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| EPOSINT, the specialist for technical plastic coatings(with additional characteristics of plastic coatings and LubriCoat) |
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EPOSINT – 30 years of coating experience, from 2004 with an extended range of services.
At the beginning of 2004, EPOSINT was incorporated into the Adelhelm Group by the rule of succession. It will continue to produce as EPOSINT AG in Pfyn/TG and remain your contact partner.
The entire program of EPOSINT AG is being continued in Pfyn/TG and will be supplemented by the activities of Adelhelm Kunststoffbeschichtungen GmbH and Adelhelm LubriCoat GmbH. The co-operation of experienced and well equipped teams enables a bundling of competencies in Switzerland in all questions to do with technical coatings with plastics and metals - as non-stick coating, chemical protection, dry lubrication, sliding coating or burst protection - on metals, elastomers and glass. Particularly interesting is the access to plasma and nano-technology and the DLC coatings.
EPOSINT places great emphasis on controlled process technology and quality assurance. The central goal is to offer you optimum solutions for coatings and high-tech surface finishes with a technically mature, wide range of products.
Eposint has its systems registered as brands to protect against sub-standard coatings. Have a look at the current registrations under News/Reports. |
The EPOSINT specialists support you with an extensive know-how for your benefit
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in the selection of coating materials, adapted to the application purpose and component geometry |
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coating-compatible part designs |
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definition of pre-treatment and coating processes |
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in the quality planning and determination of necessary documentation |
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in the type and execution of appropriate further processing, e.g. cutting further processing by EPOSINT |
Technical consulting in German, French, Italian or English.
You will now find all our services described generally under the Adelhelm Group. The contact pages then offer you the choice of contacting EPOSINT in Switzerland or another division of the Adelhelm Group directly. - You will get competent advice and prompt answers to your questions regardless of who you contact. |
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| Historie |
| The history of EPOSINT is based on more than 30 years of know-how in the coating of metal workpieces with plastics which meet special technical requirements. The first steps in technical plastic coating go back to the late 1960s. Eddy sintering made it possible to melt thermoplastics onto metal substrates with good adhesion and in thick coats where necessary. |
At that time mainly PE-LD and some PE-HD and PVC and new processes were used. New plastics were added over the decades, especially highly interesting copolymers such as PA, PEBA, EVA, modified polyolefins, TPU or PUR etc. as well as numerous high-tech plastics such as ETFE, ECTFE, PEEK, PVDF and the whole range of non-stick and chemical-resistant fluoroplastics such as PTFE, FEP, PFA, MFA etc. |
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| Range of services |
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EPOSINT offers the following coating methods within the Adelhelm Group:
Modern application methods for powder coating up to a coating thickness of 3 mm
• eddy sintering
• electrostatically supported
application method
• hotflocking method
• rotation / vibration sintering
Wet coat application method
• high pressure / low pressure /
airless method
• automatic mass coating method
• high-precision automatic spray
application method
Thermal spray coatings on metals, ceramics and plastics, also as compound method (wear-optimised non-stick coatings)
• flame sintering
• flame spraying
• plasma and HVOF spraying method
Mechanical processing
Galvanics / Assembly
Mechanical pre-treatment and post-treatment
• turning
• milling
• drilling
• (precision) grinding
• lapping
• welding
• cutting
Galvanic pre-treatment and post-treatment
• zinc plating
• nickel plating
• silver plating
• etc.
Manufacture
Mechanical manufacture of parts to be coated in steel, non-ferrous metals according to your specifications. For example from:
• building steel
• stainless steel (V4A, V2A)
• aluminium
• brass
• copper
• etc.
Assembly
Versions of all types according to your specifications:
• assembly of parts
• commissioning
• packing
Substrate pre-treatment
Pre-treatment at EPOSINT is a process step which is finely adapted to the substrate and the subsequent coating.
Pre-treatment of metallic substrates
The pre-treatment of the parts to be coated is performed by degreasing and then blasting in our own sand blasting machines at the factory. Only blasting media are used which are free from ferromagnetic parts, above all fused corundum, special fused alumina, glass shot and special low-wear blasting methods.
Pre-treatment of polymer substrates
Rubber parts to be coated such as O-rings and TPE and rubber gaskets are cleaned chemically to thoroughly remove separators and talcum. A plasma activation of the substrate surface is necessary for caoutchouc to achieve optimum adhesion of the coating. Nano coatings which we have developed specially in co-operation with universities serve the same purpose, namely adjustment of the surface tension. |
Production of the raw part with overmeasure.
The plastic coating and the metal are machined to the end dimensions after coating.
The delivered raw parts are coated and then the uncoated contact surfaces are silver plated.
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| Product overview |
adcoat® (*), Teflon®, Xylan®, Dykor®, Ilaflon®, Greblon®, PTFE, FEP, PFA, PFA ruby red, MFA, ETFE Tefzel®, ETFE-filled, ECTFE Halar® PVDF Kynar®, PA 11 Rilsan®, PEBA Pebax®,
PE Flamulit®, PP Coathylene® PE-Ionomer Abcite®, PUR Metaline®, TPU 5811, EP-KU Araldit®, PEEK Victrex®, Epover-P-as, Nano-Coating, EpoFlon®, EpoLube®, EpoPlast®, EpoTec® |
| EPOSINT makes coatings of technical plastics. These can be classified requirement-specifically as follows: |
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High-tech coatings 150µm - 3000µmETFE Tefzel®, E-CTFE Halar®, PEEK Victrex®, EP Araldite KU®, PFA Teflon®, PVDF Kynar® |
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Non-stick coatings 10µm - 200µmPTFE/FEP/PFA/MFA Teflon®, Ilaflon®, Xylan®, Dykor®, Greblon® etc. |
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Elastomer coatings based on polyurethane 250µm - 1000µm networked PUR and thermoplastic PU (TPU) |
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Antistatic or electrically conductive coatings both by integrating conductive additives in conventional coating materials and use of intrinsically conductive polymers |
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Conventional technical plastic coatings 200µm - 800µm PA 11 Rilsan®, PEBA Pebax®, PE, PP, EVA, EVOH, EMA Abcite®, PPA, PVC etc. |
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Special coatings: e.g. glass splinter protective coating transparent, anti-static |
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Ceramic and metallic layers, in plasma or flame spray method as a primer for plastic coatings or as an abrasion-proof running surface coating |
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Bonded coatings and dry lubrication coatings on metals 3µm - 50µm based on MOS2, PTFE and graphite (Molycote®, Klübertop, Teflon®, Xylan®
and adcoat® (*) ) |
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Coatings on elastomers 1µm - 30µm as a sliding aid or for simplifying assembly (PTFE, silicone, adcoat® (*) ) |
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Nano technology: Special coatings, e.g. for improving the adhesive bond or adjusting the surface tension / DLC and nanolub coatings |
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| Areas of application / Applications |
A number of coating materials are used by the companies in the Adelhelm Group.
In the common function and cost-oriented analysis we choose the optimum material based on the requirements of the case, application and carrier material. |
EPOSINT will be glad to advise you on the selection of coatings and methods and provide further information. |
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| (*) adcoat® is not available in Denmark. Ask for Adelhelm Coating. |
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