{"id":28101,"date":"2026-07-23T11:17:10","date_gmt":"2026-07-23T14:17:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chousa.com.ar\/?p=28101"},"modified":"2026-07-23T14:28:57","modified_gmt":"2026-07-23T17:28:57","slug":"chousa-en-agroactiva-2026-recubrimientos-anticorrosivos-para-maquinaria-agricola-argentina","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chousa.com.ar\/en\/chousa-en-agroactiva-2026-recubrimientos-anticorrosivos-para-maquinaria-agricola-argentina\/","title":{"rendered":"Chousa at Agroactiva 2026: Anticorrosion Coatings for Argentine Agricultural Machinery"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-green-cyan-color\">In this article:<\/mark><\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-green-cyan-color\">The level of Argentine agricultural machinery<\/mark><\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-green-cyan-color\">The trend we observed: incorporation of zinc flake in agricultural machinery<\/mark><\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-green-cyan-color\">Coating solutions for agricultural machinery<\/mark><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Agroactiva is the most important event in Argentina's agricultural industry. The place where machinery manufacturers, strategic suppliers, and the trends shaping the sector all come together.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This year, a Chousa team was present. And what we saw confirmed something we have been observing in the market: the Argentine agricultural industry is undergoing a professionalization process that also extends to anticorrosion coatings for agricultural machinery.This year, a Chousa team was present. And what we saw confirmed something we have been observing in the market: the Argentine agricultural industry is undergoing a professionalization process that also extends to anticorrosion coatings for agricultural machinery.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-7387b849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"765\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/chousa.com.ar\/wp-content\/uploads\/Foto-Agroactiva-22-765x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-28126\" srcset=\"https:\/\/chousa.com.ar\/wp-content\/uploads\/Foto-Agroactiva-22-765x1024.jpg 765w, https:\/\/chousa.com.ar\/wp-content\/uploads\/Foto-Agroactiva-22-359x480.jpg 359w, https:\/\/chousa.com.ar\/wp-content\/uploads\/Foto-Agroactiva-22-768x1027.jpg 768w, https:\/\/chousa.com.ar\/wp-content\/uploads\/Foto-Agroactiva-22-1148x1536.jpg 1148w, https:\/\/chousa.com.ar\/wp-content\/uploads\/Foto-Agroactiva-22-9x12.jpg 9w, https:\/\/chousa.com.ar\/wp-content\/uploads\/Foto-Agroactiva-22.jpg 1181w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 765px) 100vw, 765px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-green-cyan-color\">Argentine Agricultural Machinery: A World Reference<\/mark><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Walking through Agroactiva is understanding why Argentina is one of the global references in agricultural machinery manufacturing. State-of-the-art seeders, fertilizer spreaders, sprayers, and harvesters \u2014 designed and manufactured in the country, with presence in markets across Europe, Latin America, and Africa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It is no coincidence. It is decades of technical development, accumulated expertise, and a supply chain that matches that level of demand.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Representatives from Brazil, China, and Europe were present at the event \u2014 not as sellers, but as observers. They came to see up close what is being developed here.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-green-cyan-color\">Zinc Flake in Agricultural Machinery: The Trend We Observed at Agroactiva<\/mark><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The most significant trend we observed was clear.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Industry leaders \u2014 manufacturers of seeders, fertilizer spreaders, and sprayers \u2014 are beginning to incorporate zinc flake for specific high-strength parts, complementing the electrolytic zinc plating they already use.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It is not a full migration. It is a gradual shift that reflects a higher technical demand in the specification of anticorrosion coatings for agricultural machinery.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>\"Zinc flake does not replace electrolytic zinc plating. It complements it on high-strength parts.\"<\/strong><\/h2>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-green-cyan-color\">What is driving this change?<\/mark><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Today's agricultural machinery operates under increasingly demanding conditions \u2014 humidity, fertilizers, agrochemicals, constant vibration, and export to markets with more aggressive environments than the local one. In this context, standard electrolytic zinc plating begins to show its limitations on high-strength parts such as grade 10.9 and 12.9 bolts:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Risk of hydrogen embrittlement<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Lower resistance in environments with high agrochemical exposure<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Thickness variability on complex geometries.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Laurentcoat\u00ae zinc flake \u2014 with up to 1,000 hours of corrosion resistance in salt spray tests and a non-electrolytic process \u2014 offers a concrete response to these limitations without replacing electrolytic zinc plating, but complementing it where it matters most: on high-strength parts that cannot fail in the field.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-green-cyan-color\">TREARMENT<\/mark><\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-green-cyan-color\">RESISTANCE (hrs NSS)<\/mark><\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-green-cyan-color\">HYDROGEN EMBRITTLEMENT<\/mark><\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong>Electrolytic zinc plating<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong>96 hrs<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\"><strong>Risk<\/strong><\/mark><\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong>Zinc flake Laurentcoat\u00ae<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong>Up to 1,000 hrs<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-green-cyan-color\"><strong>No risk<\/strong><\/mark><\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong>Zinc-Nickel<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong>500-720 hrs<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-luminous-vivid-amber-color\"><strong>Reduced risk<\/strong><\/mark><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-7387b849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"765\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/chousa.com.ar\/wp-content\/uploads\/Foto-Agroactiva33-765x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-28138\" srcset=\"https:\/\/chousa.com.ar\/wp-content\/uploads\/Foto-Agroactiva33-765x1024.jpg 765w, https:\/\/chousa.com.ar\/wp-content\/uploads\/Foto-Agroactiva33-359x480.jpg 359w, https:\/\/chousa.com.ar\/wp-content\/uploads\/Foto-Agroactiva33-768x1027.jpg 768w, https:\/\/chousa.com.ar\/wp-content\/uploads\/Foto-Agroactiva33-1148x1536.jpg 1148w, https:\/\/chousa.com.ar\/wp-content\/uploads\/Foto-Agroactiva33-9x12.jpg 9w, https:\/\/chousa.com.ar\/wp-content\/uploads\/Foto-Agroactiva33.jpg 1181w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 765px) 100vw, 765px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-green-cyan-color\">Anticorrosion Coatings for Agricultural Machinery:<\/mark><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Chousa has over 70 years of experience developing surface treatment solutions for Argentine industry, and agriculture is one of its longest-standing sectors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Our anticorrosion coating proposal for agricultural machinery includes:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Laurentcoat\u00ae \u2014 non-electrolytic zinc flake with up to 1,000 hours of corrosion resistance. No hydrogen embrittlement, with controlled thickness between 5 and 12 microns that does not alter tolerances or threads on high-strength parts. Certified under ASTM F1136 and ISO 10683.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Precote\u00ae and Nylok\u00ae \u2014 anti-loosening systems for fasteners exposed to continuous vibration. Applied directly to the fastener during manufacturing, they maintain clamping torque under field conditions.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Electrolytic zinc plating and Zinc-Nickel \u2014 electrolytic treatments for standard parts and medium-resistance components in agricultural machinery.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Agroactiva confirmed that agriculture is professionalizing. And zinc flake is part of that professionalization.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-green-cyan-color\">Do you manufacture agricultural machinery and want to evaluate the right anticorrosion treatment for your parts?<\/mark><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You can contact us at <strong><a href=\"mailto:info@chousa.com.ar\">info@chousa.com.ar<\/a><\/strong> and connect with our technical team.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Agroactiva is the most important event in Argentina's agricultural industry. 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