Montreal, QC – Walter Surface Technologies recently announced the creation of the new Air Force / AF-Weld, a system that reduces the costs of welding operations while simultaneously minimizing their environmental impact. It also provides a “hassle-free” welding experience with its anti-spatter formula that inhibits corrosion, allows for immediate painting, and helps prevent weld porosity.

Using special and natural ingredients, the new AF-Weld anti-spatter emulsion retracts in the presence of heat, explains the company, leaving the immediate welding area clean and void of liquid. This effectively prevents anti-spatter liquid from chemically interacting with the metal during fusion, thus minimizing impurities and porosity in the weld. The company claims that this aids welders in making “clean” welds and increases both the quality and productivity of their work.
 
The globally patented automatic refilling spray bottle system is also a less costly way of dispensing the Walter-made anti-spatter product line for minimizing post-welding operations.

Air Force / AF-Weld is comprised of an automatic refilling station, a reusable aluminum bottle and a 10L bag-in-box of AF-Weld anti-spatter product. This Air Force system immediately reduces environmental impact by using compressed air as a propellant and by eliminating the need to dispose of empty aerosol cans of anti-spatter.

Previously, use of the aerosol cans made it impossible to completely empty the sprayer containers, resulting in an estimated wastage of 10 per cent per aerosol can plus the cost of hauling away the spent empties, which is estimated to be 15 per cent of the purchase price.

With this new system, the empty bottle is refilled over and over. Tests suggest that a 10 liter bag-in-box of AF-Weld can replace as many as 36 aerosol cans of anti-spatter, so the system also significantly reduces costs of storage, handling, and disposal. 

Air Force is a core member of J. Walter Ltd and its growing Bio-Circle Division, which focuses on Environmental Solutions.

For additional information, visit www.walter.com.

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