News Release

Value engineering through surface coating technology

May 2002

 
Many of the latest developments in surface coating technology were designed for value engineering applications.

The potential to lower manufacturing costs, improve product performance and control quality are all achievable if manufacturing companies talk to coating specialist such as Poeton Industries in the early stages of product development.

Tapping in to this experience in the early stages of manufacturing means involvement in component design, materials and coating selection and process and production.

For example, specifying Apticote 460, which combines the protection of low friction polymers with the natural hardness and corrosion resistance of nickel, can substantially reduce material costs by allowing low cost materials to be specified to meet high performance needs.

Parts manufactured from low carbon steel and coated with Apticote 460 can be used to replace more expensive alloy components with no loss of performance. Costs are further reduced as parts can be machined from more workable and readily available metals. The coating also provides excellent hardness, permanent lubricity, and superior wear abrasion and chemical resistance when applied to components manufactured from stainless steel and other ferrous alloys.

With a range of more than eighty coatings at their disposal, Poeton engineers can offer technical advice, work with designers on Kaizen improvement reviews and discuss sample part processing before designs are finalised - saving time, many thousands of pounds and a considerable amount of stress!

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