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Lubrication booster reduces wear and tool pollution during pressing of metal sheets
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Compatible to all conventional car manufacturing processes (a.o. welding, bonding, E-coat)
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Allowing automotive companies to save costs and increase productivity while making use of hot-dip galvanized material for the outer panels
PrimeLube is a high performing lubrication booster technology from AD Coil Coating Technologies B.V. The PrimeLube lubricant booster series meet or exceed all cricitical demands.
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‘PrimeLube is best described as a ‘booster lubricant’, which consists of a thin coating that is applied on the galvanising line prior to applying a conventional oil layer. The combination of PrimeLube and oil provides a superior lubrication system that improves processing of hot-dip galvanised GI steels for exposed automotive panels.
According to Tata Steel, a main user of PrimeLube it has the following benefits: “It induces a lower and more stable friction during pressing and is particularly suitable to support manufacturing of panels such as fenders, doors and body sides to a high surface quality. Thereby the new advanced lubricant extends Tata Steel’s Serica and Full Finish premium offering for outer panels,”
PrimeLube offers an improved press performance of GI steels when compared to those treated with standard conventional oil and it enables manufacturers to move away from electro-galvanised (EG) steels towards a more cost-effective GI-coating. “When compared to the common process, PrimeLube enables a smoother pressing operation with reduced maintenance costs and, therefore, a higher production yield,”
PrimeLube has been designed not to disturb subsequent manufacturing processes like resistance spot welding (RSW) and adhesive bonding. On zincmagnesium coatings durable adhesion can even be improved. PrimeLube’s wafer thin organic layer induces a lower friction co-efficient that remains more stable over subsequent press cycles when compared with GI material treated with standard oil. It is completely removed in the cleaning bath towards the end of the process and leaves no residue behind. One of the main values of using PrimeLube is its reduced friction co-efficient that reduces wear and tool pollution to acceptable levels for efficient manufacturing process.
- PrimeLube offers an improved press performance
- PrimeLube has been designed not to disturb subsequent manufacturing processes
Learn more about the advantages of the booster lubricant Prime Lubrication Treatment (PLT is PrimeLube based) from the experts of TATA Steel Europe who believe PLT to be a key enabler in the transfer from Electro galvanised to hot dip galvanised outer panels.
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Coil industry
AD CCT a division of AD International develops, manufactures and supplies a wide range of metal surface pre-treatment chemicals used in continuous manufacturing processes.
Passivation
‘White rust’ the enemy of zinc coated steel strips, is in itself a form of corrosion that occurs during storage and is unacceptable for critical applications in, white goods, construction and other industries.
Pretreatments
Durability and extended end-use life are demands that consumers take for granted and of which they expect continuous improvement year on year. Paint adhesion and corrosion resistance are critical factors in keeping end-use applications in a condition that is expected to remain in place for their usable life time.
Thin Organic Coatings
Thin Organic Coatings (TOC’s) are applied in a continuous process to hot dip galvanized steel strip and other metal substrates, and can offer a wide range of benefits from anti-fingerprinting to improving, forming and enabling enhanced corrosion protection.
Cleaners and specialty additives
Oils and greases used during processing as well as other forms of surface contamination must be removed. This can be achieved using either acid or alkaline based cleaners depending on the nature of the contamination and the type of metal substrate.
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