Evaluation of Substrates of Al-Mg and Aluminized Steel Coated With Non-Stick Fluoropolymers after the Removal of the Coating

Materials

Óscar Rodríguez-Alabanda¹  PabloE. Romero¹  Guillermo Guerrero-Vaca¹ 

[1] Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Cordoba, Medina Azahara Avenue 5, 14071 Cordoba, Spain;

关键词: Al-Mg;    aluminized steel;    fluoropolymers;    coatings;    removal;   

DOI  :  10.3390/ma11112309

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

Many trays and pieces of Al-Mg and aluminized steel are used in the food industry. Sometimes these elements have non-stick coatings to solve problems related to the adhesion of masses and food products. With use, the coatings deteriorate and lose efficiency and must be removed to apply a new coating. The thermal cycles suffered by these alloys during the removal process of the deteriorated coating (500 °C) and the polymerization of a new coating (400 °C) can affect the durability and efficiency of the metallic substrates. The evolution of the mechanical and microstructural properties of the Al-Mg and aluminized steel substrates after two thermal cycles was studied in this work. The following parameters were analyzed: tensile strength, elongation (%), hardness, ASTM grain size, and the nature and distribution of the constituent particles. The report concluded that the removal of the coating, after each cycle, produced a decrease in the mechanical properties of the substrates. The hardness and tensile strength in Al-Mg decreases between 20⁻27% and in aluminized steel between 10⁻11%. In both cases, the process does not compromise the reuse of the substrate for the application of a new coating layer. The final blasting stage does not affect the Al-Mg alloys but may affect the aluminized steel Al-Si protective layer if special precautions are not taken.

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