Abakan Inc., Miami, announces that its portfolio company Mesocoat Inc., Euclid, Ohio, has completed initial field testing of PComP M, its proprietary thermal-spray nanocomposite coating. Mesocoat worked with a leading steel producer on full-size production equipment to test the coating’s corrosion resistance in molten metal. In over 3000 hours of simulated testing, PComP M coatings extended useful component life by 6 to 10 times compared to the current state of the art coatings under similar test environments.
The specific goal was to validate component life extension on zinc pot rolls used extensively in the continuous hot-dip galvanizing process, as well as other components used in the handling and processing of molten metals.
“Compared to conventional materials, PComP M has demonstrated vastly improved molten metal corrosion resistance, combined with increased durability and reliability in the environment of rapidly changing temperatures during molten metal contact,” stated MesoCoat CEO Stephen C. Goss.
“There are approximately 80 hot-dip coating (galvanizing and aluminizing) lines operational in the United States, and about half of these lines use coated rolls, with an average of six pot rolls in each galvanizing line. Each pot roll lasts an average of 2-4 weeks in the challenging high-temperature molten metal environment, before it must be replaced,” says Mr. Goss.
Based on this data and the current cost of coating pot rolls, the overall market for pot roll coatings just for the galvanizing and aluminizing lines is more than $100 million annually in the United States, and approximately $500 million globally. Additionally, more than 15% of galvanizing lines in the United States are located within 100 miles of Abakan’s PComP thermal spray coating material production facility in Euclid, Ohio.
Please click on the link below to view the thermal spray coating of zinc:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=taYFswS0O0g
