Military Applications

Descaling, Lubricant Removal, Paint Stripping, Casting Cleaning & Engine Overhaul for Defense Work

A long row of tan, up-armored Humvees parked side by side at Red River Army Depot in Texas

We supply molten salt cleaning processes for military manufacturing and maintenance, including:

  • aerospace and airframe
  • jet engine and diesel engine OEM and overhaul
  • ground transport units
  • spars and blades for helicopters

Common military applications


Descaling

  • stainless steel, titanium, and superalloy oxides and scales

Lubricant Removal

  • moly disulfide and graphite lubricants from titanium and alloy rivets and fasteners
  • solidified glassy lubricants and scales from hot forged components

Paint Stripping

  • high-performance Chemical Agent Resistant Coatings (CARC)
  • specification-grade paints & coatings from aerospace components
  • cured coatings from fixtures, jigs, clips, racks, and other tooling
  • salvage of high-value reject-coated components (multi-metal capabilities)

Casting Cleaning

  • removes coring, shell, sand, graphite, scale, and oxides
  • cleans iron, steel, alloys, and select non-ferrous metals
  • prepares cast iron surfaces for brazing, bonding, and babbitting

Engine Overhaul

  • removes organic deposits such as carbon, oil sludge, and paint
  • cleans internal passages
  • helps to debond gaskets and seals
  • does not mask or conceal cracks or other structural defects (chemical process)

Stripping CARC with Kolene® Molten Salt Watch molten salt remove CARC (Chemical Agent Resistant Coating).

Other applications

Strip paint and coatings

Clean castings and engine parts

Descale and remove lubricants

Also see Marine Applications and Support Products (hex chrome treatment, brightening agents, and sludge management).

Have parts like these? Tell us the alloy, the coating or residue, and your volume, and we will recommend the salt and equipment for the job.

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