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High performing topcoats: GEOKOTE®
05/09/2012
NOF METAL COATINGS GROUP launches a new range of high- performing topcoats: GEOKOTE®.
The MGI COUTIER automotive components manufacturer explains its choice of this coating.
The GEOMET® zinc flake anticorrosion technology occupies a significant place in the protection of metallic parts. Today, the new GEOKOTE® range provides new features: resistance to chemicals, controlled tribological properties, additional anticorrosion and abrasion performance… GEOKOTE® is used for instance in standard production by the MGI COUTIER component manufacturer which revisits the reasons that have led to this choice.
With the aim of expanding its topcoat range (PLUS®, DACROLUB®), the NOF METAL COATINGS GROUP launches its new GEOKOTE® line of topcoats. Like the other topcoats, it is applied onto GEOMET® 321 or 500 zinc flake coatings, thus enabling the increase, with a very thin layer, of the anticorrosion performance of coated parts while providing new features.
As the metallic parts for the whole industry (automotive, heavy trucks, railway, windpower etc) are used in very different environments, they do not have therefore the same constraints.
The aim is to propose new properties as for instance the resistance to chemicals or repetitive abrasion. The GEOKOTE® chemical composition enables it particularly to resist substances that are very aggressive for example as contained in brake fluids.
MGI COUTIER selects the GEOKOTE® topcoat
MGI COUTIER which manufactures and assembles door check straps for the automotive industry, parts that are highly stressed, wanted to develop a very high performing anticorrosion solution, even after very harsh use simulated by many test cycles. 2 solutions have been chosen: The application of GEOMET® 321 Grade A coating and of a clear or black GEOKOTE® topcoat.
Mr. Sébastien LECLERC, Project Manager at MGI COUTIER explains: «We wanted a new coating combining both a strong corrosion and mechanical resistance. The GEOMET® 321 zinc flake coating with a GEOKOTE® topcoat provides us with the compromise sought regarding the preservation of the corrosion performance after the numerous mechanical stresses exerted on parts. From the tests performed, we have selected 2 options: a black topcoat and a clear topcoat. The mass production started in February 2011 »
Properties adapted for fasteners
The GEOKOTE® topcoat is also particularly well adapted for manufacturers and users of fasteners (screws, nuts, tightening clips…) by providing them optimal strength and mountability properties. It enables among others to avoid the stick-slip effect when tightening.
The whole range of GEOKOTE® topcoats is available worldwide. It can be used with dip or spray processes on the lines of our global applicators network.
About MGI COUTIER
Founded in 1972, MGI COUTIER group is a global 1st-tier supplier in the automotive and heavy goods vehicle industries. It develops and offers world-renowned technical know-how in 2 areas of activity: fluid transfer and mechanisms.
Its strategy is based on a very specialized expertise which hinges on 5 divisions focused on product lines: fuel systems, articulated systems, mechatronic, powertrain and closing systems, and an« aftermarket » division dedicated to the after-sales market. Today, the group employs more than 8000 persons and generates 87% of its turnover with automotive manufacturers.
For more information: www.mgicoutier.com
About NOF METAL COATINGS EUROPE
With a 35-year experience, NOF METAL COATINGS EUROPE develops, produces and sells, by license agreement, the zinc-flake technologies GEOMET® and DACROMET®. Our coatings offer a low-thickness and high-performing anticorrosion protection and are the benchmark in the automotive and truck sectors as well as in lots of other industrial sectors such as renewable energies.
NOF METAL COATINGS EUROPE is the European subsidiary of NOF METAL COATINGS GROUP, the anticorrosion division of the Japanese chemical group NOF CORPORATION, who invented the zinc-flake technology. An international licensees network with more than 450 application lines uses our coatings worldwide. For more information:www.nofmetalcoatings.com
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