Product Announcements:
Industrial Coatings

Offering daily support to OEM’s and their tiers, Whitford’s high-performance coating ranges solve performance problems including abrasion resistance and improved itch and squeak suppression.

Recent developments have produced advanced formulations that also offer environmental and process benefits on rubber, plastic and metal applications. Read more...

Whitford's global technical and sales teams work closely with automotive companies and their tier suppliers to solve specific performance problems experienced within the industry. Read more...

Xylan® coatings provide a thin layer of lubrication to prevent the asperities on mating surfaces from making physical contact with each other. The selection of the best dry lubricant, such as PTFE, moly, or graphite, for these applications depends primarily on the PV (Pressure X Velocity), atmosphere and operating temperature of the application. Read more...

Whitford thin-film Xylan® and Xylar® coatings offer key properties:

• Chemical resilience
• High thermal stability
• Low coefficient of friction
• Other high-performance properties

Resilon®: A water-based solution, the Resilon range is used on flexible substrates throughout the automotive industry such as rubber and plastic seals on vehicles to reduce ‘itch and squeak’. Read more...

Coating failures occur for a number of reasons; the below links outline the most common complaints that coating manufacturers have to address, the coating appearance, the probable cause of the problem and suggested solutions to rectify the problems. Read more...

Xylan 142X series fastener-class coatings are waterborne/VOC-compliant, resin-bonded, thermally cured, single-film, dry-film lubricants. They are primarily formulated for use on fasteners and oil tools to prevent corrosion and resist chemicals. Read more...

EterniTex products can offer:

release

low friction

resistance to abrasion

combination of strength and flexibility

resistance to UV light Read more...

Vortices trailing high-speed impeller blades, impacting gear teeth, bearings spinning in races, slapping piston skirts, plungers sliding against the walls of actuators, reciprocating detents and other sources of vibration are dampened when treated with Xylan. Under impact, noise generation is reduced. Read more...

A unique nonstick that breaks the rules: now 1 + 1=3! Eterna is unique technology in fluoropolymer composites that creates significant improvements in release properties greater than any individual fluoropolymer. In simple terms, 1 + 1=3! Read more...