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Surface engineering

Innovative methods for novel, functional surfaces

WILD is intensively researching into innovative methods for the creation of functional surfaces. These expand the range of applications of available materials and play a decisive role in practically all industries.

Especially in medical technology, but also in components and complete devices for optical technology applications, the demand for high-quality surfaces is on the rise. Sophisticated basic materials often have a determining influence on the development of new products. The objective is not only to meet the necessary requirements with regard to wear and tear, environmental performance and cost effectiveness: Often these surfaces must also be biocompatible and meet individual decorative requirements.

 

WILD offers various surface treatment methods, ranging from anodising, hard-anodising, chemical nickel plating to passivating of aluminium, blue annealing of brass, glass bead blasting, silk screen or pad printing and laser labelling. The most important topics for the future include decorative anodising with biocompatible varnishes in special colours and the metallic coating of casing parts. Chemical nickel plating techniques guarantee ideal protection against wear and corrosion – an area in which WILD already has many years of experience and is continuously expanding its know-how.

 

Qualitative surface engineering

WILD puts a particular emphasis on surface engineering in its value chain, not least because it’s one of its core competencies. The surface engineering experts at WILD are involved in the project from the very beginning. WILD applies a process-oriented and efficient approach to the processing, refining and cleaning of functional surfaces. The parts move straight, i.e. without interruption, from the production machines to the surface engineering section. This saves transport costs and also guarantees a continuous process chain, which is a basic prerequisite for top quality. Such quality, however, is not just the result of state-of-the-art facilities at WILD.

 

It is first and foremost attributable to the longstanding expertise of the surface engineering staff. This body of experience allows great flexibility in the specification of surfaces. Decorative surfaces for finished goods, for instance, always feature the corporate identity colours of our customers. In many cases, these are not standard palette colours. The surface engineers at WILD will support you in the individual adjustment of the colour tone for your product, be it for anodising or for the selection of a wet paint, which also has to be biocompatible.

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