Features
MetaLine Series XL are self-applicable, cold-curing metal substitutes for the reconstruction of worn or damaged components. Like all semi-hard or hard surfaces, they try to deflect destructive energy, i.e. to bounce it off.
The solvent-free and non-toxic material is applied at room temperature and binds completely corrosion-resistant to almost all hard surfaces. After solidification, a metal-like ceramic material is produced with exceptional linear wear resistance and good thermal and electrical insulation properties. The heat resistance under dry conditions is approximately 200 °C (400 °F). With one exception (CXL), the surface can be machined.
However, MetaLine repair ceramics do not develop their strength through hardness like steel, but through an abrasive behavior which levels and polishes the counter surface in such a way that its construction-related wear potential is reduced. The ceramic formulation has a honing, lapping and polishing character! This makes the material more wear-resistant than unalloyed steel - but NOT harder!
Suitable for protection against linear effects such as on guideways or shafts on which the same honable counter surface always acts. But they are less suitable for dynamically abrasive permanent stresses such as on turbines or impact situations where continuously new - and therefore non-honable - solids strike.
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Product Concept
Approaching such synthetic metal substitutes and defining selection criteria primarily makes sense via the desired type of processing:
Any other form of material selection or manufacturer's decision - in particular by varying the metallic or ceramic fillers - primarily serves marketing purposes and not to optimize the technical service life. All important material limitations are determined by the synthetic epoxy base and (unfortunately) not by the fillers. Otherwise, the physical strength parameters such as temperature or pressure resistance would be in completely different dimensions! To vary fillers does not mean to shift the technical material limits.
Product diversity is not an expression of technical competence but of marketing power. It only increases the risk of incorrect selection or incorrect stocking.
Epoxy ceramic materials are designed for fast and simple self-processing - almost without exception - for repair purposes. A truly life-extending effect on stainless steel or high-alloy substrates is limited to exceptional cases.
Quick help for a limited period of time. Easy to handle. A safe tool - no new technology - completely in contrast to our MetaLine Series 700!
