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What is PTFE Industrial Coating?

PTFE may seem to be heavily technical and scientific jargon. But in fact, PTFE is rather uncomplicated and simple to understand. And for all you know you may have PTFE coexisting with other essentials in your kitchen. To give you a more detailed introduction, PTFE is world-renowned by its brand name – Teflon. You may have a handful of non-stick pans and pots in your kitchen, and in all likelihood they are Teflon-coated.  PTFE is the abbreviated form of polytetrafluoroethylene. It was discovered by Roy Plunkett, a scientist, in 1938. Within a decade, PTFE became a regular sighting on market shelves around the world under the Teflon brand. Ever since then, Teflon has become a brand synonymous with non-stick kitchen products. As far as PTFE industrial coating is concerned, it is developed by baking and melting fluorinated ethylene propylene (FEP) which enables it to give a non-porous film on products it is applied to. To give you more insight into PTFE industrial coating, let’s shed light