VCI Technology

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VCI Technology (VCI Nanotechnology)
Armor Protective Packaging® products utilise our proprietary VCI Nanotechnology™ essential to keeping your shipments, stored items and even in-process metals corrosion-free for years of protection.

VCI Nanotechnology

ARMOR produces VCI (which stands for vapour or volatile corrosion inhibitor) Nanotechnology. It’s the “secret sauce” we infuse into our products to fight off the unwanted advances of rust. You simply take a metal part(s) and enclose inside an ARMOR product. VCIs fill up the vapour space inside the container or packaging. VCI-inhibiting ions are attracted to metal and create a blanket of protection around it only 2-3 molecules thick that repels rust for years of protection.

How ARMOR Proprietary VCI Nanotechnology Works

ARMOR has engineered highly specialized corrosion inhibitors based on ionic salts. Our packaging materials are infused with the corrosion inhibitors, carrying them into the packaging environment. In the presence of moisture, the salts dissolve to form ions, permeating the packaging environment with corrosion inhibitors. The inhibiting ions are attracted to and deposit on the metallic surfaces, displacing moisture in the process and re-associating to form a stable nanocoating only a few molecules thick. ARMOR VCIs utilise “mixed inhibitor technology.” They are formulated to saturate the vapour space quickly and have a lasting effect.