Hydraulic Cartridge Valve used in Arctic regions

Erdmann has been a purchaser of German HAWE company for 5 or 6 years and has been doing very well. Last month, the company had a special hydraulic threaded cartridge valve to purchase. Because it is to be used in the Arctic region, the corrosion resistance of hydraulic threaded cartridge valve needs to be very high. The owner asked him to identify the suppliers and approve the samples within 2 months. Erdmann felt that it could be completed within 20 days. He sent the drawings of hydraulic threaded cartridge valves to the original hydraulic valve manufacturers. Only 2 weeks later, he received samples of hydraulic threaded cartridge valves from one factory. The surface gloss of these samples of hydraulic threaded cartridge valves was quite good. The company tested them on the exploration drilling machine and delivered it quickly to the customer. 3 months later, the customer complained that the hydraulic threaded cartridge valve on the hydraulic pump was seriously corroded, some threads were stuck, the equipment could not be started, and the test run was unsuccessful. The owner thought that Erdmann was careless and ignored the use scene of the Arctic region. The owner again asked him to make new samples and do salt spray test inside the company. Actually, Erdmann emphasized that the hydraulic threaded cartridge valve is to be used in the Arctic region. The original supplier said that their hydraulic threaded cartridge valves have good gloss and corrosion resistance, and can be used in the Arctic region. Erdmann communicated with the original hydraulic threaded cartridge valve supplier again, and the reply was that most hydraulic valve manufacturers just adopt the zinc plating process, and he used the nickel plating process which is the highest level of corrosion resistance. Erdmann realized the difficulty of corrosion resistance in the Arctic regions. Erdmann emailed more than 20 hydraulic valve manufacturers who had been contacted before, emphasizing that the hydraulic threaded cartridge valve must be in the highly corrosive environment in the Arctic region, and the service life shall not be less than 9 months. Only 3 hydraulic valve manufacturers said they could have a try, but there was no response from other manufacturers. Erdmann was a little flustered. Erdmann saw AAK hydraulic valve on Google, who supplied to hydraulic pump company in Russia. He felt that AAK might give him a glimmer of hope. He emailed us to ask if we can produce hydraulic threaded cartridge valves to be used in Arctic regions. We directly replied that the components of the valve should be treated by special electroplating process in order to meet the condition in the Arctic regions. After 20 days, AAK sent samples according to his hydraulic threaded cartridge valve drawings. HAWE company conducted salt spray test on samples from all 4 manufacturers, with the corrosion condition twice that of Arctic regions.