Metallisation, an expert in the technology of surface coatings, has launched a new HVOF system, the latest development in its kerosene- fuelled HVOF systems. 

The MET-JET 4L is a mass-flow controlled system, to ensure a repeatable coating, and produces the densest metallic and carbide coatings of all the Metallisation systems, said a company official. 

“The coatings can be compressively stressed, allowing thick layers to be applied without fear of spalling and with the new improvements, the result is a high quality, compact and easy to use HVOF system,” Stuart Milton, Sales and Marketing Manager at Metallisation explained.

The new product, while retaining all of the excellent features of the MET-JET lll, boasts of a number of enhancements and improvements.
 
“We are constantly looking for ways to provide improved surface coating protection for our customers and distributors, so we are really pleased with the new MET-JET 4L.'

'It is yet another demonstration to our commitment to provide safe, reliable, cost effective systems for high-end engineering coatings, to the diverse industries we serve.  The development of the MET-JET 4L has also been a pre-cursor to gas fuelled HVOF system soon to be launched with coating properties equal to those produced by the 4L system,” he noted.

 The new MET-JET 4L pistol combustion chamber has been modified to achieve cleaner burning and higher quality coatings.  The nozzle arrangement has been simplified to reduce the running costs of consumable spares. 

The powder feeder has mass flow controlled carrier gas and closed loop motor control for reliability and repeatability of powder feed rates.  The operator interface is still simple to follow, but is now via a touch screen rather than pushbuttons.

The key benefits to the operator include improved repeatability of the coating.  The system is now much easier to use as it has an intuitive operator interface, either by PC or optional keyboard control.

The system also provides a range of unlimited ‘recipes’, which can be preset using the parameter recording facility, to ensure consistent coating quality, which in turn saves operator time.

The MET-JET 4L can also be programmed to start-up and shut down automatically or manually, to suit the needs of the operator, Milton added.-TradeArabia News Service