# Kolene Corporation

> Kolene molten salt systems remove paint, scale, sand, and casting shell. We also make heat treat and FNC salts. ISO 9001:2015 certified. Detroit, since 1939.

Kolene Corporation, 12890 Westwood Street, Detroit, MI 48223. Telephone +1-313-273-9220, email sales@kolene.com. Each link below is the Markdown version of a page; the HTML page is the same URL without "index.html.md".

Heat treat furnaces come from Upton Industries, A Kolene Company, which has built salt bath, batch, pit, and specialty furnaces since 1937. Upton builds the furnace; Kolene Corporation supplies the salts and heat-treating chemicals.

## Products

- [Products](https://www.kolene.com/products/index.html.md): Kolene® cleaning salts, heat treat salts, and FNC nitriding chemistry: search each product family, compare operating ranges, and request an SDS for any product.
- [Cleaning Chemicals](https://www.kolene.com/product/cleaning-chemicals/index.html.md): Kastech®, Virgo™, DGS®, and Kolene® No. series salts plus Recover® paint stripper, for descaling, casting cleaning, and paint stripping.
- [Ferritic Nitrocarburizing](https://www.kolene.com/product/ferritic-nitrocarburizing/index.html.md): Kolene FNC-Base®, FNC-Regen®, and QS® salts for salt bath ferritic nitrocarburizing, with bath regeneration and an oxidizing quench.
- [Heat Treat Chemicals](https://www.kolene.com/product/heat-treat-chemicals/index.html.md): Iso-Heat® neutral hardening salts, Iso-Therm® martempering and austempering quench salts, Iso-Braze® aluminum brazing salts, and quench oils.

## Equipment

- [Equipment](https://www.kolene.com/equipment/index.html.md): Kolene® molten salt cleaning systems, salt bath nitriding lines, and replacement parts, engineered by Kolene since 1939 for batch or continuous production.
- [Cleaning Systems](https://www.kolene.com/equipment/cleaning-systems/index.html.md): Batch, Unitized™, and Kontinuous™ molten salt systems for descaling, casting cleaning, and paint stripping, plus by-product management, engineered by Kolene.
- [Nitriding Systems](https://www.kolene.com/equipment/nitriding-systems/index.html.md): Complete salt bath nitriding lines from Kolene: prewash, preheat ovens, FNC salt furnaces, salt quench, and rinse tanks, with manual or recipe-driven handling.
- [Replacement Parts](https://www.kolene.com/equipment/replacement-parts/index.html.md): Burner tubes, igniters, sparging rings, and other parts for Kolene® salt bath and nitriding equipment.

## Services

- [Services](https://www.kolene.com/services/index.html.md): Send parts to Kolene's Detroit plant for molten salt processing, book field service for your salt bath line, or have our lab analyze bath and sludge samples.
- [Commercial Processing](https://www.kolene.com/service/commercial-processing/index.html.md): Send parts to our Detroit plant for Recover paint stripping, casting cleaning, and glass or porcelain removal.
- [Field Services](https://www.kolene.com/service/field-services/index.html.md): Kolene technicians start up, inspect, troubleshoot, and pump out molten salt and thermal process lines, with PM inspections, operator training, and contracts.
- [Lab Services](https://www.kolene.com/service/lab-services/index.html.md): Send salt bath and sludge samples to Kolene's lab for ion chromatography, ICP-OES metals, carbonate and cyanide tests, microscopy, and hardness testing.

## Applications

- [Applications](https://www.kolene.com/applications/index.html.md): Kolene® molten salt processes for alloy descaling, casting shell and sand removal, paint and powder stripping, engine core cleaning, polymer and glass removal.
- [Paint & Powder Stripping](https://www.kolene.com/application/paint-powder-stripping/index.html.md): Two Kolene® routes to strip paint and powder: molten salt that cleans hooks, racks, and fixtures, and the Recover® process to salvage rejected parts.
- [Hook, Rack & Fixture Stripping](https://www.kolene.com/application/paint-powder-stripping-hook-rack-fixture-stripping-molten-salt/index.html.md): Kolene® molten salt strips paint, powder, and CARC from hooks, racks, and fixtures in batch or Kontinuous™ in-line systems.
- [Reject & Salvage Stripping](https://www.kolene.com/application/reject-salvage-stripping/index.html.md): Kolene® Recover® strips cured paint, powder, and e-coat from rejected parts at 250–325 °F.
- [Flame Spray & Plasma Coating Removal](https://www.kolene.com/application/flame-spray-plasma-coating-removal/index.html.md): Kolene® molten salts strip chrome carbide, tungsten carbide, and select ceramic coatings.
- [Glass & Porcelain Removal](https://www.kolene.com/application/glass-porcelain-removal/index.html.md): Kastech® Ultra molten salt dissolves solidified glass from molds, tooling, and spinnerets; Kolene® salts remove fired porcelain enamel from ferrous parts.
- [Polymer Removal](https://www.kolene.com/application/polymer-removal/index.html.md): Kolene® molten salt removes polyester and nylon deposits from spinnerets, pack bodies, extruder screws, and dies.
- [Precious-Metal-Coated Parts](https://www.kolene.com/application/precious-metal-coating-reclamation/index.html.md): Contact Kolene to discuss whether a molten salt process suits your coating and substrate.
- [Aluminum Investment Casting Cleaning](https://www.kolene.com/application/aluminum-investment/index.html.md): Kastech® AL750 molten salt leaches silica-based shell and core from aluminum investment castings, including internal passages.
- [Investment Casting Cleaning](https://www.kolene.com/application/investment/index.html.md): Kolene® Kastech® molten salts remove residual shell and silica-based core from ferrous and select non-ferrous castings, risers, and gating after knockout.
- [Cast Iron & Sand Casting Cleaning](https://www.kolene.com/application/cast-iron-sand/index.html.md): Kastech® Electrolytic molten salt removes burned-in sand, scale, and graphite from iron castings and internal passages.
- [Engine Core Cleaning & Overhaul](https://www.kolene.com/application/engine-core-cleaning-overhaul/index.html.md): Kolene® molten salt removes oil, carbon, grease, and paint (CARC included) from heads, blocks, and turbos without masking cracks, so cores are ready to inspect.
- [Jet Engine Component Cleaning](https://www.kolene.com/application/jet-engine-component-cleaning/index.html.md): Kolene® salt baths remove service oxides, sulfidation, plasma coatings, and lubricants from blades, buckets, and hot-section parts for jet engine OEMs and MROs.
- [Advanced High-Strength Steel](https://www.kolene.com/application/advanced-high-strength-steel/index.html.md): Kolene® Oxigen-X® salt reacts with alloy-rich AHSS scale.
- [Alloy Scale & Oxide Conditioning](https://www.kolene.com/application/alloy-scale-oxide-conditioning/index.html.md): Kolene® salt bath processes condition oxide scale on stainless steel, superalloys, titanium, and refractory metals before acid pickling.
- [Fastener Lubricant Removal](https://www.kolene.com/application/fastener-lubricant-removal/index.html.md): Kolene® molten salt processes remove molybdenum disulfide, graphite, and organic forming lubricants from titanium and alloy aerospace fasteners.
- [Marine Applications](https://www.kolene.com/application/marine-applications/index.html.md): Kolene® processes for marine parts: molten salt paint and powder stripping, Kastech® casting cleaning, and salt bath FNC for wear and corrosion resistance.
- [Military Applications](https://www.kolene.com/application/military-applications/index.html.md): Kolene® molten salt processes are used for CARC stripping, fastener and forging cleaning, alloy descaling, and casting cleaning in military applications.
- [Support Products](https://www.kolene.com/application/support-products/index.html.md): Kolene support products: 6-2-3 Reducing Agent™ for hexavalent chromium, KGC™ and KLC™ cleaning and brightening solutions, and SMS™ by-product management.

## Company

- [About Us](https://www.kolene.com/about-us/index.html.md): Founded in Detroit in 1939, Kolene supplies molten salt cleaning and nitriding systems, specialty chemicals, process testing, and ongoing equipment support.
- [Contact](https://www.kolene.com/contact/index.html.md): Call 313-273-9220 or email sales, chemical orders, replacement parts, or technical service.
- [ISO 9001:2015 Certification](https://www.kolene.com/isocert/index.html.md): Kolene Corporation is ISO 9001:2015 certified by Amtivo (cert. 263342) for equipment design and build, specialty chemicals and processing, through Aug 2027.
- [Request a Safety Data Sheet (SDS)](https://www.kolene.com/sdsrequest/index.html.md): Request the current Safety Data Sheet for any Kolene® salt, cleaning chemical, or heat treat product.
- [Literature](https://www.kolene.com/literature/index.html.md): Download Kolene® process literature: technical papers, procedures, and forms for descaling, casting cleaning, paint stripping, lab services, and salt bath safety.

## Related company

- [Upton Industries, A Kolene Company](https://www.uptonindustries.com/llms.txt): Molten salt bath, batch, pit and specialty furnaces designed and manufactured in Roseville, Michigan.

## Optional

- [Videos](https://www.kolene.com/videos/index.html.md): Watch Kolene® molten salt processes at work: in-line hook and rack stripping, CARC and porcelain enamel removal, engine core and aluminum casting cleaning.
- [Kolene Trademarks & Service Marks](https://www.kolene.com/trademarks-list/index.html.md): The registered and unregistered trademarks and service marks of Kolene Corporation, how to use them as adjectives, and the marks assigned to H.E.F.