Anodising vs Powder Coating: Thickness, Colour, Salt Spray
Surface treatment · film thickness, colour, salt spray Anodising and Powder Coating: Thickness, Colour and Salt Spray For outdoor T-slot workbenches choose sealed anodising at 20–25 µm or exterior polyester powder at ≥60 µm; decorative 10 µm indoor anodising is the wrong finish for weather, and colour breadth belongs to powder, not to the dye […]
Aluminium Corrosion: Why a Salt Spray Number Is a Ranking, Not a Life
Durability · corrosion, chloride, testing Aluminium Corrosion: Why a Salt Spray Number Is a Ranking, Not a Life Aluminium does not rust, and that comfortable fact has done more damage to specifications than almost any other. It corrodes by different mechanisms, in different places, and the test that everyone quotes is not a prediction of […]
European Anodised Aluminium Specification: What Should a Purchase Order Contain?
Finishes · European specification European Anodised Aluminium Specification: What Should a Purchase Order Contain? A European buyer is rarely paying for the look of an anodised profile. They are paying for a finish whose thickness, sealing and certification can be written into a purchase order and measured on delivery. This is the standard that specification […]
Aluminium Profile Finishes: Choose by Failure Mode, Not by Process Name
Surface treatment · failure and acceptance Aluminium Profile Finishes: Choose by Failure Mode, Not by Process Name A list of process names tells you what a finish is called, not how it will fail in your application. Finishing should be selected the way any other engineering decision is: from the failure you have to avoid, […]
Aluminium Profile Fish Tank Frames: Glass Load, Salt Water, and the Alloy Question
Applications · aquarium framing Aluminium Profile Fish Tank Frames: Glass Load, Salt Water, and the Alloy Question A display aquarium is one of the few applications where the frame sees a permanent distributed load, a permanently wet environment and a visible finish requirement at the same time. It is also the application where the wrong […]
Anodised vs Powder Coated Aluminium Profiles: A Specification Guide for European Buyers
The question is rarely which finish is better and almost always which will pass incoming inspection. Film thickness, salt spray, colour tolerance and the standards a European buyer can actually inspect against.
