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« Abrasive Wear Causes and Countermeasures » Wear occurs whenever materials degrade through use. Abrasion is a specific form of wear that results from what is known as micro-cutting. High abrasiveness significantly reduces the service life of machine parts, places …

How Does Manganese Phosphating Work? Manganese phosphating is a conversion coating process used primarily on low-alloy ferrous parts. It provides excellent corrosion resistance and reduces friction and wear in sliding or rotating applications. This guide explains how manganese phosphate conversion …

« The Sustainability Assessment System Explained » EcoVadis SAS is a Paris-based company, established in 2007, that operates globally to assess sustainability practices within companies. The outcome is the EcoVadis Sustainability Rating. This rating allows participating companies to precisely determine …

What requirements are placed on modern coating systems? QUALICOAT is the registered trademark of the Association for Quality Control in the Painting and Coating Industry, headquartered in Zurich, Switzerland. The trademark also serves as a quality label for surface pretreatment …

Most metals used  to manufacture  a wide variety of products occur in nature only in the form of chemical compounds known as ores. Only after they are released from these compounds are they available in metallic form. Left unprotected, these …

Emulsifiers ensure that all components of water-miscible metalworking fluids remain evenly distributed in the liquid during use. This is the only way to fully benefit from the friction-reducing properties of oils and the excellent cooling performance of water, allowing both …

Why Economy, Ecology, and Social Responsibility Must Be Seen as a Unified Whole in Industry In the 1990s, the concept of the “sustainability triangle” gained traction in environmental discussions.  It was particularly influential in the chemical industry, which contributed valuable …

Where Are Forming Lubricants Used? Forming includes those manufacturing processes in which tools apply significant external forces to deliberately change the contours of materials. A prerequisite is the close interaction between material and tools, which enables force transmission while also …

Tube drawing is a critical manufacturing process that creates precise, high-quality metal tubes used in everything from automotive parts to construction materials. The process transforms stock materials into finished tubes with precise dimensions. The starting materials are typically steel hollow …

Coagulants cause coating particles in wastewater to join together into micro-flocs and allow them to be separated during further treatment. Read here about where wastewater is generated during painting processes, how detackification works, what requirements detackification agents must meet, and …