Features & Benefits
The Anolok® Bronze range embodies an authentic metallic sheen, lustre and feel with exceptional durability, enhancing the innate strength of aluminium against corrosion. With a variety of shades and patterns that do not compromise UV resistance, our bronze and black finishes, achieved using cobalt through the Anolok® method, surpass alternative options in numerous ways:
In the widest range of colours.
The majority of metals are unsuitable for electro-colouring, the choice being restricted to cobalt, tin or nickel. Although perfectly satisfactory results can be obtained with tin, processing is more difficult to control, particularly in the darker shades. Deposition can grow to the extent where the pores are difficult to seal and deterioration in a short space of time can result. The tin electrolyte is also highly acidic, which can lead to dissolution and increases the risk of poor abrasion resistance.
With a nickel based colouring solution production of dark bronze is difficult and black is impossible. Therefore Anolok® colouring using cobalt is the safest of all the commercially available bronze anodising processes.
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Anolok® Bronze History
Anolok® colouring was commercialised in the mid 1960's in Japan. United Anodisers was granted an Anolok® license in 1971 by Alcan International and has processed more Anolok® bronze anodising than any company in the world outside Japan. Anolok®, is now a registered trademark of United Anodisers Limited.
In 1987, we introduced the Japanese "Unicol" colour matching technology into our colour anodising process. This dramatically improves the colour match piece to piece and is the only unit in Europe.
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Suitable for aluminium panels and sheets, perforated sheets and meshes, curtain walls and windows.
United Anodisers operates the Anolok® process, where the colour is developed electrolytically by depositing cobalt metal into the porous film. Increasing the amount of cobalt deposited gives shades of bronze from pale bronze right through to black.
Light scatter produces the colours, and this method of production ensures that the colours obtained are completely fade-free. Anolok colouring using cobalt is the safest of all the commercially available bronze anodising processes.
Features and benefits:
- No possibility of fading.
- Over 40 years of proven long-term on-site durability.
- Authentic metallic sheen, lustre and feel.Excellent corrosion and abrasion resistance.
- No risk of adhesion failure or chalking.
- Qualanod-certified.
Color - Bronze
Finish - Satin, Brushed, Polished, Anodized
Material - Aluminium
Shape - Formless
Length - 7000mm
Width - 2000mm
Warranty description - Lifetime
CAWS - H92/120 Rainscreen cladding, H31/120 Metal, H31/10 MetalH20/155 Sheet cladding (attached to timber battens), H20/150 Sheet cladding (attached to metal support systems), H20/10 Sheet cladding, H11/110 Curtain walling, Z33/110 Anodic coating
Standard - To BS 3987.
Warranty Description - To BS 3987.
Formulation - Suitable for marine and urban environment.
Colour -
Anolok® 541
Anolok® 543
Anolok® 545
Anolok® 547
Anolok® 549.
Finish - Manufactuer's standard , Satin , Brushed , Polished.
Country of material origin - United Kingdom
Country of product manufacture - United Kingdom
Recyclability - Fully Recyclable
Third party certifications - Environmental Management System - ISO 14001:2015
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United Anodisers is active worldwide, supplying prestigious projects in the established markets of Europe, North America and more recently in the rapidly growing markets of the Middle East and Asia. We are dedicated to providing a global solution to the challenges of creating a corrosion resistant, environmentally friendly, sustainable and long lasting material for architectural applications anywhere in the world.