Plastisol Coating Process | Vylastic Properties | Benefits of Using PCL | Features | Typical Components
Plastic Coatings Ltd’s unique plastisol PVC coating
combines PVC and plasticiser to create ‘Vylastic’ – a rubberised coating made for performance in harsh environments.
This insulating, corrosion resistant and extremely durable coating provides comfortable handling, making it suitable for use within the industrial sector, material handling and jigging applications where components need to be protected from contact with tooling, plus applications including agricultural, marine and more.
Our Vylastic coating is further available in a range of coating thicknesses, with several colour options to meet your cosmetic requirements.
With Plastic Coatings working to the specifications of your project, we’re able to take on components and projects of all sizes for our pretreatment and coating operations.
Plastisol Coating Process
The coating of components with plastisol PVC, or Vylastic is unique to Plastic Coatings. This process involves the coating of metalwork in a rubberised material with thicknesses from 0.5mm up to 5mm (depending upon the mass of the component being processed).
The Vylastic coating application process is very similar in principle to the dipping of parts into fluidised beds of thermoplastics. During this process, the components are first prepared, pre-heated and then dipped into a tank of coating material.
When working with Vylastic, however, the tank of coating material is a liquid mixture of PVC and plasticiser. The components are immersed in the tank of coating material while they are hot and remain there until they have cooled to a point where they no longer pick up any further coating material. The parts are then processed through a further heating operation to fully cure right through the thickness of coating.
Often customers require only a partial coating; this can be achieved by either a dip to height application or by a trimming operation following coating. Sometimes a combination of these processes can achieve more complicated partial coating requirements.
Our trade name for the application of plastisols is Vylastic® PVC dip coating and we use materials such as DM70 and DM60 in black, blue or red. Other colours are available on request, subject to project size.
Vylastic Properties
Vylastic or plastisol coating is an excellent insulator, and as such is used extensively in electrical applications. Further benefits of the insulating properties include a warm-to-touch, or soft, feel and sound deadening or noise reduction.
In addition, the coating is renowned for extreme severe corrosion resistance, excellent chemical (acid and alkali) resistance and its ability to resist impact damage or chipping.
Benefits
of Using PCL
Plastic Coatings can take you through the complete coating process when you partner with us.
Our expert team works with you to determine the right coating for your components, and we can offer in-house processes, including pretreatment and coating, to achieve this.
Our service is complete with delivery – utilising our vehicle fleet for the safe transportation of your order.
Features
&Typical Components
Features:
Extreme severe corrosion resistance
Sound deadening
Severe impact resistance
Wear resistance
Cushion coating, protecting sensitive surfaces
Electrical resistance
Chemical resistance (acids and alkalis)
Soft feel coating
Typical Components:
Stillage and materials handling parts
Lead ballast blocks on ships and submarines
Actuator bodies
Impellers
Plating jigs
Grab handles
Hoppers and chutes
Fire extinguisher bodies
And many more
Speak to the experts today
Reach out to Plastic Coatings today to enquire about our plastisol coating service.
