The wonders of technology surround us all the time from cell phones and touch screens to PCs and GPS units. But what is more fascinating is the high-tech that goes into the many items we never consider - the grip on the stair well of the bus that you grab as you board, the small knobs on your car sound system that allow you to switch the channels and even the slippery surface on your non-stick cookware. Every one of those everyday objects were built and either sprayed or dipped with an industrial coating of some kind.
Yet, if you ask the average man on the street about PTFE coating and teflon coating, you'll be met with puzzled looks. Though many people do not realize they exist, here are just some of the ways industrial coatings improve our lives:
Hospitals
Surgical instruments, syringes and diagnostic tools are frequently dipped with a protective agent to keep instruments from being damaged when they touch the body's fluids.
Gadgets and Gizmos The thousands of brackets and wing nuts that comprise your household appliances, your car or perhaps the rolling chairs you sit on at your job have likely all been coated with a version of industrial coating to stop breakdown from moisture, corrosion or heat as well as other adverse conditions.
High-Tech Tools The armed forces, emergency services teams and car mechanics all use equipment or tools that have likely been sprayed with plastisol coating to provide a soft grip and also offer abrasion, impact and corrosion resistance.
Trains, Planes, Automobiles Grab handles on trains provide a secure hold, due to a variety of industrial coatings. Most items are dipped in fluid or sprayed on, to provide attractive colors and extreme wear-resistance.
Food Prep Your favorite cookware is probably coated with a food grade Teflon coating to keep many foods from sticking. Yet, don't forget the racks in your dishwashing appliances or the soft grips on your cookware, knives or spatulas for additional examples of industrial coatings at work.
Industrial coatings are applied at manufacturer facilities throughout the country. However, there are more than a few plants that specialize in powder coating around New Jersey.
Now when you use those pliers, your hammer or the fine grip of that grab bar on the bus, make certain to appreciate the professional coatings industry and all the ways they improve our day to day life.