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Synex has been in business for 24 years, we are dedicated to the principle that service is tantamount in our business. Unlike some of our competitors, we believe that service and support is as important as the product itself. In order to provide a complete solution to metal cleanliness and furnace care Synex promotes a consultative system. This system includes a complete comprehensive evaluation of your site needs and recommendations for both product and the necessary steps to implement them in the least disruptive manner.
We have over 65 formulas for multiple aluminum alloys as well as zinc, brass, bronze, ductile iron, and stainless steel. We believe that your solutions should be supported fully. That support comes in the form of several warehouses located all across America and ten regional distributors as front line support and product shipment points. We also believe that a regular quarterly visit to our customers is necessary for us to always be involved in the "real world" of our industry. From Maine to California from distributors to factory reps., Synex has got you covered.
Fluxes have been in commercial use for nearly fifty years. In that time span, we have made many new and valuable discoveries in the metal industry. This fact has caused the flux industry always to be in a state of change. This change, and the many employee and environmental issues, have created a high level of confusion for the metal casting producer. With this consideration in mind, Synex chemical specialists created the technologically superior Synex flux line.
Years ago, the chemical specialists at Synex decided that they could create a flux for the metal industry that would remove any uncertainty associated with the customer's purchase. They created a core of specialty fluxes that has brought excellent results. This product line has continued to develop. Constant researching and testing has strengthened Synex's time proven products. Keeping our products competitive while maintaining high quality, has developed long term customer loyalty.
Synex's special blends of the finest chemicals available produces the cleanest and best flux in the world. We design our products to give maximum performance with different alloys and various temperature ranges.
Progressive Product Line
Synex continually researches the latest chemical technology to improve our products. Synex continues to introduce new products to meet changing conditions. One of Synex 's new products is a hex-free replacement for hex tablets. Also recently introduced is a world class brass/bronze flux with no equal from any competitor. Synex always field tests to solve customers' problems.
Pure and White
Most Synex products are snow white in color. This is because they consist of only the finest ingredients that money can buy. A flux produced with inferior chemical components can change color from time to time, based on the varying quality of the chemicals bought at the lowest price. Chemicals purchased from the lowest bidder makes our competition's flux susceptible to impurities and inconsistent results. High quality and high grade chemicals of the same granular size insure you of a consistently stable product.
Quality Flux Equals Quality Metal
Pure, consistent, high quality Synex products can clean hydrogen oxides and other inclusions from molten metal. This improves the quality of our customer's castings.
Keeping It Together
When shipping a drum of flux across the country by truck or rail, the vibrations caused from the constant movement can cause fluxes to become unblended. Using separated flux from different levels of the drum will yield changing results. A uniform granular size eliminates this problem. Synex's attention to superior granular matching makes separation very unlikely.
How Synex Fluxes Work
Synex designs exothermic fluxes to remove dross from the molten bath of metal. In aluminum, the dross consists of aluminum metal, aluminum oxide, and oxides from alloying agents such as magnesium and zinc. Pieces of the refractory lining and other miscellaneous nonferrous materials can also be present. The size of these particles ranges from chunks that are very large, to small pieces that are less than 1 millimeter in diameter.
Trapping Inclusions
Small pockets or voids in the dross particles normally cause them to float to the top of the molten bath. Dross particles that are less than 1 millimeter in size do not have the buoyancy to float through the metal, and thus remain in the bath. It then becomes necessary to apply a flux that has the chemical affinity to attach to these particles and float them to the surface. Good exothermic cleaning fluxes float the oxides to the surface and then put them through an exothermic chemical reaction to separate the trapped metal droplets in the oxide.
The Exothermic Process
Rabbling an exothermic flux into the upper surface of the molten metal, causes flux to stick to the oxide particles due to its chemical affinity for hydrogen and oxides. These oxides cling together and float to the surface of the metal bath. Next, the exothermic nature of the flux causes the heated dross to become very hot, thus releasing the aluminum droplets back into the bath. The dross should primarily consist of the unwanted oxides and chemical residues. Synex's unique blend of quality chemicals will normally leave less than 30% metal in the dross. Many inferior fluxes are entirely too hot and will thermite (burn up the aluminum droplets). This will give the appearance of good fluxing, but will destroy a large amount of metal. The presence of white pockets of powder in the dross is evidence of thermiting. Hard, shinny dross suggests too much metal, showing that the flux has had little or no useful effectiveness. Properly fluxed dross should be loose and powdery.
Reducing Metal Loss
It is very important that any business monitors its metal loss. Selecting the right cleaning flux is the first step toward reducing that loss. Using a service to reclaim metal is expensive. A good flux can dramatically reduce the need for these services. Synex fluxes are simply the best choice if metal quality and metal loss are important issues.
Let Us Help
Creating the best product possible for our customers is Synex's goal. An additional benefit from using Synex fluxes is our more than twenty years of experience working with all levels of the metal industry. We will honestly and reliably help you decide which flux is best suited for your production environment.
How to Get the Best Flux for Your Money
Synex fluxes are available from the factory or from the many distributors across America and Canada. We would be pleased to serve you and your company from the location nearest you.
For additional information or for the location of a distributor nearest you, please call us direct at:
(770)253-7652 or FAX us at: (770)253-7685
Inventory available in:
Atlanta, Birmingham, Buffalo,
Charlotte, Chicago, Cleveland, Dallas,
Grand Rapids, Indianapolis, Los Angeles, Minneapolis, St. Louis, Tulsa, Wilkes-Barre.
Also available for our Canadian customers in: Toronto, Ontario and Sorel, Quebec.
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