Gear Technology recently had the opportunity to sit down with Thomas White, Marketing Manager for Northern Technologies International Corporation, whose ZERUST line of corrosion prevention solutions includes specialized packaging, testing and comprehensive corrosion management services.
Cortec Corporation, a leading global manufacturer specializing in environmentally responsible VpCI/VCI corrosion protection technologies, announces a new authorized distribution partner in Finland for Cortec chemical products. Cortec Corporation has ended its long-term relationship with Teknoma Oy and is looking forward to a new phase of growth and collaboration with a new partner. Mercamer, distributor of Cortec flexible VpCI packaging, has been authorized to offer Cortec's innovative patented corrosion protection chemical products and solutions to the Finnish market.
Boris Miksic, a Croatian-American entrepreneur and owner of Cortec Corporation, has received special recognition for 50 years of dedicated work at NACE-International, the largest global organization focusing on developing standards for corrosion prevention. Cortec is a global corrosion inhibitor manufacturer and a leader in green corrosion protection technologies.
Gears are a crucial part of many machines, and if they wear and corrode beyond repair it can then be a costly expense to replace them. Mark Meyer, Sales Manager, North America at SIFCO ASC, explains how brush plating can help prevent gears from being damaged and how the process can be used to restore worn or corroded gear components.
No matter how well gears are designed and manufactured, gear corrosion can occur that may easily result in catastrophic failure. Since corrosion is a sporadic and rare event and often difficult to observe in the root fillet region or in finely pitched gears with normal visual inspection, it may easily go undetected. This paper
presents the results of an incident
that occurred in a gear manufacturing
facility several years ago that resulted in pitting corrosion and intergranular attack (IGA).