Ref: IP47

Indestructible Paint Ltd announces a new range of dry film lubricants designed to meet demand for this type of material.

Marketed as the Islip range, the new products are aimed at the automotive, earth moving equipment, offshore and other industries.

The Islip range, developed from the company's long established range of aerospace dry film lubricants including graphite, molybdenum disulphide, PTFE or boron nitride, depending on the application.

Applied by conventional spray or spin dry methods, Islip products can be tailor-made to suit many diverse applications. They can, for example be formulated for use at cryogenic temperatures, at one extreme, or 700º C plus at the other.

Islip products can be used to impart high slip, non stick erosion resistance properties to product surfaces, as well as providing conventional dry film lubrication for mechanical parts.

They can also be formulated as high slip finishes to provide decorative or marking properties. One of the products, IP9286 red, is now specified by a major brake manufacturer and is also being evaluated for use on car seat belts.

The new products provide a high level of corrosion protection when required. Salt spray resistance, for example, can be as high as 3000 hours ASTM B117.