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Thermal spray technology controls wear
In most industries significant losses can be incurred due to the accelerated wear of components.
News from Engineeringtalk, 10 March 2005
Engineering coatings - not just icing on the cake
Keith Stevens discusses the surface coatings available to engineers in their search to reduce component costs and improve performance, and reviews applications and the selection process.
News from Engineeringtalk, 9 March 2005
Surface coating - how to engineer a silk purse
Keith Stevens looks at ways that engineers can reduce the cost of components without affecting their performance.
News from Engineeringtalk, 9 March 2005
Coating is alternative to spray release agents
Keith Stevens, R and D Director for Poeton Industries, suggests that applying a nonstick coating to moulds is a cost effective and environmentally friendly alternative to aerosol release agents.
News from Engineeringtalk, 8 March 2005
Coatings produced using green processes
Poeton Industries has invested considerable resources in a combination of environmentally friendly processing and environmentally friendly coating technology.
News from Engineeringtalk, 8 March 2005
Cadmium still has an important role to play
Along with eggs, beef, rail travel, disposable nappies and a good few other products in recent years, cadmium has been put under the metaphorical microscope and found wanting.
News from Engineeringtalk, 7 March 2005
Testing times for electroless nickel
Anthony Poeton takes issue with the performance claims of nickel solution manufacturers and asks: "Is the current British Standard to blame?"
News from Engineeringtalk, 7 March 2005
Coatings can add muscle to a lightweight
Poeton R and D Director Keith Stevens provides an update on the development of surface coatings to improve the performance of aluminium.
News from Engineeringtalk, 3 March 2005
Coatings remove need for mould release agents
Poeton Industries has developed a number of specialised coatings in its Apticote range to eliminate the need for release agents in moulding applications.
News from Engineeringtalk, 3 March 2005
Motorsport coating takes to the air
A coating originally developed for Formula 1 and other motorsport engines is now specified for the rotary engines in most of the world's unmanned air vehicles.
News from Engineeringtalk, 1 March 2005
Coating solves a sticky problem for Pentel
Pentel contacted Poeton from its HQ in California to try to solve a sticky problem that was slowing production of very small silicon rubber mouldings that fit into the barrels of a number of its pens.
News from Engineeringtalk, 20 January 2005
Coating keeps spark plugs firing longer
With temperatures approaching 1000C, 30kV potentials and crushing pressures over 138bar, to perform in the combustion chamber, a spark plug must be precisely engineered and virtually indestructible.
News from Engineeringtalk, 10 January 2005
New line competes with traditional processes
Poeton Industries reckons its latest Apticote 300 coating line is so energy efficient it can compete with conventional hard anodising processes for most high-quality applications.
News from Engineeringtalk, 22 November 2004
Ryder to direct operations
Adrian Ryder has joined Poeton Industries as Operations Director.
News from Engineeringtalk, 26 October 2004
Coating stops a sticky problem
A new Apticote coating from Poeton Industries has helped label printing specialist, Norprint, solve a sticky production problem with a self-adhesive paper.
News from Engineeringtalk, 18 August 2004
Coating resists corrosion for 50 years
A special anticorrosive surface treatment developed for storage drums containing low risk contaminated waste, is now available for industrial and defence applications.
News from Engineeringtalk, 20 May 2004
Filtration improves chrome plating quality
Poeton Industries has dramatically improved the quality of its hard chrome plating by installing a more efficient and environmentally friendly high-pressure filtration system.
News from Engineeringtalk, 16 April 2004
Cadmium coatings suit safety-critical applications
Poeton Industries has created a Cadmium Centre at its Cardiff plant following the installation of a new LHE cadmium process.
News from Engineeringtalk, 29 March 2004
Nonstick coating boosts bag production
A hard-wearing nonstick Apticote coating has eliminated the need for a costly PTFE tape, reduced machine downtime and saved energy, for bag manufacturer Parkside International.
News from Engineeringtalk, 17 March 2004
More capacity for nondestructive testing
The Cardiff factory of surface coating specialist Poeton Industries has doubled its nondestructive testing capacity and is now offering the service to automotive and general engineering companies.
News from Engineeringtalk, 2 February 2004
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