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MetoKote opens new coating center
MetoKote’s new € 6. 5 million facility in Mannheim, Germany will supply John Deere.
MetoKote Corporation has opened a
€ 6. 5 million coating center in the
Friesenheimer Insel area of Mannheim,
Germany, that began production in July
2010 and will supply electro-deposition
coating (e-coat) on tractor components
for Germany’s leading manufacturer of
agricultural equipment, John Deere.
Located approximately nine kilometers ( 5. 5 miles) from John Deere’s
European headquarters and tractor
assembly facility, MetoKote’s 11,500
square meter (near 124,000 square
foot) site features an advanced e-coat
operation, capable of coating multiple substrates including steel, and
aluminum and iron castings.
The line’s all-spray, zinc phosphate
pretreatment, and 61.6 cubic meter
( 17,000 gallon) e-coat tanks are able to
process components up to 0.91M x
1.83M x 3.5M ( 3’ x 6’ x 11. 5’) in size and
transport them through the line by way
of its “power-and-free,” non-synchro-
nized, overhead conveyer system. The
cathodic e-coating system has two-color
capability. Maximum coating capacity
for the line is 2.2 million square meters
( 23. 7 million square feet) per year. At
full capacity the facility can employ up
to 50 team members.
INDUSTRIAL NANOTECH
DEVELOPS EXTREME HIGH
TEMPERATURE COATING
Industrial Nanotech has developed a
nanotechnology-based thermal insulation coating capable of being applied to
surfaces of at least 1000°F. Nansulate
Extreme High Heat was developed as a
result of a request by Saudi European
Petrochemical Company, IBN ZAHR, a
customer of the company’s exclusive
distributor in Saudi Arabia, Saudi
Environmental Projects, Ltd, to insulate a 2.1 mile pipeline transporting
high pressure steam.
“To date, we have successfully tested
the coating on surfaces with temperatures up to 1004°F (540°C),” said Stuart
Burchill, CEO/CTO of Industrial Nanotech, Inc. “We have reason to believe the
coating can also be used on surfaces
