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The best quality to insulation systems: airfin® y waterfin®

In the heat, you have to be very careful and offer solutions to combat high temperatures. One of the solutions most sough-after solutions at this time of year are the air-conditioned rooms because is where you can enjoy a better environment and pleasant temperatures.

For the production of air-conditioning systems or units is fundamental to use materials with excellent properties to thermic transmission and resistance to corrosion, such as aluminium. ALUCOAT is specialist in coated aluminium coils and has developed its high quality products airfin® and waterfin® to the production of different components to refrigeration and air-conditioning equipment.

• airfin® is specifically designed to air-conditioning systems in large areas such as stores, shopping malls, but also automobiles, ships and trains. This is focused in the production of finstock to heat exchangers and, based on the hydrophobic properties and corrosion resistance, airfin® has a variety of products:
• airfin® 100: this is the ideal coating solution to avoid fin corrosion. Based on epoxy resins especially designed for this application, this material offers the desired protection in a wide range of colours.
• airfin® 300: this is designed to guarantee the properties of the product without being affected by U.V. rays or others chemicals reactions.
• airfin® 400: fins made with this material are at least 300% more resistant to corrosion than bare aluminum.
• airfin® 500: ALL IN ONE. The quality of airfin® 500 strengthen the resistance to corrosion and guarantee a life extension of the heat exchangers.

waterfin® offers two products with high hydrophobic properties that avoid the generation of ice bridges. It is intended for the manufacture of smaller heat exchanger systems and specifically designed for the food industry, heating and air conditioning systems for buildings, such as offices. Its two products are:

• waterfin® 100: It is the ideal solution to standard working environments.
• waterfin® 700: It has a double layer material with a high resistance to corrosion and for this reason, this is the best solution for working environments with high level of contamination.

In addition, for an extra in terms of resistance to corrosion, our products airfin® and waterfin® can be improved with the pre-treatment Alucoat® prelac Chrome free, that multiply the resistance to corrosion of coated aluminium.

ALUCOAT, the best choice for the production of heat exchangers, refrigeration and air-conditioning systems.

Insulax ® IP, the main product for the production of insulation

Summer and winter are the most intense season of the year in terms of temperature. Summer usually comes with heat waves reaching high temperatures and winter with cold waves where the temperatures recordered are very low. For these seasons, where most of the time is spent at home or in the office, thermal insulation becomes the best ally to achieve a greater sense of comfort.

For this reason, housing, building, shopping mall, hospital or any other enclosed space, are equipped with an insulation layer that protects them from external weather conditions and help to maintain the space with a pleasant and constant temperature. ALUCOAT has developed its flagship product INSULAX® IP, coated aluminium coils for the production of insulation panels with PUR (polyurethane) or PIR (polyisocyanurate) foam which are installed inside rooms and provide excellent thermal and acoustic insulation.

Coated aluminium coils produced by ALUCOAT are an importer barrier against humidity, as being totally waterproof. Moreover, it is an anticorrosive material and has greater durability over time compared to others materials, in addition is a 100% recyclable and sustainable material On the other side the lacquers developed by our company provide an excellent resistant to weathering and U.V. light. For this reason, INSULAX®IP is the perfect solution for the production of insulation.

For those surface that requires specific treatment, ALUCOAT has developed the product INSULAX® IP+. This product has a special antibacterial coating exclusively designed to provide a high level of hygiene to the final panel. This product is designed for application in hospitals, food or pharmaceutical industry, sectors where hygiene is fundamental to keep health and wellbeing.

ALUCOAT, works to offer innovative and accessible solutions for the industry, looking for the welfare and comfort to end customer.

ALUCOAT and aluNID® reaffirm their “know-how” in quality, environment and energy management

During these days, ALUCOAT specialist in coating aluminium coils and its division focused on the production of aluminium honeycomb core, aluNID®, have one again succeed expectations regarding legislation and ISO certificates applicable to their activity. After the external audit reaffirms its ongoing commitment to sustainable, quality production that respects people and the environment. 

As the result of the external audit, the certificates has been renewed:

UNE-EN ISO 9001:2015 – Quality management system, which shows the capacity of the company to provide products that meet the requirements of the customers.

UNE-EN ISO 14001:2015 – Environmental management system, which certifies that the organization control all its activities, services and products that may affect the environment as well as the reduction of all the environmental impacts generated within its daily activity.

UNE-EN ISO 50001:2018 -Verifies that the company has implemented an efficient Energy management system which reduces the energy consumption, environmental impact and increases profitability.

The renovation of all these certificates is further proof of the importance of the customer for ALUCOAT and aluNID®.

Rigor through the production chain and the investment in quality, environmental and energy management system are the key to comply with the most demanding requirements of the market, therefore to be a supplier of the highest quality and reliable.

On the other side, aluNID®, is working on the implementation of the new management system according to the new European standard UNE EN  9100:2018, applicable to the aeronautical and aerospace industry sectors. This standard establishes the requirements to be met by the aluminium honeycomb, aluNID®, for its use in the different applications of the aeronautical and aerospace industry.

ALUCOAT and aluNID®, industry, innovation, quality, commitment and dedication.

ALUCOAT, quality training for a better society

ALUCOAT, a company with more than 25 years of experience and currently 80 members of staff is conscious of the importance that practical training has today within our educational system. With the aim to offer the first professional opportunities to students without prior experience and seeking to improve and provide the incorporation to labor market to the students, ALUCOAT collaborates closely with universities and educational institutions.

The company has an extensive program of internships and scholarships where students about to finish their degrees, professional training or just finished the courses, they can join a real job where they can put into practice what they have learned. These actions are always a close approach between specialized students and the labor needs of ALUCOAT.

Thanks to the collaboration with entities and internship contracts, we promote learning opportunities for a wide range of jobs in industrial environments that in many cases involve hiring once the internship period has finished. At ALUCOAT nowadays 6% of our staff are former fellows, who have had a great professional development and in some cases they have achieved directive positions within our organization.

ALUCOAT highly committed to training and learning also offers specific language training and improvements on courses to its employees, ensuring that its work team is highly qualified and knowledgeable about the latest innovations in the sector.

In addition to scholarships, training and internal training, ALUCOAT collaborates in a narrow way with some universities in the development of prototypes or sample’s analysis, among others.

ALUCOAT, committed to quality education (SDG3), working on a future for all.

ALUCOAT, a reference in quality and customer focus

The quality of final product and the service ALUCOAT offers are its distinctive. Thanks to its experience and know-how the company has not only obtained the most demanding certificates but the customers they work with are very satisfied.

This is demonstrated by the results we have obtained recently in the satisfaction survey: “Client Voice” that shows the 80% of our national and international customers value in positive way the high quality of our coating and the lacquering process of our aluminum coils, the personalized service they receive and the delivery time, being these the reasons why they choose to work again with ALUCOAT, their trusted supplier.

With a clear customer orientation, ALUCOAT invests big efforts in keep offering the maximum quality in coated aluminum between 20 and 500 microns, in providing its customers with a unique and personalized service, with innovation in our new products to satisfy their needs and still being a reference in our sector.

ALUCOAT, industry, innovation, quality, commitment and dedication (SDG 9).

ALUCOAT wishes you Happy 2022!

Airfin 100+, antibacterial properties for refrigeration equipment.

In the R&D department of ALUCOAT, looking to answer our customer’s needs and in our intention to extend the properties of our current products, ALUCOAT has developed the new Airfin 100+. 

This new product is designed for the product of finstock for heat exchangers. Thanks to this new development now with antibacterial properties and moreover heat resistance corrosion, this guarantee the no proliferation of bacteria with a 99% of efficacy based according to JIS Z2801-2010/ISO 22196.

Of all the solutions for heat exchangers that ALUCOAT offers, it has the improved version of one of the most popular for its customers, Airfin 100+, moreover it has a higher versatility with new applications thanks to its antibacterial properties.

Thus, Airfin 100+ is the perfect combination with Insulax IP+ that is specially designed for the production of PIR/PUR foam sandwich panels that make the perfect team for areas in which the hygienic conditions are the most important element. Sectors such as sanitary, food or pharmaceutical benefit from this new product as it ensures that the spaces are innocuous and are perfect for keeping the environment hygienic and free of bacteria.

ALUCOAT, specialist in coated aluminium coils from 20 to 500 microns, implicated in your security and health (SDG 3). Protecting you and your environment.

The compromise of ALUCOAT: recyclability and sustainability

ALUCOAT, is an expert in coating aluminium coils between 20 and 500 microns thick. ALUCOAT supplies materials certified as “safe materials” to a wide range of sectors such as food, pharmacy, insulation, construction, among others and in its daily activity contributes to global sustainability, recycling all the aluminium waste generated when coating.

Aluminium is one of the materials presents in the earth’s layer that is 100% recyclable, it can be recycled infinitely many times and it can be re-used without losing its properties with a 95% of recovery rate. As a curious fact, the 75% of all the aluminium produced in the World since 1950’s it still in use*. Another advantage related with recycling is that it’s avoid the emission of an average of 90 million of CO2 to the atmosphere per year*. Regarding the energy required in its initial production to obtain primary aluminium, giving aluminium a new life means an energy saving of 95%.

For these reasons, ALUCOAT, committed to sustainability and the future, recycles 100% of all the waste generated during its productive process of coating. Moreover, more than 60% of our coated aluminium comes from recycled aluminium, minimizing the extraction of new resources and promoting the circular economy.

ALUCOAT, helping to reduce carbon footprint and greenhouse gases.

*Data from International Aluminium Institute: recycling.world-aluminium.org