A domestic company has produced electrostatic nano-based powder paints in the form of fusion bonded epoxy (FBE) coating that makes pipelines anti-corrosive.
The nano FBE powder coating produced by this domestic company could be used to give excellent protection to pipelines and increase their lifespan, the news portal of Iran Nanotechnology Innovation Council reported.
Peka Chemie Industrial Company produces this powder coating as well as polyester powder paint, epoxy powder paint, polyester epoxy powder paint (hybrid), polyurethane powder paint, silicone powder paint, two-layer system FBE powder paint and three-layer polyethylene system FBE powder paint.
Hamed Fakhrizadeh, the company’s sales manager, said weekly exports of its products are continuing to the neighboring countries.
“Low price and high quality are our products’ main features and with these advantages, we compete with European and American competitors. We are ready to conduct comparative tests so that our products and those of competitors are evaluated by laboratories. We are not inferior to our competitors in terms of quality. Currently, Russia, Qatar and Oman are among our main export destinations,” he said.
The domestic industrial company is capable of manufacturing various powder coatings based on polyester, epoxy, hybrid (epoxy-polyester), polyurethane and acrylic resin bases that are applied on metal substrates such as aluminum, iron, cast-iron and galvanized objects.
Glossy, semi-glossy, semi-matte, matte and super-matte are among the features of this company’s powder coatings that have various decorative effects such as sand texture, leather texture, antique and metallic effect.
The domestic company also produces special protective layers such as super-durable, antibacterial, zinc-rich and metallic bonding that enhance the resistance of the coated object.
Peka Chemie was established in March 1996 to produce various types of industrial powder coatings. It completed the study and design phases for the production of electrostatic powder coatings in 1996 and 1997, and installed plant machinery and equipment in 1998. It began production in 1999.
Owing to its versatile production plants and state-of-the-art technologies, Peka Chemie is one of the leading manufacturers of decorative and industrial powder coatings in the region and the only producer of fusion bonded epoxy in Iran.
Domestic Nanocoating Improves Metal’s Resistance to Corrosion
A knowledge-based company has developed an environment-friendly method to increase the resistance of metallic equipment and parts to corrosion by using a nanocoating.
One of the cost-effective and common methods for surface coating in different industries is the use of conversion coatings which, in addition to increasing the anti-corrosive quality of the metal, increases the paint’s adhesion to the surface.
Schiller Farayand Pars Company is the producer of the new zirconium nanocoating for metal equipment and parts, the news portal of Vice Presidency for Science and Technology reported.
Phosphate or chromate conversion coatings are the most commonly used coatings, but studies have shown that these coatings are harmful to the environment and human health, apart from being economically unviable for the producer. Therefore, researchers were looking for another material to replace phosphate and chromate coatings such as zinc oxide, titanium oxide and vanadium oxide.
The chromate conversion coating is used on many metals and their alloys, but the main problem is its toxicity. One of the toxic compounds created by this coating is hexavalent chrome, which is carcinogenic.
Phosphate coating (also known as zinc phosphate coating) is not intrinsically toxic, but the post-treatment can give rise to poisonous chemicals that threaten human health.
Zirconium coatings produced by the domestic company are a good alternative because, unlike phosphate and chromate coatings, they do not create environmental problems and the coating process is done at ambient temperature and requires less time compared with other methods.
Another important feature of zirconium coatings is their lower weight compared with chromate and phosphate coatings.
Creating a coating with a thickness of less than 100 nanometers on metal surfaces, the absence of substances harmful for human health and the environment, and the lower cost of application are among the advantages of the Iranian nanocoating.
The company claims that applying a very thin layer of coating (in nanometers) on steel, aluminum and galvanized surfaces improves the adhesion of the organic coating, increases resistance to paint corrosion and prevents the paint’s cathodic separation.
