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PRODUCTS & PROCESSES
of materials at its disposal, Pallas can also
meet exacting demands like these. After the
degreasing and masking stages, Pallas blasts
the shafts with white corundum. Then the
plastic powder is applied electrostatically by
pistol and melted in a furnace. In this stage,
it really pays off that Pallas has several
furnaces at its disposal and ready to use
at practically a moment’s notice.
Minimal reaction time
Neapco’s long-standing customers know
that the automotive supplier has a very
broad portfolio and thus expect extremely
fast delivery of the requested components.
Because these components have not yet
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been coated, Pallas has only a minimal
timeframe in which to get the job done.
Lead times of just two days are not
uncommon. “There have been repeated
cases in the past when Pallas received
components from Neapco on a Friday
afternoon for surface treatment over the
weekend so that they could be delivered to
Neapco’s customers on the following Monday
morning,” recalls Dirk Möchel, long-standing
department head of the Tool-Making and
Prototype Shop sector at Neapco.
For Pallas, this means having to be able –
at shortest notice – to put together a team
for weekend work and to make the required
infrastructure available in order to meet the
deadline for the complex treatment of
the components. A task which the surface
engineering experts always fulfil with flying
colours – thanks to the range of procedures
and equipment available to them in-house
and to a very highly motivated team.
Dirk Möchel certainly appreciates the service.
“The collaboration with Pallas is unbeatable!
We are extremely satisfied.” And Michael
Freitag, head of the Prototype Shop, adds:
“Their openness in communication, their
profound know-how and their enormous
flexibility make Pallas a highly valuable
partner for us.”
Email: [email protected]
Visit: www.pallaskg.de
Surface World Live 2020 will be returning to Hall 11
at the NEC in Birmingham. The next show will be held
on the 18th & 19th March 2020.
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