Client Applications

Micronised Barytes is used in marine coatings to increase chemical resistance and advance anti corrosion properties. Barytes also has the additional benefit of reducing VOC content.

Barytes is a natural product which is chemically resistant to oils, organic and inorganic compounds, and adds to the overall durability of industrial coatings.

Micronised Barytes offers protection to steel structures as part of a heavy duty coating formulation. Barytes also supports the anti corrosive properties of the coating formulation.

The recently introduced A380 Airbus is one of the most technologically advanced aircraft in the world. Composite materials and advanced adhesives are employed in its construction. The unique properties of Barytes are specified in the adhesives and surface coatings formulations.

Jointly developed by a European consortium and currently deployed by the RAF and other nations, the Typhoon is one of the most advanced jet fighters in the world. Extreme operating conditions require special surface coatings containing Barytes.

The Burj Al Arab Hotel situated in Dubai is the most photographed hotel in the world. Micronised Barytes was used in formulations for sound deadening and sound deflecting products incorporated into the walls during construction. With its exceptionally high specific gravity of 4.4 Barytes offers superior sound absorption properties enabling thin wall solutions.

Micronised Barytes is used in high performance braking systems due to its resistance to high temperatures created by friction forces under braking.

Micronised Barytes is used in a range of powder coating formulations due to its low oil absorption capabilities and ease of application.

Military vehicles operate in areas of the world where tough environmental conditions dominate. Resistance to corrosive atmospheres related to airborne dust and other pollutants is vitally important. Micronised Barytes is used in technically advanced exterior surface coatings.

Built at a cost of £260 million the Diamond Synchrotron located in Oxfordshire is at the forefront of scientific research. Generating Electromagnetic radiation emitted by charged particles moving at the speed of light at wavelengths from X-rays to the far infrared, its construction required the extensive use of dense concrete containing Barytes for radiation shielding. Viaton supplied all the coarse Barytes required for the project.