Picklex®
Long term Corrosion Protection
by Alternate Environmentally Safe Metal Pre-treatment Process





Laboratory and Field Tests Summary
Picklex® - Long term Corrosion Protection
by Alternate Environmentally Safe Metal Pre-treatment Process

Scale
Target Metal
Purpose
Results
Field test
Steel
Powder Coating
and E-coating
Passed all required quality tests. Also, passed 1500 hours of salt spray test in both cases (ASTM B117). Test also shows Zero Creepage.
Field test
Aluminum
Powder Coating
Passed all quality tests with 1740 hours of salt spray test
Commercial operation
Steel and
Aluminum
Powder Coating & Liquid painting
Meeting all quality requirements, along with a reduction of around 50% on Process time and Running cost. Zero rejection in past one year
Lab Test
Steel

Painting
(Hot rolled steel)

Passed 1540 hours of salt spray test with minimum surface preparation (ASTM B117)
Lab Test
Aluminum
Anodizing
Passed 500 hours of salt spray test with minimum surface preparation (ASTM B117)
US EPA Evaluation & Testing
Steel
Hard Chrome Plating
Passed preliminary quality tests
US EPA Evaluation & Testing
Aluminum
Sulfuric Acid Anodizing (Type II Class 1)

Passed 500 hours of salt spray test (ASTM B117).

 

WELDING TESTS

General Motors Corp.
Evaluation & Testing
Steel
Spot Welding
Showed 60 % increase in weld strength
PSI , Inc. Previously known as Pittsburgh Testing Lab.
Lab Test
Hot & Cold rolled Steel
Fillet Welding
Showed 43% increase in weld strength for cold rolled steel. Welding performed on mill scale for hot rolled steel, showed 8% higher strength, than the welding performed on bare metal surface by standard AWS process. Also, it has been noticed that, no weld spatter formed on the metal surface.

 

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