Mailhot uses the latest technology, Arcor®, to treat all of its products with a salt bath nitriding process:

Technical details

Nitriding is a metallurgical process that improves the mechanical properties of steel surfaces. Steel parts are dipped in a high-temperature molten salt bath. The salts decompose and free nitrogen, as well as carbon in lesser amounts, that penetrates the surface of the steel and hardens the surface.

Nitrided parts surface takes a black flat colour.

Nitriding is a surface treatment (and not a covering), meaning there is no modification to the original dimensions, as opposed to chrome plating.

Thanks to its considerable advances in this field, Mailhot established its own commercial nitriding laboratory, and provides the service of nitriding non-hydraulic products. For more information on this treatment process, visit http://www.tsitribo.com/

Advantages

• Enhanced protection against corrosion, wear, and fatigue
• Improved surface hardness, which prevents scoring and other mechanical damage
  
• Low friction coefficient (extends component life)
  
• Cylinder can remain partially extended without potential rusting
  
• Best warranty on the market
  
• Ready-to-use environmentally friendly oils
  
• Treatment is environmentally friendly
  

 
Applications

While Mailhot has used this process for close to 25 years, nitriding has been applied in other fields for more than 80 years, including the automotive industry.