EPS Is For Manufacturers
EPS processing offers a clean, pickled surface that improves manufacturing productivity.
EPS processing doesn't affect steel chemistry so you can purchase the grades/specs you always have. It is after EPS processing you'll see the difference – better shape and no surface contaminants. No mill scale, no rust and no oil.
So nothing comes between your EPS-processed steel and the welding arc, the stamping die or the laser beam. The advantages this creates for manufacturers are far-reaching (watch slideshow ->)
EPS Experience
EPS has amassed an impressive record of success in rollforming and tube production, stamping, laser cutting, welding, painting, drawing/spinning, cold reduction, wheel hub drawing/spinning and general fabrication. EPS typically replaces HRPO in such processes and users rave about their results:
"I'm very impressed with EPS. It's rust-resistant and our salt spray test results were excellent. With no oil, there's less smoke in our thermal processing and our paint pretreatment stays much cleaner."
Superior Paint Performance
With no oil or trapped chlorides and a surface characterized by a uniform texture of micro 'jagged' peaks and valleys, EPS offers outstanding paint performance. Nine separate automotive OEM paint tests determined the curing, adhesion, corrosion resistance (salt spray exposure testing) and gasoline/oil resistance of EPS-processed samples. In every test, the EPS samples exceeded industry acceptance criteria (see details).
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EPS surface topography improves paint adhesion and its cleanliness may allow users to 'lean out' their paint pretreatment regimen. TMW's EPS system can produce a targeted range of surface Ra to give users optimum paint performance (i.e. rougher for improved adhesion). |