Goods transported in shipping containers are exposed to extreme humidity, salinity and temperature conditions. The only way to control oxidation is by insulating the goods from this destructive environment. Depending on the application, Alcochem Packaging offers the following methods of corrosion protection:
VCI materials protect both accessible and inaccessible metal surfaces from attack by corrosion accelerating agents such as moisture, salt air, airborne acids, and contaminants. They provide clean protection that produces no residue or aroma and has no effect upon the electrical or mechanical properties of the product.
INTERCEPT is the most advanced technology for safeguarding products from corrosive environmental contaminants. It was developed by AT&T Bell Laboratories, Lucent Technologies (now Lucent Alcatel – NOKIA) mainly for its own use in the telecommunications sector / electronic components. Where the VCI material deposit a protective layer on the metal surface, Intercept materials work as a scavenger as contaminants are neutralized by its copper particles.
Aluminum barrier foil protects moisture-sensitive products from corrosion during transit and storage. It also protects products against damage from biological sources, ultraviolet light, acids, alkalis, and odor transfer. Barrier foil has a water vapor transmission rate which is 20 – 80 times lower than commercial polythene.
Materials and Components Requiring Temporary Corrosion Protection
- Machinery spares, turbine blades, generators and parts
- Shafts, trunnions, turbine component parts
- Bores, threaded holes, axles, couplings, gear boxes, fittings, seals
- Measuring instruments, precision devices and controllers
- Automobile components and sub-assemblies
- Mechanical parts, ball and roller bearings
- Tools and component parts
- Steel pipes, tubes, strips, sections, structural members
- Aluminum sections, alloy sections and strips
- Electrical sub-assemblies and parts, electrical components, coils
- Spare parts
- Agricultural machine parts
- Materials used for ship building