VATIS UPDATE Article

Developed by EnviroTech Surface Technologies, the United Kingdom, ‘DriPHOS TLT’ is a new solvent based, single tank metal cleaning and pre-treatment process, which uses Thin Layer Technology (TLT) to produce consistent high quality finishes. Completely different to conventional pre-treatment processes it uses only one tank to clean, pre-treat, rinse and dry components which emerge warm to touch and with a crystalline coating on the surface which improves adhesion and protects metals against in house rusting or corrosion.

DriPHOS metal cleaning can replace current aqueous multi-tank systems reducing energy usage by at least 50%, reducing process times to 5 minute cycles, increasing throughput and uses 60% less space releasing floor area for more productive work. This new system will be familiar to users of the vapour degreasing process on which it is based but with the added benefit of surface pre-treatment in one tank. The footprint of the equipment will be the same as a vapour degreasing tank processing similar sized components.

DriPHOS TLT uses a proprietary blend of compounds in a stable low boiling point solvent carrier to dissolve the active chemicals which produce the protective crystalline structure on the metal surface. The DriPHOS TLT metal pre-treatment process cleans surfaces to a very high standard and produces a nano-thickness protective crystalline primer coating which is part of the metal surface. Contact: EnviroTech Europe Ltd, 100a High Street, Hampton, Middlesex, UK TW12 2ST. Tel: +44-0-20-8281-6370; E-mail: contactenvirotech@envirotech-europe.com.