Visit AD Chemicals at the Eurofinish exhibition in Leuven, Belgium (15-16 May 2019). Eurofinish is the largest surface treatment exhibition for the Belgian market. AD Chemicals will be highlighting you all new chromium(VI)-free pre-treatments and passivation products.
Want to register for a free visit? Use our link in combination with registration code: 300432
AD International is honoured to present FLOWCHAR India Pvt Ltd. as an official distributor of AD Chemicals and Coil Coating Technologies
in the AD global partnership network!
Flowchar will be your local representative for all metal surface treatment chemical in the Indian market.
AD Chemicals will highlight the latest developments in coating and pretreatment at the Surface Campus, 14-11-2018, Brabanthallen Den Bosch, the Netherlands. See the program below:
Register for this seminar for free at: https://surfacecampus.nl/2018/10/10/innovatie-in-coatingproces-voor-opdrachtgevers-chemicalien-en-lakleveranciers/
| Locatie | Conferentieruimte A |
| Thema | Voorbehandeling |
| Zaalvoorzitter | Roland van Meer |
| 13.30 – 14.00 uur | Low temperature zinc phosphate: An innovative concept reduces process costs and saves money (Engels) (meer informatie) |
| dr. Ulrich Hönig | |
| (Kluthe Benelux) | |
| 14.00 – 15.00 uur | Combipresentatie: (meer informatie) |
| Hollandia: Innovatie binnen de conservering van staalconstructies | |
| Wim van ‘t Hof en Nardo Hoogendijk | |
| (Hollandia Infra) | |
| Game changer voor oppervlaktepreparatie voorafgaand aan coatingproces | |
| ing. Roland van Meer | |
| (AD Chemicals) | |
| Blik op innovatie staalconservering vanuit de lakleverancier | |
| Anita Snoeren | |
| (Powder Supply) |
SURFACE Campus will offer around 75 different lectures in hall 4. Let the stories inspire you. Take master classes to put theory into practice. And present your issues to experts during one of the consultation moments. The congress hall is where you’ll be the first to hear about the latest developments. So be there, if you want to stay up-to-date.
AD Chemicals, together with steel construction company Hollandia Infra have been nominated for the ION Borghardt 2018 award.
The ION Borghardt Award is the acknowledgement for innovation and sustainability. Once every two years, the Ministry of Economic Affairs awards one company that shows how vital sustainability and innovation are in the surface treatment industry.
An independent jury, selected by Stichting Borghardt examines the entries and nominates the ten best ideas to be exhibited at the trade show. The winner will be announced on Tuesday, 13 November 2018. The award show marks the kick-off of SURFACE Campus.
(image copyrights, ION, Netherlands)
Last week our AD Chemicals Business Unit Manager gave a speech at the Hendor Pumps Technical Conference 2018 about the importance of collaboration between partners in the supply chain for chemical metal surface treatment. The market standard can only be exceeded if applicator, suppliers and end customers join forces and have a common vision on quality. Interested in our approach? Chemicals@adinternationalbv.com
Following close cooperation with a leading chemicals supplier, Tata Steel has launched Prime Lubrication Treatment (PLT), a so-called booster lubricant, consisting of a thin coating that is applied in the galvanising line prior to applying the conventional oil layer.
The combination of PLT and oil is claimed to provide a superior lubrication system that improves processing of hot dip galvanised GI steels for exposed automotive panels. It induces a lower and more stable friction during pressing and is particularly suitable to support manufacturing of panels such as fenders, doors and body sides to a high surface quality. The new lubricant extends Tata Steel’s Serica and Full Finish premium offering for outer panels.
The unique formulation of PLT – developed in conjunction with Netherlands based Coil Coating Technologies (CCT), part of the AD International group – offers an improved press performance of GI steels when compared to those treated with standard conventional oil. It enables manufacturers to move away from electro-galvanised (EG) steels towards the more cost-effective GI-coating. When compared to the common process, PLT enables a smoother pressing operation with reduced maintenance costs and therefore a higher production yield and has been designed not to disturb subsequent manufacturing processes like resistance spot welding (RSW) and adhesive bonding.
Consisting of a very thin, organic layer, PLT induces a lower friction coefficient that stays more stable over subsequent press cycles in comparison to GI material treated with only a standard oil. PLT is completely removed in the cleaning bath towards the end of the process, leaving no residue behind. It is a harmless, environmentally friendly substance, and it is entirely sustainable. It will initially be available for products from 0.6mm to 1mm thick and from 900mm – 1,830mm wide, with plans in place to extend the width to 2,020mm.
“One of the main values of using PLT is its induced friction coefficient which is consistently low to reduce tool wear and pollution to acceptable low levels for efficient manufacturing processes. This brings the long-cherished wish of going to 100% hot dip galvanised material for the exposed car body panels a decisive step closer,” said Basjan Berkhout, marketing manager, body in white at Tata Steel.
Source: http://www.just-auto.com/news
By Graeme Roberts | 20 June 2017
One of the most important factors influencing paint adhesion and corrosion resistance is surface preparation. To ensure optimum performance and long-term environmental resistance, metal substrates must be free of organic and inorganic contaminants. To prepare a surface one can basically choose between 2 options, blasting or chemical pretreatment.
It has two main benefits; by applying the product directly after grit/sand blasting, a conversion layer is created that substantially improves the adhesion of the painting system (suitable for wet painting and powder coating) and significantly enhances the corrosion-protection resistance properties of the paint system as a whole. The application procedure of PreCoat is very easy and can be easily integrated in every business processes.
The innovative aspect of these products is that it combines the worlds of grit/sand blasting and chemical pre-treatment.
PreCoat F31/20 and Z31/20 are based on PreCoat Z31, a product that won the Dutch Innovation Award for surface treatment, ION Borghardt Award 2016.
AD Chemicals is introducing this product on the worldwide market. The first user responses are very promising. A large blasting company in the Netherlands stated: “With this product I am able to improve to overall quality of my products and therefore offer my customers more value. It is a tool to distinguish myself in a competitive market place”
Besides that the responses from our agents in Spain and the UK are very promising.
As products are better protected against corrosion, the product lifetime increases and thereby lowers the ecological footprint. See below the pictures after 500 hours salt spray testing where the difference is demonstrated between the regular automated grit blasting process and the grit blasting process with PreCoat treatment.
Want to know more about this innovation? E-mail to chemicals@adinternatonalbv.com
PreCoat Z31 for galvanized steel: First in Europe
AD Chemicals (chemical supplier) and Weert Group (galvanizer and powder coating applicator) are introducing an innovative chromium (VI)- free pretreatment system prior to powder coating on galvanized steel (Duplex-system). Weert Group is the first galvanizer in Europe to implement this new technology that complies with both the GSB and Qualicoat (Approval No. A-119) standard.
For making this innovation possible, there has been a joint research and development trajectory of more than 8 years. The uniqueness of the PreCoat Z31 pretreatment lies in the fact that it is a 1-on-1 replacement for chromium (VI), meaning that all the qualitative properties are sustained (corrosion protection, paint adhesion, passivation). This results in a corrosion protection and paint adhesion of more than 2000 hours of NSS, a performance to be proud of. The expectation of AD Chemicals and Weert Group is that this new system will become the (global) market standard in chromium (VI) free pretreatments on galvanized steel.
More innovations from AD Chemicals: PreCoat F31/20 and Z31/20 for grit blasting
AD Chemicals launches a revolutionary new product on the global grit/sand blasting market. Namely, PreCoat F31/20 suitable for treatment of steel and PreCoat Z31/20 for aluminum and galvanized steel. PreCoat is a chemical treatment applied directly after grit/sand blasting or metallization(also referred to as metal spraying). It has two main benefits; by applying the product directly after blasting, a conversion layer is created that substantially improves the adhesion of the painting system (suitable for wet painting and powder coating) and significantly enhances the corrosion-protection resistance properties of the paint system as a whole. The application procedure of PreCoat is very easy and can be integrated in every business process. Furthermore it is developed in compliancy with the Qualisteelcoat, Qualicoat and GSB quality standards. The innovative aspect is that it combines the worlds of mechanical and chemical pre-treatment, enabling a longer product lifetime.
AD Chemcials will be present at EUROFINISH 2017. AD Chemicals will demonstrate its new innovations for chromium(VI) free pretreatment of galvanized steel. Furthermore we will show our PreCoat F31/20 and Z31/20 for grit blasted steel.
Eurofinish surface treatment fair 2017
Eurofinish is organized bij VOM (Belgian association for surface finishing techniques) and takes place the 10th and 11th of May 2017 in Leuven, Belgium.
EUROFINISH will be much more than an assembly of technologies. It will be a gathering of congenial entrepreneurs and a juncture for networking, a source of inspiration for the future and a nursery of new ideas. EUROFINISH is a professional niche exhibition in the field of surface treatment and focusses on following themes:
Free tickets? Contact us through chemicals@adinternationalbv.com
More information: http://eurofinish.be/
