Harsh environmental conditions such as high humidity, extreme temperatures, salt, hydro-carbons, and sand often cause costly secondary power system corrosion and resulting damage.
Corrosion Resistance
SurfTec’s corrosion resistant coating can be readily applied to a wide array of metallic substrates such as aluminum, magnesium, carbon steel, stainless steel, as well as anodized/alanine metals used in gearboxes, covers and other secondary power system parts.
Salt Spray results (0.1M NaCl at 35 °C) illustrating difference in corrosion for coated and uncoated substrates.
Tribo-Corrosion results (0.1M NaCl at 25 °C) demonstrating corrosion with regards to wear for coated and uncoated aluminum substrates.
Anti Corrosion Testing Results
Corrosion Prevention with Surftec Coating
Surftec coating demonstratively prevents corrosion in testing results.
Strong Surface Adhesion
Our coating offers a thin, light-weight, permanent coating that requires no replenishing and is designed to allow sufficient corrosion protection necessary to last numerous overhaul cycles.
Chemical Resistance
SurTec’s coating is chemically inert, withstanding exposure to harsh highly acidic and basic chemical conditions and aggressive chemical cleaning procedures.
Water contact angle measurements with respect to time illustrating the effect immersion in acidic and basic conditions have on SurfTec coated substrates.
Durable
SurfTec’s coating yields a robust, protective coating that can extend the lifecycle of highly complex and costly parts. Tribologically, SurfTec’s coating offers a wear-life greater than any other state-of-the-art fluorocarbon coating.
Contact angle measurements with respect to time illustrating the coatings abrasion resistance with multiple scratch cycles (1 N Load, 20 cm sliding distance).
Low Friction
Our coating exhibits one of the lowest coefficients of friction (COF) of any known solid. In fact, it exhibits the same COF as virgin PTFE without the high wear rate that limits the use of various PTFE composite coatings.
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