Henkel Presents Cleaner and Coater Technology
Henkel's white paper details a one-step cleaner and coater technology for metal pretreatment, reducing process steps, energy use, and water consumption.
Henkel Adhesive Technologies has released a new white paper dedicated to a cleaner and coater technology that offers more efficient metal pretreatment in just one step. The technology enables users in the metal industry to reduce the number of process steps by half while also saving energy and water. It ties in with Henkel’s sustainability campaign “Respect the Planet, Rethink Design”.
Cleaning and coating steps give metal surfaces important properties such as corrosion protection and paint adhesion, making a key contribution to quality and performance in subsequent applications. However, the cleaning and coating of metal parts is associated with high water and energy requirements. This makes it more difficult for manufacturers to achieve sustainability goals such as reducing CO2 emissions and also inflates process costs along with increasing raw material costs.
Henkel’s white paper shows how the conventional eight to ten process steps can be reduced to four. At the heart of the process is Bonderite M-NT 41044, a cleaner and coater product that cleans and coats metal parts in a single step.
The product can be used with powder, wet or cataphoresis coating applications in general industry.
In addition to illustrating the process-related and ecological advantages of the new technology, the best practices employed by household appliance manufacturer BSH Turkey demonstrate the results of combining cleaning and coating through a practical example.
“Our commitment to a sustainable metal industry is at the heart of Henkel’s business,” says Volker Mansfeld, vice president of Industry EIMEA at Henkel Adhesive Technologies.
The free white paper is available to download here.
