Paint characterization and performance tests, both in liquid and dry film forms, are important tools for quality control in industrial painting, as well as for the selection and development of new paint compositions and schemes. The Laboratory for Corrosion and Protection of IPT performs testing and analysis on paints in order Read more…
For an adequate selection and specification of a metal or a metallic coating, a thorough characterization and evaluation of its performance, in a desired environment, is an important issue. The Laboratory for Corrosion and Protection of IPT conducts tests and analyses in metals, metallic alloys and metallic coatings (zinc, aluminum, Read more…
IPT´s Laboratory for Corrosion and Protection (LCP) deals with failure analysis of painted metallic materials, studying the following features: painting line inspection, evaluation of surface pretreatment and paint application procedures and characterization of paint systems failures. For this goal, IPT has a complete infrastructure for the application of organic Read more…
Intensification of processes using microtechnology is an innovative concept in the creation of chemical products and specialties, mainly for pharmaceutical products, foods and cosmetics, since these processes involve the use of a new generation of equipment and their respective manufacturing technologies. In this new concept, the processes use modular reaction Read more…
Biomasses are renewable energy sources that can be used as substitutes for fossil fuels. They consist of agricultural residues (straw, bagasse and husks from different plants, e.g., rice) or of plants cultivated specifically for this purpose. However, in its original state, biomass has characteristics that make it difficult, if not Read more…
The enormous diversity of mineral goods (iron, copper, niobium, phosphate, sand, etc.) and of the processes that form these deposits makes each mineral site unique, and requires the development of a specific process. Separation and concentration of mineral components of an ore are the basic processing steps to obtain a Read more…
Numerous industrial processes include milling, which involves significant costs due to the amount of energy it requires and high equipment wear rates. Industrial milling is performed mainly in rotary mills, which are basically cylinders inside which the milling parts (balls, bars, pebbles or cylpebs) move freely as they comminute the Read more…
Metallic or ceramic powders are used mainly for the production of sintered products. The physicochemical characterization of these powders for sintered products, which are widely used in the automotive, metal, mechanical and electro-electronic industries, is necessary to ensure their suitability. IPT determines the properties of powders and sintered products in Read more…
The metallurgical industry generates large amounts of subproducts and residues, whose recycling and suitable disposal are important tools for cost reduction and compliance with environmental regulations. IPT plays a leading role in this area, developing and improving recycling processes for subproducts of the metallurgical industry. To this end, it uses Read more…
Corrosion found in reinforced concrete is one of the most frequent pathologies of buildings, especially those exposed to aggressive environments such as the onshore marine atmospheres. The corrosion of carbon steel reinforcements produces oxides and hydroxides. The volume of these corrosion products has much greater volume than the original steel Read more…
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