How Coatings Work Magnaplate coatings are applied to substrates in a multi-step system that starts with a series of specialized cleaning treatments. The substrate's surface is then enhanced by conversion, deposition, thermal... Read More

Magnaplate Surface Enhancement Can Be As Simple as... ABCDE Prepared by Ed Aversenti Based on our 50 years of applying "synergistic" surface enhancement coatings to virtually every shape, size, and type of metal surface, we've discovered that the most successful... Read More

Metal Coating Technologies Provide Critical Edge For Dry Bulk Solids Handling Leader Over the past forty years, Acrison has established itself as an industry leading authority in dry bulk solids handling, specifically the precision metering of dry solid ingredients by volume or weight... Read More

Dry Lubricant Coating Plays A Hand In Man Reaching For Mars Following the recent successful landings of the 'Opportunity' and 'Spirit' Rovers on Mars, NASA has become more open about its investigations into a potential manned lunar mission and a manned planetary... Read More

Magnaplate Goes Against The Grain To Save Mars Exploration Project Magnaplate Develops High Friction Coating For Decent Rate Limiter On Mars Explorers Linden, NJ, October, 2003 - At the end of August, Mars, the fourth rock from the sun, was less than 35 million miles... Read More

Ultra-Thin, Ultra-Hard, Surface Enhancement Applied On International Space Station's Quick Disconnect Couplings Eliminates Wear, Leaks, and Contamination In the harsh vacuum and low temperatures of outer space, the valves on quick disconnect couplings (QDCs) on the International Space Station (ISS) must operate with total reliability. Even UPS or FEDEX... Read More

"Space-Age" Surface Enhancement Coatings Fight Environmental Attacks On Oil & Gas Equipment by Edmund V. Aversenti, Jr. Vice President, Corporate Director of Operations General Magnaplate Corporation Design engineers, operating engineers, and equipment maintenance specialists in the oil and... Read More

Magnaplate's Steel-Hard Coating On Aluminum Dies Improves Quality And Productivity For Custom Extruder A leading custom profile extruder of plastics attains flawless surface finish quality while doubling die life and increasing productivity by the application of unique, steel-hard coatings to its... Read More

Space Age Coatings Increase Service Life Of Pumps Operating In "Aggressive" Water Environments The high silt and gravel content of local water wells in parts of Illinois and Wisconsin causes scouring, corrosion and shortened lives for the pumps operating in those wells. However, the application... Read More

New Materials and Design Concepts Used in Black & Decker's New ProFinish Steam Iron What can you do to improve a "simple" electrical appliance that was first patented 115 years ago, is in practically every American home, and which most users already feel gives good service and value?... Read More

Surface Enhancements Eliminate ESD Damage During Operation of State-of-the-Art I.C. Handlers When San Jose California's Exatron engineered their latest generation of integrated circuit (I.C.) handling equipment, protection from damage due to electro-static discharge (ESD) was a top priority.... Read More

A Space Age FDA/USDA Compliant Metal Coating Extends Release Properties Of Multi-Metal Chocolate Extruders From 40 Hours To More Than Two Years If the operation of a real-life candy processing facility were as delightful and exciting as that run by the fictional hero Willy Wonka, there would be little need for magazines such as Food Manufacturing... Read More

Worcester Controls Corp. Eliminates Galling and Boosts Ball Valve Life 50% With Mirror-Smooth Coating "Synergistic" Surface Enhancement Also Extends Effective Temperature Range by More than 200°F For more than four decades, Worcester Controls Corporation has been on the leading edge of ball valve and... Read More

Space-Age Enhancement Coating Solves Aluminum Longeron Failures On T-38 Jets First flown in 1959, the Northrop T-38 Talon jet trainer is one of the true "workhouses" of the United States Air Force. Over 60,000 pilots have learned supersonic techniques, aerobatics, formation, night... Read More

When Adhesives Stick Too Well "Synergistic" Coatings Keep Residues From "Gumming Up" Production Equipment By Edmund V. Aversenti, Jr. Corporate Director of Operations - General Magnaplate Corporation If you work with calendar rolls, adhesive pumps, mixing kettles, mixer blades, rolls, rails, conveyors, frames,... Read More

"Made in the U.S.A." Audio Component Pioneer Redesigns Efficiency Elastomeric Polymer-Based Surface Enhancement Coating From Magnaplate Doubles Coil Winding Efficiency And Reduces Rejects 75% For Pyle Industries Huntington Indiana's Pyle Industries has long been a pioneer... Read More

High-Tech, Space-Age Metal Surface Enhancement Coating Solves Wear and Release Problems for Pine Instrument Company's Gyratory Compaction Asphalt Testers The development of computer-controlled asphalt testing equipment to simulate and then quantify and predict the punishment which various asphalt mixes will be able to endure when used to pave actual roads... Read More