Opening photo - Tilkin Powder Coatings has selected VULKAN INOX’s stainless steel grit blast media, GRITTAL® in order to improve its blasting process.
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Blasting with Stainless Steel: High Durability, Lower Wear, More Control Christian Hoffmann Vulkan Inox GmbH, Hattingen - Germany
christian-hoffmann@vulkan-inox.de
W
hat if your company can’t find a supplier that can meet your powder
but we had to first familiarize ourselves with the powder coating process.
coating needs? The Tilkin family provided a solution in 1998 by
At the beginning what we lacked in knowledge, we made up for with
jumping into the unknown world of powder coating specialization. Today,
courage and passion. Our name stands for quality, and this is something
after 20 years of consistent growth, this Belgian company services the
we work hard for every day.”
Benelux countries with the largest curing oven. Purchasing the oven was the result of implementing a philosophy of being able to measure each
Largest curing oven in the Benelux countries
process step in a detailed manner, in order to be able to achieve constant
In the early years, the biggest challenge was to convince customers about
improvement.
the advantages of powder coating. Today, the process is established and
This philosophy is what led Tilkin Powder Coatings to switch to VULKAN
the demand for it has grown tremendously, so has the number of powder
INOX’s stainless steel grit blast media, GRITTAL® (ref. Opening photo).
coaters. Tilkin Powder Coatings is an exception among them because they
With this decision, the desired surface quality is consistently achieved,
specialized in coating pieces of large dimensions (Fig. 1). “Last summer we
dust disposal is significantly reduced and cost efficiency is increased.
purchased a new curing oven which is able to handle work pieces up to 18 x 3.6 x 3.6 m (60 x 12 x 12 ft). It is the largest in the Benelux countries.
With courage and passion
If a structure won’t fit in our oven, then it won’t fit on the transport vehicle.
Powder coating specialist Tilkin began its business activity in metal
Our customers are now able to fabricate their structures in one step and
building construction and currently has 30 employees. Michel Tilkin and
have them completely powder coated, which is an enormous advantage.
his children, Jo and Rosy, have experienced continuous development
The new oven has opened up other opportunities in new markets,
since their beginning. “In the 1990s, there were very few companies in the
including neighbouring countries.”
Tongeren region of Belgium that were able to provide blasting, metalizing and powder coating support,” remembers Jo Tilkin. “From our own
Quality through process monitoring
experience, we knew exactly what metal processing companies needed
An additional strength of Tilkin Powder Coatings can be found in their
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