• Surface treatment
• Non-destructive testing
• Painting
• Chemical milling
• Development
• Training

The main purpose of surface treatment is to increase the protection against corrosion and wear on different types of parts before their final assembly and commissioning. Read more…

NDT (also known as material health testing) is an activity that complements surface treatment preparation, which aims to verify substrate conformity. Read more…

This paint application phase is carried out to finalise the surface treatment of a part. In all cases, the paint reinforces the protection of the material it covers, and thereby increases its resistance to corrosion. Read more…

Chemical milling is a process for reducing the weight of a titanium or aluminium panel. This weight reduction cannot be done mechanically and requires technology using immersion in high-temperature caustic soda baths, which will decrease [JG1]the material weight. Read more…

Our company is characterised by its ability to be bold in its development directions. A visionary, it has always sought to improve its production tools. As a result, the company is very careful about its choice of investments in human resources as well as facilities and technical equipment. Read more…

MECAPROTEC industrieshas an employment policy that is systematically linked to on-going occupational training. Our business areas: surface treatment, aircraft painting, NDT are fields that are frequently absent from university or school curricula. Read more…

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    Non-destructive testing

Non-destructive testing is an activity that complements surface treatment preparation, which aims to verify substrate conformity. Two methods are employed: penetrant testing [P2]and magnetic particle inspection

 

Services provided by Mécaprotec Industries:

Fluorescent penetrant inspection

Penetrant inspection on Chrome anodising treatment

Magnetic particle inspection

Material hardness

Conductivity

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    Painting

The paint application phase is carried out to finalise the surface treatment of a part. In all cases, the paint reinforces the protection of the material it covers and thereby increases its resistance to corrosion. However, paint is not applied uniformly everywhere and certain parts have areas that must be masked and/or where several layers of different paints must be applied. All this means that painting is a complex job.

Moreover, the REACH Directive is forcing paint manufacturers to review the constituents of their paint. For this reason, MECAPROTEC Industries uses ultra high-solid water-soluble paints. The company therefore has to use a wide range of different paints (more than 400 in total). These are added to the accreditation catalogue (which already has over 300 references) and makes the application of this process even more complex.

Services provided by Mécaprotec Industries:

Liquid paint:

- Polyurethane, epoxy, vinyl, cellulose

- Water-soluble paint

- Conductive paint

- Finishing varnish

Special coatings:

- Solid film lubricants (Molykote, Molydal, etc...)

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    Chemical milling

Chemically milling is a process for reducing the weight of a titanium or aluminium panel. This weight reduction cannot be done mechanically and requires technology using immersion in high-temperature caustic soda baths.

MECAPROTEC Industries performs chemical milling on aero-structure parts (for exteriors, leading edges) in order to reduce the weight, since this is a crucial issue in the aerospace field.

Chemical milling:

- on aluminium

- on titanium

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    Development

Working in partnership with public laboratories (the Carnot CIRIMAT Institute of the Paul Sabatier University in Toulouse, ELECTRODEP at the University of Barcelona), MECAPROTEC Industries conducts upstream research, which is essential for remaining proactive in terms of more environmentally-friendly chemical solutions.

Indeed, new environmental directives (e.g.: REACH) are prompting R&D projects to study substitute materials in order to avoid the use of substances and preparations containing Carcinogenic-Mutagenic-Reprotoxic (CMR) compounds, and to take action to reduce discharges of Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs). This stringent legislation is forcing the industrial sector to adapt very quickly without decreasing quality and performance.

MECAPROTEC Industries has therefore chosen to focus its research efforts on "cleaner" processes by setting up a dedicated structure that can intervene at each phase of a product's design, from the concept and transfer of technology through to the qualification process.

The Research and Development Laboratory

     A €2 million investment, 1000 m² of surface area, opened in August 2013.

     5 supervisors

     10 technicians

     8 engineers

     Collaboration with UPS (CIRIMAT) for 20 years and creation of a research unit in 1994.

11 research projects in progress

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Apaca 3InnolubCaraibeSoftair

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    Training

MECAPROTEC industries has an employment policy that is systematically linked to on-going occupational training.

Our business areas (surface treatment, aircraft painting, and non-destructive testing) are fields that are frequently absent from university or school curricula.

For this reason, in 1995, our company registered as an official French training organisation in order to train its personnel in house. Drawing on its in-house experience, in 2011 MECAPROTEC industries outsourced its training programmes by creating a dedicated training organisation: ( registration no. 71 31 06241 31).

In this section, you will find a description of the jobs we often seek to fill through our recruitment, as well as the entire range of vocational training courses we offer to new recruits in order to provide them with the knowledge and skills to operate in our business, or to perfect existing skills.

Recruitment, job adaptation, training, improvement, qualifications recognised in the sector: you could follow this path when you join MECAPROTEC industries.