Applications – Materials
CompCote® Finishes are used all over the place
The CompCote® process can be tailored to your specific needs to
make your
products function better. Today the CompCote® finishes are
successfully tested and used in all kinds of industries, an overview is provided
below.
- Aircraft:
Landing gear components, Cockpit components - Automotive:
Brake, Engine Pistons, Fuel Pumps, Sensor Housings, Transmission, Airbag, Central Oil Reservoir for Trucks, Decorative Interior Parts, etc. - Camera Equipment:
Lens Bezels, Objectives, Tripods and Stands - Communication:
Cell Phones, Electronic Housings, Microphones - Extrusion:
Diverse profiles - Fire Fighting Equipment:
Fire Hose Nozzles. Valves and Valve Housings, Handles - Food Industry:
Packaging Machines, Ice Makers, Pizza Pans - Household Appliances:
Pots and Pans - Mechanical Engineering:
Gripper systems, Cooling components, Locking devices, Carriers, Vacuum Packaging components, Lids, Frames, Shafts, Heat Exchanger, Piston Rods - Medical Equipment:
Injection pens, Autoclaves and Cold Sterilization Devices, Operating Room Trays, Articulators for Dental Models - Motor Bikes:
Fork legs, Steering Dampers, Foot Rests - Sporting Goods:
Hunting Rifle components, Paint Ball Gun components, Fishing Reels, Arrow heads, Marine components
See more details in Applications
The CompCote® Finishes protect most aluminum alloys
CompCote® finishes work with most common industrial aluminum alloys. Although the polymer additive does serve as a buffer, enhancing finish growth, limitations may occur with highly segregated and inhomogeneous alloy microstructures, as with any anodizing process. Highly alloyed materials such as hyper-eutectic castings and lead and copper bearing alloys may exhibit slower finish growth, thinner maximum finish thickness and irregular surface topography.
- Photo Courtesy of Öhlins Racing AB, Sweden