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CompCote® Finish passed Mercury’s 2 year Gulf Test
Mercury Marine, the world leader in outboard motors, subjects any new coating to the hardest corrosion tests in their test facility at the Gulf of Mexico in Florida.
Tidal warm saltwater and sunlight accumulate to an extreme challenge for coatings, which are meant to protect the aluminum parts of their engines from the aggressive marine environment.
Engine components were finished with CompCote® A, then coated with an electrodeposition primer and polyurethane finish lacquered. The CompCote® Finish proved to be a perfect match with the subsequent coatings. Therefore, the coating system was still intact after 2 years of testing. Because the CompCote® Finish offers chemical bonding, which is the strongest form of bonding, no chipping or delaminating of the top coating appeared. The CompCote® A finish, unlike anodized or hard anodized finishes, was capable of carrying an electrostatic charge and improved by that the throwing power of the subsequent EDP coating process, which led to a more uniform finish, also on the inside of the complex engine parts. The CompCote® Finish contains no heavy metals, is therefore environmentally friendly and offers high wear and scratch resistance, which both makes it superior compared to chromate conversion coatings.
Outboard motor gear cases with several different types of coating systems tested in the tidal range
at the Gulf of Mexico, Florida (Photograph provided by Mercury Marine).
The CompCote® Finish based samples have been successfully tested over a period of 24 month.
CompCote® Finish protects Pneumatic grippers
Festo, a leader in pneumatics uses CompCote® on the housings of his HGPT Parallel Grippers and HGDT 3 Point Grippers. The CompCote® Finish provides enhanced wear and corrosion resistance with a smooth and hard surface.
CompCote® Finish protects VectorTek rod holders
VectorTek is a leader in deepwater fishing equipment. You can read here, why VectorTec chose the CompCote® Finish: “This is the Cadillac of the Vector “PDS” series. 3 rod holders, swivel base and 190 fpm retrieve rate. This rigger leaves no room for improvements. The Vector line of downriggers is built tough and has a warranty to back it, lifetime! The choice of charter captains everywhere, you can bet your vector won’t let you down. Whether your enjoying a lazy summers afternoon or in the heat of a top dollar tournament your Vector’s will be hard at work with no questions asked! Make the switch to Vector!
All Vector products are machined from solid aluminum and stainless steel, then polished and plated for added corrosion resistance with durable CompCote®. The plating gives our riggers almost 4 times the corrosion resistance of standard anodize finishes."
CompCote® Finish wins contest on Fuel Pumps
In a new high end fuel pump generation the CompCote® H version of the CompCote® Finish family showed better performance than other Hardanodized films and Electroless Nickel coatings. After comprehensive proprietary tests by one of the leading OEM suppliers the CompCote® H Finish was selected as the best solution for wear protection on these powerful pumps which work under extreme conditions.
Oehlins – worldleader in advanced suspension systems trusts in CompCote®
As Lars Macklin, General Manager Product Development and Purchasing
of Oehlins Racing AB, Sweden,
states:
“Our products have a rather strong position in the market place and
there are a few features that are very special to us. Our products are
often exposed to very harsh conditions and wear and corrosion resistance is
consequently an important factor to us. The same goes for the design and the
color of the products, where each product line has its own appearance expectations.
The possibility to be able to choose a suitable color is therefore also very
important to us. The third and maybe the most important factor of all is the
function of the products and in all our products we strive to reduce the friction
to a minimum. The CompCote product is as far as I know, unique in that it combines
all of the above factors in one surface treatment “.
Learn more about Oehlins www.ohlins.com
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