated solvents (PFAS-free<br />
or not) and their running costs due to<br />
emissions and drag out losses, a closed<br />
cleaning machine can practically pay itself<br />
back due to the many cost savings it enables<br />
– in addition to increased process safety and<br />
minimized environmental impact.<br />
A closed vacuum cleaning machine can<br />
offer manifold advantages on cost, process<br />
stability and environmental protection:<br />
Cost efficiency<br />
• Solvents used in closed machines are<br />
much cheaper than fluorinated products<br />
• Solvent can be recycled and reused much<br />
more efficiently thanks to built-in vacuum<br />
distillation unit<br />
• Solvent lifespan can be further expanded<br />
by stabilizers, resulting in less consumption and<br />
fewer bath exchanges<br />
• Solvent in waste stream is minimized due<br />
to efficient recycling with vacuum distillation<br />
• Working chamber opens following vacuum<br />
drying – no solvent residues left on parts<br />
• The capability of modified alcohols to<br />
process both polar and non-polar<br />
contamination may reduce the need for<br />
additional cleaning processes<br />
Process security<br />
• Solvent condition can be regularly<br />
monitored on-site using simple test kits<br />
• Reliable good cleaning result<br />
• High solvent quality in rinsing step enables<br />
required level of cleanliness<br />
• Efficient vapor degreasing as last cleaning<br />
step thanks to high temperature difference<br />
between parts and vapor<br />
• Vacuum drying ensures that risk of solvent<br />
being trapped in blind holes/small crevices is<br />
minimized even when rotation isn’t used<br />
Environmental protection<br />
• Virtually no air emissions – a cost,<br />
environmental and safety benefit<br />
• Hermetically sealed construction means there<br />
is minimal risk of contaminating ground water<br />
• Operators have virtually no contact with the<br />
chemical<br />
• Safety containers such as the SAFE-TAINER<br />
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Adopt a long-term view when<br />
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option<br />
Changing your cleaning process from an<br />
open to a closed machine can take time and<br />
efforts. Technical consultation, testing and<br />
verification are particularly vital in the solution<br />
finding process.<br />
Users of fluorinated solvents which fall under<br />
the PFAS definition are now offered an<br />
opportunity to re-assess their current cleaning<br />
set-up and exploit alternative options which<br />
might bring even greater benefits in terms of<br />
cleaning performance, cost savings and<br />
sustainability standards in the long run.<br />
Direct replacement can be an option, but it<br />
must not be the only one. Companies are well<br />
advised to keep an open mind, explore and<br />
test until they settle on a technical solution that<br />
will not only serve them well today, but also in<br />
the years to come.<br />
Oven Temperature Logger<br />
Measures and records oven<br />
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• 6 K-type thermocouple ports<br />
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<strong>Finishing</strong> – <strong>July</strong>/<strong>August</strong> <strong>2023</strong>
44 PLATING<br />
Selective satisfaction<br />
The aerospace industry is a dynamic and<br />
innovative field with significant<br />
technological advancements over the<br />
past few decades. From the development of<br />
composite materials to the use of advanced<br />
computing systems, it’s constantly evolving to<br />
meet the demands of the modern world.<br />
The high cost of corrosion<br />
protection<br />
Corrosion is a significant concern in<br />
aerospace due to the harsh environmental<br />
conditions an aircraft will face. Atmospheric<br />
moisture, high altitude, and temperature<br />
changes are some environmental conditions<br />
that can cause corrosion more quickly. The<br />
industry constantly faces challenges in the<br />
battle against corrosion, as these conditions<br />
can cause structural damage, reduce the<br />
performance of critical components, and<br />
compromise safety. Additionally, the cost of<br />
material maintenance and the expense of<br />
corrosion mitigation drives up the overall cost<br />
of aircraft and spacecraft.<br />
Aerospace structures are often complex and<br />
have many different materials, making them<br />
difficult to inspect and maintain. This<br />
complexity makes detecting and addressing<br />
corrosion promptly challenging, leading to<br />
potential safety issues. With a highly regulated<br />
industry, consistent inspections and<br />
maintenance, including corrosion prevention<br />
measures, are a necessity. The equipment<br />
must be faultless and an indispensable<br />
requirement in the aerospace sector.<br />
Companies are turning to selective<br />
electroplating to ensure optimal performance<br />
of corrosion-prone components.<br />
Achieving precision and<br />
efficiency in component<br />
coating.<br />
Selective plating technology is a process<br />
that involves the application of a metal coating<br />
onto a specific area of a component. Masking<br />
materials are used to cover the areas of the<br />
component that do not require plating. The<br />
unmasked area is then plated using<br />
electroplating. The process is beneficial in the<br />
aerospace industry as it can be used to repair<br />
or refurbish critical components that are<br />
difficult, costly, or impossible to replace. This<br />
can include components that are no longer<br />
manufactured or components that are too<br />
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expensive to replace.<br />
One of the significant benefits of selective<br />
plating technology is that it can extend the<br />
component life of critical parts, reducing<br />
maintenance costs and improving the overall<br />
reliability of aircraft. The ability to enhance the<br />
performance of components by applying a<br />
coating that is more resistant to wear and<br />
corrosion is also why many industries,<br />
including aerospace, are turning to it.<br />
Reducing manufacturing<br />
downtime.<br />
The challenge of manufacturing downtime<br />
is that it results in a loss of production capacity<br />
and revenue, which can have significant<br />
implications for a company's bottom line. The<br />
impact of downtime can be particularly severe<br />
for businesses that operate in highly<br />
competitive markets, such as aerospace, where<br />
production delays can result in missed delivery<br />
deadlines, lost sales, and dissatisfied<br />
customers.<br />
This is why manufacturers must implement<br />
robust maintenance procedures, adopt<br />
predictive maintenance technologies, and<br />
continuously monitor and optimize their<br />
production processes to minimize unplanned<br />
downtime. This is where selective plating<br />
technology can come into its own, helping to<br />
repair aircraft components such as landing<br />
gear, flap tracks, and engine parts. It can also<br />
improve engine performance by applying<br />
coatings that are more resistant to wear and<br />
corrosion. As the aerospace industry continues<br />
to evolve, selective plating technology will only<br />
continue to be an increasingly important tool<br />
in the maintenance and repair of an aircraft.<br />
Electroplating and anodizing<br />
through SIFCO ASC's customized<br />
system.<br />
The Advanced Solution Control System<br />
(ASCS) by SIFCO ASC is an innovative<br />
electroplating technology that boasts cuttingedge<br />
dripless tooling. This means that all<br />
chemical solutions used in the process are<br />
recycled back into the system right at the<br />
surface of the workpiece, eliminating the need<br />
for catch trays. The dripless tooling also allows<br />
for an area of the aircraft to be plated in any<br />
orientation – flat, vertical, or above the<br />
technician’s head. This, in turn, creates a<br />
cleaner and more environmentally friendly<br />
working environment while also enhancing<br />
safety measures.<br />
Moreover, this portable technology can be<br />
taken directly to the part or component that<br />
requires electroplating, thus enhancing<br />
throughput and productivity. The reduced<br />
ergonomic risk also presents significant safety<br />
benefits for operators and employees. These<br />
advancements have led many technicians and<br />
engineers to abandon traditional surface<br />
finishing methods and adopt dripless plating.<br />
SIFCO ASC’s turnkey operation can<br />
seamlessly integrate into a production line,<br />
allowing businesses to eliminate shipping costs<br />
and scheduling issues associated with external<br />
vendors. Having complete control over the<br />
quality of the plated parts, with accurately<br />
controlled and consistent deposits and<br />
coatings requiring minimal operator<br />
involvement. Unlike typical tank plating lines<br />
that require large chemical volumes, brush<br />
plating technology significantly reduces<br />
solution volumes necessary for operation,<br />
minimizing environmental and safety concerns<br />
within your plant.<br />
To learn more about selective electroplating<br />
in the aerospace industry, you can down our<br />
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46 WORKSHOP<br />
Two new valves launched<br />
Alfa Laval is unveiling two new<br />
hygienic valves, the Alfa Laval<br />
Unique Mixproof CIP and<br />
Unique Mixproof Process,<br />
extending its hygienic doubleseat<br />
valve range to meet market<br />
demands. With the introduction<br />
of these two innovative mixproof<br />
valves, manufacturers concerned<br />
about product integrity now have<br />
a cost-effective way to enhance<br />
product safety while boosting<br />
process efficiency and<br />
sustainability.<br />
Proven performance, refined<br />
for purpose<br />
These two newcomers are<br />
built on proven performance, yet<br />
refined for purpose. The Unique<br />
Mixproof CIP is a double-seat<br />
valve that safely and efficiently<br />
manages the flow of cleaning<br />
media during cleaning-in-place<br />
(CIP). The Unique Mixproof<br />
Process, a compact version of<br />
proven Alfa Laval double-seat<br />
valves, is configurable and<br />
available in various sizes to meet<br />
manufacturers’ fundamental<br />
hygienic processing<br />
requirements. Both are capable<br />
of simultaneously routing two<br />
different fluids without the risk of<br />
cross-contamination, thereby<br />
contributing to more uptime and<br />
reduced total cost of ownership.<br />
“These new Unique Mixproof<br />
valves deliver product safety,<br />
process flexibility, straightforward<br />
maintenance, and opportunities<br />
for water and CIP media<br />
savings,” says Anders M. Lyhne,<br />
Flat matt steps into the light<br />
For designers and manufacturers in Thailand, creating surfaces with<br />
ultra matt finishes that bring a glint of brilliance and luminescence to<br />
their architectural creations just got easier following the launch of<br />
Interpon D2525 Flat Matt from AkzoNobel, a global leader in<br />
innovative, sustainable, and durable powder coatings.<br />
The new coating delivers a finer mica effect that enables an ultra<br />
matt surface to change appearance depending on the way light reflects<br />
on it, giving architects a finish that not only looks amazing, but also<br />
offers stunning levels of superdurability.<br />
irvan Cantez, commercial director South Asia at AkzoNobel Powder<br />
Coatings, says matt finishes are an architect’s dream: “All shades within<br />
the new range provide an astonishing non-reflective surface never seen<br />
before with an Interpon powder coating. Thanks to the metallic travel,<br />
light is capable of dancing across the surface while keeping its ultra<br />
matt appearance.”<br />
Sustainable alternative<br />
Aerospace development<br />
MecWash Systems has worked with major aerospace customers across<br />
the globe to develop efficient bespoke parts washing processes and<br />
systems to drive the effectiveness and reliability of their cleaning<br />
operations. This experience helps us to understand the complexity of<br />
the challenge and the unique requirements of many applications,<br />
which may affect the process options and chemistry used. For example,<br />
some components could be damaged by ultrasonics, excessive<br />
pressure or poor fixturing. Others are incompatible with particular<br />
chemistries or temperatures, which may cause longer term reliability<br />
problems. But despite potential constraints, high cleanliness<br />
specifications must always be delivered.<br />
John Pattison, managing director of MecWash, comments:<br />
“MecWash customers include some of the most prominent blue-chip<br />
aerospace companies such as BAE, Meggitt, UTC and SPS. Our team<br />
has developed system solutions to address the cleaning challenges of<br />
each individual application. We know that substandard cleaning will<br />
breach stringent requirements, so the need to achieve a first-class finish<br />
in aerospace is paramount. We work with customers to fully<br />
understand their situation and build their parts washing system to<br />
surpass expectations, no matter the application.” said Pattison.<br />
Metso has optimized its existing rotary kiln technology and is<br />
launching RotarEkiln an electrically powered, indirectly heated rotary<br />
kiln. The electric heating system of the RotarEkiln provides a<br />
sustainable alternative to the fuel-powered indirect rotary kilns available<br />
in the market.<br />
The RotarEkiln is comprised of modular heating sections, which<br />
offers superior temperature control over fuel-fired designs. It is fully<br />
customizable to cater to the specific performance requirements of the<br />
application, and the modules can easily be removed and exchanged<br />
for maintenance and repair.<br />
“The RotarEkiln is further proof of Metso’s front-running rotary kiln<br />
technology for the heat treatment of advanced materials. We have<br />
leveraged our decades of experience when designing this RotarEkiln<br />
and achieved kiln shell diameters of up to 5 meters. It is the only<br />
commercially available electric kiln with such a large scale,” shares<br />
Chris Urban, VP, heat transfer at Metso.<br />
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Products & Services<br />
Stewart Freshwater<br />
mobile: 07746 373 545<br />
email: s.freshwater@turretgroup.com • web: www.turretgroup.com<br />
Leading manufacturers of<br />
Jigs, Racking systems, Baskets, Heaters, Coils and many other<br />
products for the Anodising & Electroplating industry<br />
T: 01283 529314 • E: Sales@Supreme-Eng.com • W: www.supreme-eng.com<br />
abrasive blast cleaning equipment<br />
coating applications<br />
computer systems<br />
Abrasives<br />
Blast Rooms<br />
Blast Cabinets<br />
Spares<br />
PPE<br />
Servicing<br />
Training<br />
Recycling<br />
0114 254 8811<br />
www.hodgeclemco.co.uk<br />
We deliver results<br />
beyond the surface<br />
abrasive blast cleaning equipment<br />
HEAVY DUTY<br />
SHOTBLAST MACHINES<br />
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AIR BLAST ROOMS & CABINETS<br />
EXTRACTION / DUCTWORK SYSTEMS<br />
OVER 60 MACHINES IN STOCK<br />
DOUG BOOTH UK LTD<br />
(Est 1971)<br />
SPECIALIST ENGINEERS<br />
Tel: 01924 274887<br />
Fax: 01924 262219<br />
M/C Sales 07850 744377 Txt/WhatsApp 24hr<br />
Email: paul@dougbooth.co.uk (machines)<br />
jonny@dougbooth.co.uk (parts & service)<br />
Website: www.dougbooth.co.uk<br />
SURPLUS & TRADE IN MACHINES WANTED<br />
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abrasives<br />
coatings<br />
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and services to<br />
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and energy markets<br />
n Shot Peening<br />
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n Coating Services<br />
n Analytical Services<br />
Please contact us on:<br />
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www.cwst.co.uk<br />
Engineered coating solutions:<br />
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●<br />
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protection<br />
Do you know what your production<br />
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ORPHEUS... Proven Production<br />
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TOTAL ORDER TRACKING and<br />
TRACEABILITY<br />
Interested?<br />
Why not give us a call for a<br />
demonstration.<br />
Mark Dimmock<br />
Acton Gate Systems Ltd,<br />
Wolverhampton, WV9 5HF<br />
01902 249299 actongate<br />
www.actongate.co.uk • enquiries@actongate.co.uk<br />
To advertise please call<br />
Stewart Freshwater<br />
on 07746 373 545 or email<br />
s.freshwater@turretgroup.com<br />
conveyor systems<br />
Overhead Conveyors<br />
& Lifting<br />
Equipment<br />
●<br />
EM/RF shielding<br />
A business unit of Curtiss-Wright Surface Technologies<br />
Please contact us on:<br />
01386 421444<br />
www.emcoatingsuk.co.uk<br />
T. 01926 813111<br />
sales@niko.co.uk<br />
www.niko.co.uk<br />
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complete finishing plant<br />
(paint or powder coatings)<br />
abrasives<br />
boilers<br />
R.D.M. Engineering Ltd, Est. 1951<br />
Stakehill Lane, Stakehill,<br />
Middleton,<br />
Manchester M24 2RW<br />
Tel: 0161 643 9333<br />
Fax: 0161 655 3467<br />
Web: www.rdmengineering.co.uk<br />
E-mail: sales@rdmengineering.co.uk<br />
Contact: Mr R. Horwich<br />
spraybooths • rooms • ovens •<br />
conveyors • pretreatment • powder<br />
plant • air replacement units<br />
CALDAN Conveyor Ltd.<br />
Kirkleatham Business Park<br />
Redcar • TS10 5SH<br />
Tel. +44 1642 271118<br />
salesuk@caldan.dk<br />
www.caldan.dk<br />
Caldan Conveyor Solutions -<br />
simply perfect.<br />
High Carbon Steel Shot and Grit.<br />
Medium Carbon Steel Shot and Metal<br />
Bead. Stainless Steel Cr and Cr/Ni.<br />
High Chrome Grit.<br />
Aluminium Oxide.<br />
Full Technical Support.<br />
Tel: 01952 299777 Fax: 01952 299008<br />
Email: sales@pometon.co.uk<br />
Modern Coil Type Steam<br />
Generators & Fire Tube Boilers<br />
• 100Kg/h – 25,000Kg/h<br />
• High efficiency – up to 96%<br />
• Low overall emissions<br />
• Improved safety<br />
• Simplicity of control<br />
• Quiet, clean & cool in operation<br />
Tel: 020 8953 7111<br />
info@babcock-wanson.com<br />
www.babcock-wanson.com<br />
To advertise<br />
please call<br />
Stewart Freshwater<br />
on 07746 373 545 or email<br />
s.freshwater@turretgroup.com<br />
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48 for all your classified needs call Stewart Freshwater on: 07746 373 545<br />
drying racks & spray tables<br />
effluent treatment plants<br />
infra red emitters<br />
DRYING RACKS<br />
FILTERS<br />
To advertise<br />
please call<br />
Stewart Freshwater<br />
on<br />
07746 373545<br />
or email<br />
s.freshwater@turretgroup.com<br />
hooks & jigs<br />
SPRAY TABLES<br />
SPRAY-SHOP-SUPPLIES.CO.UK<br />
01920 822 404<br />
INFO@GIBBSFINISHING.COM<br />
www.neutralac.co.uk<br />
TENNANTS<br />
TENNANTS DISTRIBUTION LIMITED<br />
Polypropylene Tanks<br />
PVC Tanks<br />
PVC/GRP Tanks<br />
Bund Tanks<br />
Tank Linings<br />
Rubber Linings<br />
HDPE Tanks<br />
electrophoretic coatings supplier and applicator<br />
Established 1976<br />
Fume Scrubbers<br />
Fume extraction<br />
Pipework<br />
Ducting<br />
Repairs & Refurbishment<br />
Flexible PVC Linings<br />
Guards in all materials<br />
Bespoke & Custom built Fabrications<br />
Tel: 01543 462 802<br />
Email: plasbrun.plastics@outlook.com<br />
Web: www.plasbrunplastics.co.uk<br />
MANUFACTURERS AND<br />
APPLICATORS OF SPECIALIST<br />
ELECTROPHORETIC COATINGS<br />
• A TRULY UNIQUE FINISHING SERVICE<br />
• SIMULATED BRUSHED NICKEL, CHROME AND STAINLESS STEEL<br />
EFFECTS APPLIED DIRECTLY ONTO BASE METAL SUBSTRATES.<br />
• BESPOKE COLOURS AND EFFECTS TO CUSTOMER SPECIFICATIONS<br />
• ALL FINISHES AVAILABLE WITH ANTI-BACTERIAL CAPABILITY<br />
Hawking Electrotechnology Ltd<br />
T: +44 (0) 1384 483019<br />
E: sales@hawking.co.uk • W: www.hawking.co.uk<br />
electroplaters<br />
COPPER n CHROME n POLISHING n IRIDITE NCP n GOLD and SILVER<br />
BRIGHT ACID TIN n MANGANESE PHOSPHATE<br />
n CHEMI BLACK COLD and HOT n ZINC and CLEAR/COLOUR/BLACK<br />
NICKEL BRIGHT/DULL n ANODISING CLEAR/COLOUR/BLACK/HARD<br />
Units 1 & 2, Dawkins Road Industrial Estate, Hamworthy, Poole, Dorset BH15 4JP<br />
Tel: 01202 677939<br />
jane@dorsetware.com<br />
t Bruest ATEX-certified<br />
Flameless Gas<br />
Catalytic Infrared Heaters<br />
t Gas-saving industrial ovens<br />
t “CATBOX” box ovens for<br />
wood-finishing<br />
t Servicing, spares & repairs for<br />
most brands of catalytic heaters<br />
Unit 1b Brown Lees Road Ind. Est. Forge<br />
Way, Knypersley, Staffordshire ST8 7DN<br />
Tel: + 44 (0) 1782 511880<br />
www.thermocatalytic.com<br />
thermocatsys@aol.com<br />
To advertise please email<br />
Stewart Freshwater at<br />
s.freshwater@turretgroup.com<br />
lacquers<br />
T: 01202 661300 jane@hitekproducts.com<br />
www.hitekproducts.com<br />
Hi-Tek stocks not only an extensive range of<br />
masking products including plugs, tapes, caps and<br />
discs, but also has the distinction of being the<br />
European distributor for the US based TOLBER<br />
range of lacquers and<br />
associated products. Hi-Tek<br />
imports bulk supplies from<br />
Tolber and converts or<br />
decants into commercially<br />
usable volumes for the UK,<br />
and European trade. The<br />
association with Tolber has<br />
evolved over many years.<br />
finishing systems<br />
jigs & baskets<br />
Masking • Hooks • Jigs<br />
HangOn Ltd<br />
Leintwardine, Craven Arms,<br />
Shropshire, SY7 0NB, UK<br />
Tel. +44 (0) 1547 540 573<br />
Fax. +44 (0 1547 540 412<br />
Email. sales@hangon.co.uk<br />
Web. www.hangon.co.uk<br />
• Water wash spraybooths<br />
• Water treatment chemical additives<br />
• Paint separation solids removal systems<br />
• Dry filter spraybooths<br />
• Fixed or portable spraybooths<br />
• Sprayroom enclosures<br />
• Air replacement systems<br />
• Full installation and commissioning<br />
• After-sales service and maintenance<br />
• Spray process engineering<br />
Product complies fully with current environmental<br />
protection and health and safety legislation<br />
Unit 4 Brook Road Industrial Estate,<br />
Wimborne, Dorset, BH21 2BH<br />
T: 01202 840900 • F: 01202 889477<br />
www.dynaclean.co.uk • sales@dynaclean.co.uk<br />
• Automotive • Aerospace<br />
• Oil & Gas<br />
• Petrochemical<br />
• Defence • Medical<br />
• Precision Engineering<br />
Specialist manufacturers in:<br />
Jigs • Baskets<br />
Coils • Heaters<br />
Fasteners • Tanks<br />
0121 622 3887<br />
info@saltandsadler.co.uk<br />
www.saltandsadler.co.uk<br />
Leading manufacturer of Jigs,<br />
Racking systems, Baskets, Heaters,<br />
Coils and many other products for the<br />
Anodising & Electroplating industry<br />
www.Supreme-Eng.com<br />
Tel: 01283 529314<br />
Fax: 01283 529316<br />
Sales@Supreme-Eng.com<br />
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masking<br />
nylon coating powders<br />
pump & filtration specialists<br />
Hi-Tek Products Ltd<br />
2A Dawkins Road Industrial Estate<br />
Hamworthy, Poole,<br />
Dorset BH15 4JP<br />
Tel: 01202 661300<br />
E-mail: jane@hitekproducts.com<br />
Web Site: www.hitekproducts.com<br />
Contact: Jane McMullen<br />
Masking Caps • Tapes/Discs • Tapered<br />
Plugs • Tubing • Pull-Through Plugs<br />
• Custom Design • Stopping-Off<br />
Lacquers • PTFE Lubricant<br />
To advertise email<br />
Stewart Freshwater<br />
s.freshwater@turretgroup.com<br />
metal finishers<br />
Specialist in Metal <strong>Finishing</strong>, Electro<br />
Coating with Acid Pickle & Zinc<br />
Phosphate, Powder Coating with<br />
3 Stages, Cleaning including Iron<br />
phosphate. We provide high quality,<br />
fast and cost effective polishing<br />
operation for a wide cross-section of<br />
component and parts.<br />
ISO9001-2015 Certified.<br />
Tel: 01902 871311<br />
sales@hitchfinishing.co.uk<br />
www.hitechfinishing.co.uk<br />
metal plating and polishing<br />
Tel: +44 12 96 43 37 54<br />
Fax: +44 12 96 39 22 85<br />
Email: sales@nyloncolours.co.uk<br />
powder coating<br />
gemapowdercoating.com<br />
High-quality solutions<br />
for powder coating<br />
powder coating manufacturers<br />
NYLON<br />
A TOUGHER COATING<br />
Nylon Colours Ltd manufactures<br />
Nylon Coating Powders for<br />
Electrostatic or Fluid Bed.<br />
A wide range of colours including<br />
metallics is available.<br />
Nylon Colours is also the UK distributor<br />
for RILSAN range of Nylon Powders.<br />
The latest and<br />
greatest from<br />
the leading<br />
powder<br />
coating<br />
equipment<br />
provider<br />
Gema Europe Srl<br />
– UK Branch<br />
T: 0044 1202 763 942<br />
E: uk.sales@gema.eu.com<br />
precision cleaning & degreasing<br />
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SERFILCO<br />
Pumps, Filters<br />
and Agitation<br />
Systems<br />
TITAN Auto Backwash Filter<br />
Carbon Purification & Cartridges<br />
Premier Washed & Pleated Reusable<br />
Drum and Air Diaphragm Pumps<br />
● Electric Immersion Heaters<br />
Tel: 0161 775 1910<br />
Fax: 0161 775 3696<br />
SERFILCO delivers<br />
clear solutions<br />
E: sales@serfilco-international.com<br />
www.serfilco.co.uk<br />
rectifier equipment<br />
Switchmode and SCR DC Power Supplies<br />
for any metal finishing process.<br />
Options include:<br />
Local / Remote control.<br />
Constant Current / Constant Voltage.<br />
PLC controllable. Touchscreen control.<br />
Process timer. Ampere hour / minute meter.<br />
Digital meters. Outputs fully recordable.<br />
Outputs from 10 Amp x 6 V to 6000 Amp x 200 V.<br />
Prices available on request<br />
For more information please contact us on:<br />
Tel: +44 (0) 121 526 6847<br />
Fax: +44 (0) 121 568 8161<br />
e-mail: sales@britishelectrical.co.uk<br />
Website: www.britishelectrical.co.uk<br />
salt spray environmental<br />
cabinets<br />
UKAS/NADCAP CERTIFIED SALT<br />
FOR SALT SPRAY TESTING<br />
Supplied in 5Kg and 25Kg Packs<br />
The Sherwin-Williams Company<br />
To meet the requirements of:<br />
ASTM B117 • ISO 9227 • DIN 50 021<br />
and all other standards.<br />
Full traceability guaranteed.<br />
pumps & filters<br />
SPECIALIST LAB SALT LTD<br />
Paytoe Lane . Leintwardine . Craven Arms.<br />
Shropshire . SY7 0NB<br />
Telephone: 01547 540573<br />
Email: sales@specialistlabsalt.com<br />
Website: www.specialistlabsalt.com<br />
To advertise email<br />
Stewart Freshwater<br />
s.freshwater@turretgroup.com<br />
ptr treatment<br />
To advertise<br />
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oven stoving & curing<br />
R.D.M. Engineering Ltd, Est. 1951<br />
Stakehill Lane, Stakehill,<br />
Middleton,<br />
Manchester M24 2RW<br />
Tel: 0161 643 9333<br />
Fax: 0161 655 3467<br />
Web: www.rdmengineering.co.uk<br />
E-mail: sales@rdmengineering.co.uk<br />
Contact: Mr R. Horwich<br />
spraybooths • rooms • ovens •<br />
conveyors • pretreatment • powder<br />
plant • air replacement units<br />
Aqueous Cleaners/Degreasers<br />
Metal Brightening Solutions<br />
Alkaline and Acid Etches<br />
Desmuts/Deoxidisers<br />
Chrome passivates and treatments<br />
Qualicoat Approved Non-Chrome<br />
treatments<br />
Phosphates and Non-phosphate<br />
treatments<br />
Pickling Solutions<br />
Paint Strippers<br />
Special Formulations<br />
and Approved Systems<br />
Supplied with technical support<br />
and advice<br />
Tel: + 44 (0) 1978 660 297<br />
Fax: + 44 (0) 1978 661 104<br />
E-mail: info@almetron.com<br />
Web: www.almetron.co.uk<br />
please call<br />
Stewart Freshwater<br />
on<br />
07746 373545<br />
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50 for all your classified needs call Stewart Freshwater on: 07746 373 545<br />
spray booths<br />
spray nozzles<br />
web design<br />
The shoemaker’s<br />
son always goes<br />
barefoot.<br />
Excellent surfaces<br />
WAGNER offers a wide range<br />
of systems and products for<br />
perfect coating solutions in<br />
liquid and powder.<br />
Applying<br />
Feeding<br />
spray nozzles<br />
thermal fluid<br />
Thermal Fluid<br />
Heating<br />
Technology now<br />
for the future<br />
• Up to 50% energy savings<br />
• Compact size<br />
• Easy & safe to use<br />
• Works up to 350°C<br />
• Low exhaust emissions<br />
• High efficiency<br />
• Requires no specialist<br />
knowledge<br />
It’s the same in many industries,<br />
we never get the time to look<br />
after ourselves.<br />
We’ve been far too busy<br />
creating beautiful websites<br />
and building successful email<br />
campaigns for clients that our<br />
site relaunch has been pushed<br />
back again.<br />
This is not a complaint though,<br />
it’s what we at Reva call a nice<br />
problem, plus it shows that<br />
with us the customer indeed<br />
does come first.<br />
If you would like to push our<br />
website further down our to<br />
do list contact us for a chat.<br />
R<br />
V<br />
E<br />
A<br />
Web Design<br />
& Development<br />
surface finishing & effluent<br />
technologies<br />
Tel: 020 8953 7111<br />
info@babcock-wanson.com<br />
www.babcock-wanson.com<br />
T. 01932 567505<br />
chat@reva.co.uk<br />
Mixing<br />
Controlling<br />
Booths & Systems<br />
Wagner Spraytech (UK) Ltd.<br />
Tel. 01327 368410<br />
enquiries@wagner-group.com<br />
www.wagner-group.com<br />
<strong>Finishing</strong> - <strong>July</strong>/<strong>August</strong> <strong>2023</strong><br />
AUTOMATIC & MANUAL<br />
METAL FINISHING<br />
PLANT EQUIPMENT<br />
Fume Extraction<br />
Effluent Treatment<br />
DI Water Generation<br />
TEL: +44 (0) 121 314 1191<br />
enquiries@plastratum.com<br />
www.plastratum.com<br />
Plastratum Ltd<br />
100 Armoury Road<br />
Birmingham B11 2RH<br />
tanks & protective linings<br />
Polypropylene Tanks<br />
PVC Tanks<br />
PVC/GRP Tanks<br />
Bund Tanks<br />
Tank Linings<br />
Rubber Linings<br />
HDPE Tanks<br />
Established 1976<br />
Fume Scrubbers<br />
Fume extraction<br />
Pipework<br />
Ducting<br />
Repairs & Refurbishment<br />
Flexible PVC Linings<br />
Guards in all materials<br />
Bespoke & Custom built Fabrications<br />
Tel: 01543 462 802<br />
Email: plasbrun.plastics@outlook.com<br />
Web: www.plasbrunplastics.co.uk<br />
Editorial Calender<br />
Each issue of <strong>Finishing</strong> Magazine includes the<br />
following regular columns:<br />
4 News and views 4 Products<br />
4 Business and technical issues<br />
4 Personnel changes 4 Company focuses<br />
4 Questions & answers 4 Special reports<br />
4 Employment legislation<br />
4 Plus monthly special features<br />
JULY/AUGUST:<br />
n Complete <strong>Finishing</strong> Plant n Health and Safety<br />
n Anodizing and Galvanizing<br />
n PLUS FINISHING WALLPLANNER<br />
For Editorial enquiries please contact:<br />
John Hatcher, EDITOR<br />
E: j.hatcher@turretgroup.com
<strong>Finishing</strong> First!<br />
Experts in Metal <strong>Finishing</strong> Chemistry!<br />
Schloetter Co Ltd provides metal<br />
finishing solutions and personal<br />
support to our customers, including:<br />
• Cleaners and pre-treatment<br />
• Zinc, Zinc Alloy and Passivates<br />
• Tin and Tin Alloys<br />
• Electrolytic and Electroless<br />
Nickel<br />
• Bright levelling Copper<br />
• Precious metal processes:<br />
o Gold<br />
o Silver<br />
o Rhodium<br />
o Ruthenium<br />
o and others<br />
Providers of Printed Circuit Board<br />
chemistry from start to finish!<br />
Schloetter have recently expanded<br />
our PCB supply range, and can<br />
now offer:<br />
• Established pulse and DC<br />
copper plating solutions,<br />
insensitive to build-up of<br />
organic constituents<br />
• Easy-to-use Tin or Tin Alloy<br />
etch resists<br />
• ENIG and ENEPIG processes<br />
• New Direct Metallisation<br />
process; SLOTOSIT PCB 3500<br />
Tailored paints made to order!<br />
In the UK, Schloetter also produce a<br />
wide range of paint products, made to<br />
order, for various applications:<br />
• Glass<br />
• Ceramics<br />
• Metal<br />
• Plastics<br />
We also offer custom colour-matching,<br />
and can provide different finishes and<br />
effects, dependent on user<br />
specifications.<br />
Schloetter Co. Ltd.<br />
Abbey Works<br />
New Road<br />
Pershore Tel: +44 (0)1386 552 331<br />
Worcestershire, WR10 1BY<br />
info@schloetter.co.uk<br />
United Kingdom<br />
www.schloetter.co.uk<br />
Solutions for every surface