Benefits to the User

The primary attractions of APTICOTE 460 to designers and end users are its great flexibility and cost effectiveness. Coatings can be adapted to many different applications by the careful formulation of specific processing parameters.

• If high hardness is what you need, then APTICOTE 46OG combines this (1,000 Hv) with permanent lubricity.

• Are you working with rubber/polymer and require permanent mould release properties? Then specify APTICOTE 460M.

• If you require maximum chemical and abrasion resistance with excellent mould release, then the answer is APTICOTE 460A.

• Seeking optimum wear resistance with maximum corrosion resistance?Then APTICOTE 46OC smoothly solves the problem.

• APTICOTE 460 can also substantially cut costs by opening up profitable new materials options.

For example, a part manufactured from low carbon steel protected by the appropriate APTICOTE 460 corrosion resisting coating can often replace a more expensive alloy metal component with no loss of performance. The poor mechanical performance of stainless steel running against itself is greatly reduced by using APTICOTE 460 coatings. Moreover, the ability to use lower cost material to meet high performance needs is not the only payback from an investment in APTICOTE 460 coatings. Clearly, overall machining costs are considerably reduced when a part can be made from more workable and more readily available metals.

Properties and Performance

More information is available on request but some of the main advantages of APTICOTE 460 are:

• Permanent Lubricity

  The surface of APTICOTE 460 is smooth and slippery. In many cases, static friction is decreased with increases in load, thus approaching total elimination of "stick slip" and undesirable vibration of higher breakaway friction can range as low as 0.08.

• High Wear & Abrasion Resistance

  APTICOTE 460 coatings achieve four times the performance of electroless nickel in Tabor Abrador tests, hardness ranges 750-1000 Hv. They perform superbly in reciprocating wear applications and can out perform Hard Chrome in dry running.

• Corrosion Resistance

  Depending on the formulation, APTICOTE 460 frequently exceeds 1500 hours salt spray tests and demonstrates improved corrosion resistance over Electroless nickel coating. APTICOTE 460 exhibits significant resistance to many commonly used chemicals.

• Thickness Range

  Coatings are applied in thicknesses from 0.0005" to 0.002' and to a high degree of accuracy. No post plating finishing is necessary.

• Design Parameters

  APTICOTE 460 can be applied to a wide range of base materials including aluminium, steels including stainless steels, copper alloy and titanium.Finished tolerances and surface finish are normally related to the conditions of components before processing.Some post heat treatment is often required and may involve temperatures up to 400°C, depending on material and parameters.

  APTICOTE 460 coatings will operate from -115°C to 260°C depending upon formulation.

• Coverage

  APTICOTE 460 is a highly innovative process and will readily coat components, of complex shapes, all over. However, the coating can also be applied selectively.

Technical Data Sheet

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