Are You POSITIVE that your Aluminum pretreatment is RoHS compliant?
Sanchem’s SafeGard® CC-3400 is a RoHS compliant chromate-free chemical conversion coating that leaves an electrically conductive clear or gold protective surface treatment on wrought aluminum, aluminum castings, magnesium, stainless steel, zinc and galvanized steel. You can use this corrosion resistant metal pretreatment to have excellent adhesion with paints, powder coatings and adhesives. Sanchem’s metal pretreatments can be cold applied, hot applied, heat curable or electrolytic applied conversion coatings. Chromate-free SafeGard CC-3400 is Qualicoat approved and Sanchem is ISO-9001.2000 certified.
Aluminum castings after 168 hours of Salt Spray per ASTM B117
SafeGard CC-3400 features:
Get the Golden color that your customers prefer with SafeGard CC-3400. (Note: this is not a yellow dye that some company's use to make trivalent chromate yellow, it is a true conversion coating!)
Clear protective coating can also be obtained with SafeGard CC-3400.
Meets ASTM Standard B-921-02, Non-Hexavalent Chromium Conversion Coatings on Aluminum and Aluminum Alloys. (NOTE: This replaces for the chromate specification for aluminum ASTM B-449)
Electrically conductive – passes the requirement of Mil-C-5541 for electrical contact resistance for a class 3 coating. Perfect for e-coat, powder coatings and electrostatic paints!
Excellent corrosion resistance (hummidity, salt spray) and paint adhesion(wet & dry tape tests).
Easy to use and maintain and requires only simple non-hazardous disposal.
Multi-metal product- aluminum, magnesium, stainless steel, zinc and galvanized steel
No aging or curing required before topcoat application.
Perfect for high temperature applications – product does not breakdown or emit toxic vapors or when heated.
RoHS Compliant - SafeGard CC-3400 is completely chromium free.
NOTE: Trivalent chromium products can re-oxidize back into a toxic waste non-compliant hexavalent chromate is presence of air!
Economical – one gallon of SafeGard CC-3400 concentrate can treat up to 10,000 ft2 of aluminum!
SafeGard CC-3400 – for additional information see below.
SafeGard 3000 - The NavalAirDevelopmentCenter tested the 6 best chromate-free metal surface treatment to the Mil-C-5541 specification. Their conclusion was that SafeGard CC is the best non chromate conversion coating terms of paint adhesion and corrosion resistance.(Go to SafeGard CC-Types)
SafeGard CC-3500 - This RoHS compliant aluminum surface treatment will give you a gold-brown surface in 30-40 seconds. Provides excellent corrosion resistance and paint adhesion. Used extensively when surface finishing with powder coating applications.( Go to SafeGard CC-Types)
SafeGard 4100 - Dry in place aluminum surface treatment to prevent aluminum corrosion due to humidity. (Go to SafeGard CC-Types)
SafeGard CC-6100 and SafeGard CC-7000 - Cold applied conversion coatings react in a few seconds to give gold-brown coating with excellent paint adhesion and corrosion resistance. (Go to SafeGard CC-Types)
SafeGard CC - Types Of Aluminum Conversion Coatings
SafeGard CC Seals - for aluminum, steel, magnesium, IVD, zinc, tinplated and galvanized steel. (Go to SafeGard CC-seals for the following products:)
SafeGard CC-5000 is a chromate-free inorganic seal for anodizing and aluminum oxide coatings.
SafeGard CC- Plating seal can replace traditional time consuming zincate and copper strikes before electrolysis nickel. (Go to SafeGard CC-seals)
SafeGard 13,062 is a conversion coating solution for use on iron and steel. (Go to SafeGard CC-seals)
SafeGard CC-Seal#3 is a chromate-free corrosion resistant reactive seal for zinc
SafeGard CC - Seal#10 - Enhances paint and coating adhesion specifically from filiform corrosion on aluminum castings such as (380, 383, 360, aluminum zinc die castings. (Go to SafeGard CC-seals)
Sanchem 1000 deoxidizer chromate-free deoxidizer - removes oxide films and smut from aluminum
You should use Sanchem's Chrome-free SafeGard CC-3400
Why SafeGard CC-3400 the New GOLD Standard conversion coating is right for you.
Chemically and UV stable.
Easy to use and monitor, no sludge will builds up in tank.
Can be touched up with our cold applied SafeGard CC-6100. (Note: this is not a yellow dye, it is a true conversion coating!)
Sanchem is ISO-9001:2000
Excellent paint base – SafeGard CC-3400 is QUALICOAT Approved for painting architectural aluminum.
Can be used for wrought aluminum, aluminum castings, magnesium, stainless steel and zinc
Can pass the ASTM Scratch resistance test when used with SafeGard CC cleaner/deoxidizer system.
Excellent high temperature stability – coating can not dry out and mud crack.
Out gassing that occurs when heating castings, will not affect chromate-free SafeGard CC-3400 conversion coating. This is due to the fact that SafeGard CC reacts to the aluminum surface at the molecular level it is not a surface coating. It is a true conversion coating.
Apply by dip, spray or brush.
High performance pretreatment will reduce your need to use costly high performance paints in favor of lower cost paint or powder coating. This change will yield a major cost savings.
Use your current equipment with little or no modification.
Who has tested and Approved Safegard CC?
Touchstone Systems & Services Inc - SafeGard CC-3400 Passed General Motors tests on a 360 cast aluminum alloy Part#H878: Initial Tape Adhesion, Humidity and Tape Adhesion, Neutral Salt Spray & Corrosion, Dime Scrape, Thumbnail Hardness, Gasoline Resistance Dip, Gasoline Resistance Puddle, Oil Resistance Dipping and Chip Resistance Testing per GM 9508P Method B @ -30b.
Stork Technimet Inc:Passed 168 hours Salt Spray testing per Mil-C5541E on aluminum alloy 7075 following ASTM B-117. Stock Technimet is an ISO-Certified lab.
GE qualification performance testing –SafeGard CC-3400 is Approved.Tests ran included: Dry Oxygen Environment Test, Storage/Shipping Environment Test and Material Compatibility Test. Conclusion: The conversion coating Sanchem SafeGard CC-3400 is a suitable replacement for Hexavalent Chromate Conversion Coating
Sanchem’s SafeGard CC is Qualicoat Approved - Testing Procedures this product passed for approval included:Resistance to boiling water Method2 (Pressure Cooker), Constant climate condensation water test, Machu Test according to QUALICOAT Specifications, Acetic acid salt spray test according to ISO-9227, Adhesion according EN ISO-2409, Cupping test EN ISO-1520, Bend Test EN ISO-1519 and Impact Test ASTM D-2479.
3M’s Scotchlite Reflective Sheeting for Traffic Signs – Safegard CC-3400 is 3M approved.3M required that a hexavalent chrome pretreatment be used under 3M’s Scotchlite Reflective Sheeting for Traffic Signs. 3M required that SafeGard CC-3400 pass both a 6 months outdoor exposure testing at LaQue Corrosion Services in Wrightville Beach, NC and Neutral Salt Spray testing which was performed at Phoenix Chemical laboratory in Chicago, IL using both 6061 & 5052 aluminum alloys.
Alloy Wheels International @ Kent laboratory Report – Wheel Type T498 - SafeGard CC-3400 meets their paint pretreatment requirements. Tests Run on painted wheels: CASS(Copper-Accelerated Acetic Acid Salt Spray) , Water Soak FLTM B1 104-01, ambient road gravel, -10c road gravel, neutral salt spray 1000 hours & thermal shock FLTM B1 107-05.
The above Testing Data Available upon your request:
Why you should use SafeGard CC-3400 on zinc plating, zinc die cast & galvanized metal:
Meets ASTM Standard B-940-05, Non-Chromate Conversion Coatings on Zinc Surfaces.
Salt Spray ASTM B-117: Over 300 hours zinc plating and over 300 hours zinc castings (when used with SafeGard CC-4000 seall).
Chemically and UV stable.
Excellent paint pretreatment
Easy to use and moniitor.
Can be touched up with our cold applied SafeGard CC-6100.
Out gassing that occurs when heating castings will not affect the conversion coating. This is due to the fact that SafeGard CC is molecularly reacted with the zinc not just a surface coating.
Conductive
Alternatives to Chromate for Zinc passivation
color
corrosion resistance Salt Spray
(Hours to white Corrosion
Trivalent Chromate
Blue/Black
48 hours
Chromate (per ASTM B201)
Yellow
96 hours
SafeGard CC -3400 w/ CC-4000 inorganic seal
yellow
300 hours +
Why you should use SafeGard CC-3400 on magnesium:
SafeGard CC-3400 is used on magnesium primarily to enhance paint and adhesives adhesion to the surface. Paint adhesion and corrosion resistance After 200 hour neutral salt spray test (ASTM B117) Boeing Specification DMS 1786L
Alloy
Adhesion and Corrosion resistance
Z 312 B Alloy, water based primer
No loss of adhesion, no blisters or corrosion
Z 312 B Alloy, solvent based primer
No loss of adhesion, no blisters or corrosion
Z 312 B Alloy, Primer and Topcoat of Mil-C-83286 Gloss White
No loss of adhesion, no blisters or corrosion
Magnesium is a very reactive metal so salt spray tests according to ASTM B-117 are not generally run. The corrosion resistance of chromate conversion coated magnesium is quite small to begin with and there are no specified bare salt spray corrosion tests for magnesium. Here are Salt Spray testing (ASTM-B117) results:
Use SafeGard CC when RoHS compliance and Your company's product performance are important.
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