Dry lubrication of threads on fasteners and downhole tools for the oil and gas industry is an absolute necessity. Having a bearing housing or retaining ring seize up several hundred meters below ground level is bad enough, but a major (and very costly) problem if this happens several hundred meters below the sea bed.
The coatings used tend to be based on molybdenum disulphide, though fluoropolymers are also used. Applied to the threads of the component, the coating allows movement along the thread pattern by effectively smearing itself along the part being threaded along the coated component. Thus seizing up is eliminated.
Impreglon is at the forefront of this type of coating work, not least because of its huge range of coatings and its ability to offer a rapid turnaround in an industry where time is very definitely money.
Established in 1986, Impreglon UK is a part of the Impreglon Group with sister companies around the world. Impreglon UK is located in the heart of Britain with easy access to the motorway network. We are ideally positioned to provide a quality service to all of our clients.
Impreglon UK Ltd
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