A company specializing in laser powder bed fusion (LPBF) metal printing required a sanitary-type shell & tube heat exchanger to cool Helium-based process gas used in their advanced 3D printing process. The process gas, Helistar A, is a critical mixture comprising of 90% Helium, 7.5% Argon, 2.5% CO2. The solution needed to meet the precise cooling requirements of the printing operation, cooling the process gas from 110°C down to 20°C.
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A customer needed a heat exchanger solution to enhance the cooling process of various acids and bases to counteract the heat generated by process equipment such as pumps and reactors.
Dr. Min Yuan interviews co-authors of Applied Thermal Engineering paper, Jet Fuel Oxidation on Conventionally and Additively Manufactured Steel Tubes, to discuss their research and how SilcoTek CVD coatings played a part in their success.
The purpose of this TI is to study the impact of substrate passivation before coating on the long-term HCl corrosion performance of three SilcoTek coatings.
See the SilcoTek coating process in depth from receipt of your parts to shipment back to you!
SilcoTek's Clay Smith's presentation highlights the significance of coatings like SilcoNert in ensuring the reliability and accuracy of analytical systems, especially in the context of evolving technical and regulatory needs.
This presentation explains how and why Siltride CVD technology was developed, what makes Siltride different and the data explaining how it could solve your surface problems, and how our customers are reacting to their success with Siltride, including a case study with Samsung.
SilcoTek's Nik Snyder explains how and why Siltride CVD technology was developed, what makes Siltride different and the data explaining how it could solve your surface problems, and how our customers are reacting to their success with Siltride, including a case study with Samsung.
This TI will discuss a brief history and background of nucleotide therapeutics, how metals can negatively impact their production, and how Dursan can help alleviate these issues.
This case study details how SilcoTek helped one of the largest imternational energy companies in the world, Wood, to ensure accurate mercury analysis in Europe's largest methanol plant amid tight deadlines to re-0pen the plant.
This technical insight provides an overview of SilcoTek's coating processes, emphasizing the unique nature of the Notak surface modification, which binds molecules to the substrate surface, forming an ultra-thin layer.
SilcoTek's Dursan coating underwent an electrostatic safety test by Dekra Testing. No discharge or charge transfer was observed, confirming its safety according to IEC standards. The coating is considered electrostatically safe on metallic substrates with the specified thickness.
LCGC® Webcast partnered with SilcoTek's Dr. Jesse Bischof, who discusses the advantages of bioinert equipment used for analytical gas chromotography applications. He demonstrates how Dursan prevents metal ion leaching in a variety of solvents. Preventing metal ions from interacting with chromatography results in better analysis.
SilcoTek® offers coatings for a variety of industries and an even wider variety of applications. We often are asked “how porous are your coatings?” The short answer is “they are not porous”, but the long answer will be described here.
SilcoTek partnered with SOR Controls Group to provide metal ion leaching and corrosion solutions for their customers interested in coated sampling systems. By providing a cost-efficient and quick solution, SilcoTek was the perfect match for their sampling system problems.
Inert CVD Coating Comparison: Does the Supplier Matter? Are all “inert” silicon-based CVD coatings the same? According to the data, the answer is an emphatic no. If our 30+ year reputation isn’t enough, the objective studies in this literature prove that when quality and performance really matter, SilcoTek® is the only trusted source for the most inert coatings available.
The aim of this paper was to develop a mass-production capable and cost effective manufacturing process for polymer films with multifunctional surfaces. This TI is an executive summary of a proceeding from euspen’s 22nd International Conference & Exhibition held in Geneva in May and June of .
An inert flow path is mandatory in modern HPLC analysis in order to manage the complex and reactive samples commonly used in today’s fast-paced analytical world. Modern LC systems feature an array of materials including costly alloys and polymers like PEEK to achieve inertness, but these materials come with their own set of limitations.
SilcoTek® coatings are used in a variety of applications for altering surface energy and providing corrosion protection. In this case study, the customer experienced problems with their stainless steel molds including release complications and mold corrosion.
The Spacecraft Atmosphere Monitor (S.A.M.) system is designed to monitor the atmosphere within the spacecraft to ensure the astronauts are not breathing harmful chemical compounds. This TI walks through the system’s past, present, and future with SilcoTek.
When building a process mass spectrometer sampling system for a customer, Control Analytics, Inc. turned to SilcoTek® to ensure they produce the most reliable and accurate system.
SilcoTek® is proud to work together with Smith Analytical to ensure they can provide their customer with a high quality and reliable analytical system.
The ASEA® manufacturing facility was experiencing corrosion in their fill system that could not be combated with a nickel PTFE coating.
Turner Designs Hydrocarbon Instruments Inc. found that SilcoTek® coatings met their customer’s need for a low cost corrosion resistant coating able to stand up to harsh environments found in oil and gas exploration.
When Samsung reached out concerning corrosion in their gas abatement systems (exhaust scrubbers), SilcoTek® jumped at the opportunity to help them create a game-changing system.
SilcoTek® recommends customers who use coated stainless-steel parts in high temperature applications (over 450°C) to preheat the parts prior to sending them in for coating. This recommendation was based primarily on the knowledge of metal sensitization but lacked actual data support. This technical insight provides experimental data to show when and how preheating before coating may benefit high temperature applications.
A review of the properties and performance of our coatings. Compare and select the right coating for your application.
Read our introductory presentation and learn about our CVD coating process and how our coatings can benefit your products and process.
Watch how to remove oil and grease from a coated surface. And watch how the coating seems to disappear and reappear!
Learn how to achieve better bioanalytical results with SilcoTek® coatings. Our coatings e-book will discuss how Dursan® and other CVD coatings improve material performance and how inert coatings are ideal for bioanalytical and medical diagnostic applications.
Get our tips and strategies for solving industrial sampling problems. Learn how to solve sample cylinder inertness problems and sample transfer problems while improving sample transfer reliability in process and analytical systems.
Learn how to sample and test successfully in challenging environments. Manage moisture, corrosion and reactive compounds with inert coatings for your instrumentation and sampling systems while getting reliable and accurate results.
Watch our coating care webinar to get the complete story on how to get the most out of SilcoTek® coatings.
We bend, smash and try our best to break our CVD coatings. See how SilcoTek® coatings remain intact even under extreme stress.
We drop the temperature to see if Dursan® can withstand cracking and peeling. How low can Dursan go?
SilcoTek® has an optimized process for coating Aluminum parts in order to ensure the same quality coating that is always provided by SilcoTek on other substrates. Learn about our SP12 process.
This application brief will explain the reason behind the appearance of our coatings and how it falls into our acceptable specifications.
SilcoTek® is helping OEM and end-users in the packaging equipment market to minimize the need for costly part replacement and production line downtime using our Dursan® coating technology.
Learn how SilcoTek® is helping customers in the plastics molding industry solve their surface problems successfully by using our Dursan® coating technology on their metal molds.
SilcoTek®’s Dursan® technology improves corrosion resistance while reducing protein carryover and contamination. Dursan® has been rigorously tested to ensure proper performance and to earn an NSF Certification and a USP Class VI Certification.
Learn how SilcoTek® high purity coatings can improve the performance of your products and process. Get coating performance data and see how our high purity silicon coatings improve stainless steel surfaces.
Learn about how our coatings are applied to your products. Take an informative walk through the coating process and learn how to improve your products.
Learn how to make the most out of our partner network and make buying and using our coatings easier. Learn how to become a partner to increase part quality and sales.
SilcoNert® has been improving the quality and accuracy of analytical applications with its inert chemical resistance for over 15 years.
Learn how SilcoTek® is helping customers in the medical device and diagnostics industry to solve their component surface problems successfully by using our Dursan® coating technology.
Contact us to discuss your requirements of Hydrophilic coatings for Air Conditioner. Our experienced sales team can help you identify the options that best suit your needs.
A review of how silicon coating improve the reliability and accuracy of sampling systems used in sulfur, mercury, NOx, and ammonia testing in exhaust, CEMS, and flare gas streams.
Get corrosion resistance data on a wide range of coatings and materials. See how SilcoTek® coatings can improve the corrosion resistance of your products by 10x or more.
Learn how to ensure your sampling system always delivers maximum reliability. This e-book contains tips on how to improve product performance with inert coatings and how to improve surface performance over passivation.
This e-book features tips about how to improve your analytical sampling system. The e-book features signs your analytical system is not performing optimally and how to tell if a flow path is inert (and why it matters).
A comprehensive overview of SilcoTek® and its patented CVD coating process. Questions about how we can improve the performance of parts? What markets we serve? Ideal applications for using our coatings? This e-book answers your questions.
This Technical Insight will explore a recent publication that investigates kinetics and reactor design for the ketonization process and where Dursan® can aid in better conversion rates.
In this Technical Insight we will focus on what a coating could potentially do in the food and beverage industry if metal ions can be blocked from entering the product.
This Technical Insight will discuss the details of this test, and the results of an investigation into samples that were coated with Dursan® and subjected to Class VI testing.
This paper will introduce Dursan® [1, 2], a siliconoxygen-carbon (carboxysilicon) coating that provides biochemical inertness, a low affinity for adsorbing proteins and other bio-molecules, corrosion resistance, and low energy properties to stainless steel and other substrates.
This study discusses the impact of coatings and various fuels have on carbon fouling and soot formation in various test engines.
This Technical insight will discuss the impact of anodization and hard anodization on aluminum surface finish, and how they may affect the success of SilcoTek®’s coating processes.
This Technical Insight is a summary of findings on the effect of autoclave exposure on various surfaces offered by Silcotek®, using contact angles, thickness, and FT-IR spectroscopy as characterization methods.
This whitepaper discusses the various types of surface defects that contribute to an imperfect coating appearance, and how SilcoTek® may or may not be able to improve the appearances on these parts.
This paper will review test data and recommend coating compatibility for moisture and moisture related adsorptive effects in continuous emission monitor (CEM) flow paths.
This report will determine relative response times of commercial 316L SS tubing, electropolished 316L SS tubing, and SilcoNert®-coated electropolished 316L SS tubing for the transmission of sample streams containing low concentrations of moisture.
This report will evaluate and discuss the significance of contact angle data for two different liquids on a variety of SilcoTek® surfaces. SilcoNert® , SilcoKlean®, Silcolloy®, Dursan® and a Dursan-based prototype will be highlighted.
This paper presents laboratory corrosion and chemical inertness test results for a variety of chemically deposited coatings.
This Technical Insight will determine relative response times of commercial 316L SS tubing, electropolished 316L SS tubing, and SilcoNert® coated electropolished 316L SS tubing for the transmission of sample streams containing low concentrations of moisture.
A comprehensive study is performed of SilcoTek® coated and uncoated surfaces utilized on both the Tekmar and Tekmar Sample Concentrators and the results are compared.
This Technical Insight presents laboratory corrosion and chemical inertness test results of SilcoTek®’s CVD coatings, and evaluates their performance in environments common to the petrochemical, refining and offshore industries.
This paper will discuss theoretical and practical analysis of factors and design guidelines used to minimize sample loss and adsorption in analytical sampling systems.
This presentation reviews sampling methods and results for trace level analysis of sulfur and sulfur containing compounds in various applications.
This paper presents laboratory corrosion and chemical inertness test results of SilcoTek®’s CVD coatings, and evaluates their performance in environments common to the petrochemical, refining and offshore industries.
NASA has developed an experiment to study the interaction between iodine and a variety of common spacecraft materials. In their tests, they have included Silcolloy® and Dursan®-coated coupons for evaluation.
Researchers looking to develop an ammonia detection system investigated the use of anodized aluminum and SilcoNert® coated aluminum.
This presentation discusses multiple design factors to maximize system performance and reliability. Including surface inertness in ammonia sampling and other applications.
In this report, researchers tested a number of different cylinder types by performing a series of decant tests at the 100 and 10 µmol/mol levels. They showed that adsorption of ammonia molecules on cylinder walls was minimised when the internal surfaces of stainless steel cylinders were passivated using the SilcoNert ® treatment.
This paper discusses development of an arsine gas, selenium (as hydrogen selenide), and mercury (as elemental mercury) Analytical Method for Reducing Flue Gas Environments. A sampling protocol will be developed including sample-conditioning solutions that will convert the desired species into a form suitable for CEMs.
This presentation will discuss the need for inert system components when testing mercury. Prevent mercury loss and surface adsorption during holding and transfer.
This whitepaper presents data from two separate analytical and chemical bench tests, designed to first measure baseline mercury mass and concentrations and then quantify the subsequent reductions from chemical processes as measured primarily by atomic fluorescence spectrometry.
This paper discusses ways to test mercury emissions from syngas sorbent samples. Inert coatings are used to minimize adsorption.
Get tips on how to accurately sample and test trace sulfur in GC analytical systems for refinery and process applications.
A review of trace level analysis of sulfur in refinery, beverage grade CO2, and environmental emissions analysis applications.
Learn about sulfur adsorption rate in stainless steel sample cylinders and how to minimize sample loss.
This paper will discuss the method to extract and sample the process stream with minimal loss or adsorption of the analyte and provide data for on-line total sulfur and HHV analysis.
This paper presents laboratory corrosion and chemical inertness test results for a variety of chemically deposited coatings.
This Technical Insight explores the impact of 5% sodium hydroxide (NaOH) solution on four SilcoTek coatings.
We investigate the metal ion leaching of MP35N in pure methanol, water, and acetonitrile.
We test HPLC grade acetonitrile for metal ion leaching to see how it may compare to other typical solvents.
We test ultrapure DI water to see if the corrosion patterns follow the methanol studies.
In this Technical Insight we investigate the corrosion and metal contamination of C-22 in pure methanol and the impact that SilcoTek® coatings have on this corrosion.
In this study titanium is investigated as a substrate for SilcoTek®’s coating prevention of metal ion leaching.
This Technical Insight will investigate whether Dursan® and other SilcoTek® coatings can prevent metal ions from leaching into pure organic solvents.
This Technical Insight focuses on using an electrochemical method to gain corrosion rate information.
Testing was conducted to determine the relative corrosion resistance of Hastelloy C-22, commercial 316L SS, commercial tube with fused silica coating.
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