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Carbodeon of Finland has worked with metal finishing specialist CCT Plating of Germany, to develop a new electroless nickel, PTFE and nanodiamond composite coating.
Electroless nickel-PTFE (EN-PTFE) coatings provide excellent anti-adhesive and low friction properties but are traditionally soft and wear quickly in abrasive conditions, says Carbodeon. By adding nanodiamond particles to the EN-PTFE coating, the company reports that it has been able to improve the abrasive wear resistance of these coatings without compromising the sliding or release properties.
Nanodiamond material consists of small, spherical diamond nanoparticles which are specially treated to make them disperse in coating liquids and carry a positive electrical charge on their surfaces. In the plating process, the diamond particles behave similarly to positively charged metal ions and together with the nickel and the PTFE material they co-deposit onto the component.
Key performance characteristics are said to include:
Target applications include: automotive components including engine parts, chassis parts and body mechanisms; plastics forming moulds including complex structures, moving cores and slides; military applications requiring hard wearing and lubricant-free operations; and printing and textile production equipment and machinery.
“Customer applications have multiple requirements that are a challenge for existing coatings,” states Carbodeon CTO Dr. Vesa Myllymaki. “Through a combination of these three materials, nickel, nanodiamond and PTFE, we produce coatings which are resistant to the multiple modes of wear and failure that components and systems are subject to, while keeping the low friction and release properties of the EN-PTFE surface.”
The nanomaterial for the process can be obtained from Carbodeon for addition to existing electroless nickel-PTFE systems. Alternatively, job plating or turnkey solutions can be carried out by CCT Plating.
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