In steel components, manufacturers have a range of challenges to solve. Collaborative material innovations help improve product performance while reducing costs, increasing efficiency and reliability, advancing sustainability, and meeting regulatory requirements.
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Henkel’s longstanding expertise and innovative portfolio in cleaners, metal pretreatments, and coatings, help manufacturers of steel components and jobbers improve materials and manufacturing processes. With industry know-how and tailored solutions, Henkel and its BONDERITE® technologies drive efficiency and reliability while advancing sustainability.
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- Cleaning and degreasing
- Pickling
- Zinc phosphating
- Iron phosphating
- New generation coatings
- Corrosion protection
- Autodeposition process
A broad range of BONDERITE® cleaners help metal processors increase efficiency and lower operating costs.
They are simple and efficient to use while significantly advancing environmental sustainability. A complete range of alkaline, neutral and acidic cleaners cover every cleaning requirement across maintenance, process, industrial, and specialty applications.
Pickling is a surface treatment where a corroded metal substrate is treated with a pickling solution, usually a liquid or a gel. Pickling can be done by immersion, spraying, circulation in place (CIP) and removes oxides, corrosion, flash rust, weld discoloration, and scale from metal surfaces so they don‘t impede paint adhesion or other processes.
The zinc phosphate coating process applied by spray or immersion is a trusted pretreatment designed to prepare metal surfaces for painting by providing an excellent foundation that promotes paint adhesion and corrosion protection. Henkel also offers nickel-free phosphate products for a more eco-friendly process.
Iron phosphate coating prepares ferrous metals for painting or powder coating by removing all traces of oil, rust or scale, creating the ideal bonding surface and inhibiting subsequent corrosion even on scratched painted surfaces. Immersion and spraying are the most common treatment methods and benefits include simplicity, flexibility, lower processing costs, and fewer operations.
Zirconium-based coatings represent the latest evolution in coating technology. They can create beautiful, hard-wearing, long-lasting, flexible finishes. In addition, nano-ceramic coatings have significant benefits such as process efficiency, cost-effectiveness, and minimal effect on the environment.
Corrosion protection solutions form a barrier between the metal substrate and the corrosive elements in the environment such as oxygen, humidity, salts, and temperature. Temporary corrosion protection can also help with lubrication and cleaning.
BONDERITE® M-PP is a revolutionary autodeposition coating for the best protection of complex steel components. It is especially suited for vulnerable areas such as cavities or sharp metal edges. In a neutral salt spray test (NSS), the process resists corrosion for 1000 hours and can be used as a stand-alone system or as a primer before a top coat.
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