Tuesday 2 December 08 - 04:35
 

Corrosion & Wear Resistance

    New Advanced Surface Coating Rolled Out

    The Armourcote division of Surface Technology plc has been appointed by Victrex plc as the preferred coater in the UK of its recently launched Vicote anti-wear and anticorrosion high performance polymer coatings.   

    Project Gives Wear Resistance to Aluminium Tooling

    A project to investigate innovative uses of anodised aluminium in the field of thermoplastic moulding has drawn to a close with some spectacular results. The anodised coating perfected by the Project Alamo team from across Europe has given the wear and chemical resistance to tooling without compromising the inherent beneficial properties of aluminium.   

    Corrosion Resistant Pipework Benefits Nuclear Industry

    The UK nuclear industry is set to adopt much more widespread use of long life polyethylene piping in power plants to replace coated steel which is subject to corrosion failure. This follows extensive technical in situ testing by Boulting Nuclear. The specialist company is part of the £55m engineering solutions company Boulting Group plc.   

Stevens Rowsell is a specialist precision sheet metal engineering company in East Sussex