Summary: Advanced Technical Products (ATP), an ISO 9001:2015 certified manufacturer, introduces ATP-641, a high-temperature anti-scale coating specifically formulated to meet the needs of knife manufacturers. By adding ATP-641 to the heat treatment process, manufacturers can effectively minimize the challenges of oxide scale formation, pitting, and decarb loss, thus ensuring the quality and longevity of their knives. The coating allows for flexible application, being suitable for dipping, brushing, or spraying.

Industry: Knife Making
Category: Material Protection and Heat Treatment
Processes: Coating Application, Heat Treatment

Knife makers are well aware of the challenges tied to the heat treatment of tool steels. Oxidation, decarburization, and scaling can compromise the structural integrity of the blade, leading to quality control issues, increased material waste, and extra time spent on remediation. With the stakes being high in terms of both time and material cost, a reliable solution is required to protect the metal during the heat treatment process. Furthermore, due to diverse manufacturing setups, a flexible application method—whether it be dipping, brushing, or spraying—is an essential feature.

Advanced Technical Products offers ATP-641, a water-based high-temperature anti-scale coating, designed to minimize the challenges that knife makers face during heat treatment. ATP-641 is formulated to provide a strong barrier between the metal and the oxygen, thereby controlling oxidation and preventing scale formation and decarb loss. In addition, ATP-641 accommodates diverse knife making needs by being suitable for various application methods—dipping, brushing, or spraying.

By adding ATP-641 to their heat treatment process, knife makers can expect:

• Minimized formation of oxide scale
• Drastic reduction in pitting
• Reduced decarb loss

In turn, these benefits contribute to better quality knives, increased productivity due to reduced rework and waste, and potential cost savings. With ATP-641, Advanced Technical Products aims to provide knife makers a reliable, flexible, and effective solution, allowing you to focus more on the art and science of knife making and less on the challenges of heat treatment.