Technical News

Rainer Vach of Sulzer South Africa Ltd. accepts award from the Honourable Minister of Science & Technology, Mosibadi Mangena.

Sulzer South Africa Ltd. recently received The Most Outstanding Technological Innovation Award at the Technology Top 100 awards ceremony held in Midrand, South Africa. These awards, started in 1991, are issued by the South African government to companies in the private sector for developments that help South Africa compete technologically in international markets. The award was given to Sulzer Pumps for the development of a so...

One application: extruder screws.

Metaplas Ionon, a Sulzer Metco company, has developed the 2-in-1 IOMAX coating system, a combination of plasma nitriding (IONIT®) and physical vapor deposition – or PVD – hard coatings (MAXIT®). This system is an efficient tool for the reduction of abrasion and cold bonding for the metal machining and forming industries. The combination of plasma nitriding and PVD is very effective in preventing the formation of corrosion and ...

A fuel cell module (ceramic type) of the next generation (right) compared with the architecture of the cell stack in the pre-series system (left).

The new fuel cell system “Galileo” is smaller, more cost-efficient and easier to operate compared to predecessor HXS 1000. “Galileo” measures only 55 x 160 x 55 cm (L x H x D) and weighs 170 kg—thus a substantial progress has been made. The two plates were replaced by the single-plate design. The weight of the cell stack and the costs of the current collectors are halved. The thermal insulation costs have been reduced to a ten...

The European Patent Office has—after year-long opposition by third parties—finally granted the approval for the patent on IONIT OX® to Metaplas Ionon.

In 1996, Metaplas Ionon, a Sulzer Metco company, succeeded in developing the process through which a superior level of wear and corrosion protection for iron materials is attained. Since corrosion protection and thus involved recycling problems represent a considerable business volume worldwide, third parties tried to defeat the patent process of IONIT OX®. Now this patent dispute was finally decided upon in favour of Metaplas...