Industrial Coatings Blog
PTFE coatings, known by many as Teflon®, is a remarkable coating with a wide variety of applications. While most commonly associated with non-stick coating for cookware, Teflon® coatings have many uses across a wide number of industries. Although it’s been around for nearly seven decades, Teflon® coating services remains highly popular […]
Read MoreHalar® coatings, also known as ethylene chlorotrifluoroethylene (ECTFE) coatings, are widely used in multiple industrial applications due to their unique, varied and exceptional properties. Developed in the early 1970s by the chemical company Allied Company, and now owned by Solvay, it is a type of fluoropolymer that provides excellent chemical […]
Read MorePolyether ether ketone (aka PEEK) has a reputation of being one of the most robust thermoplastic materials in common industrial usage. From solid parts to applied coatings, PEEK finds applications in industries as diverse as health care, oil production, nuclear power, food processing, chemical manufacturing, material transport, and more. In […]
Read MoreSome types of coatings are so familiar that even laymen recognize them and can list some of their uses. For example, PTFE (aka Teflon) has so entered popular parlance that pundits have used it to describe particularly resilient politicians. (“She’s so likable that nothing sticks to her, just like Teflon.”) […]
Read MoreWhen you think of miraculous inventions that occurred in the 20th century, you probably imagine radio, television, cars, computers, the polio vaccine, and the internet. But one of the most impressive accomplishments that occurred last century was the invention of a material called polyether ether ketone, also known as PEEK. […]
Read MoreNonstick Coatings Technology There are indications that more than three thousand years ago some ancient Greeks might have made and used nonstick pans to bake bread. Mycenaean Greek skillets had a cooking side covered with tiny holes that archeologists believed helped to evenly spread oil over the griddle so that […]
Read MoreLink to Medical Device & Diagnostic Industry magazine – Using Risk Analysis to Develop Coated Medical Devices The popularity of coated devices is at an all-time high. However, there are challenging technical and regulatory obstacles when adding a coating to a device. The market introduction of drug-eluting cardiovascular stents has […]
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