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Explore the Latest Edition of Corrocoat News – March 2025
Plasmet ZF AerosolSurface tolerant corrosion protection with minimal surface preparation.Fan Blades RefurbishmentExtending the lifespan of cooling tower fan blades at UK gas-fired power plant.Corrosion Protection of Hydropower StationCorrocoat South Africa undertookextensive corrosion protectionrefurbishment, maintenance and repairworks in the steel tunnels.
Structural Steel Repair in 2025
PROTECTING AGAINST CORROSIONUnprotected steel work in building infrastructure can suffer from a number of types of corrosion. Corroserve combines mechanical engineering with advanced coatings systems that allow even severely damaged steelwork to be refurbished at a fraction of the cost of replacement.Foot BridgesPipe BridgesRailway InfrastrureStrutural SteelworkAbrasive BlastingPlasmet ZF AerosolOur engineering expertise and techniques have been used extensively for projects ranging from corrosion protection for new build structural steelwork, through to turnkey...
Concrete Corrosion Solutions
Corrocoat USA and Corrocoat Ltd recently joined forces to supply over 25,000 liters of our high performance protective coating Polyglass VEF in combination with bespoke lamination technology, for the internal lining of a 250ft diameter crude oil storage tank. The client – a large oil refinery in the US, were in desperate need of a vinyl ester lining to replace the existing fiberglass coating. This had failed an inspection carried out in accordance with the American Petroleum Institute (API) guidelines. The client turned to Corrocoat USA to provide the material...
Power Plant Tank Lining and Painting
Corrocoat USA and Corrocoat Ltd recently joined forces to supply over 25,000 liters of our high performance protective coating Polyglass VEF in combination with bespoke lamination technology, for the internal lining of a 250ft diameter crude oil storage tank. The client – a large oil refinery in the US, were in desperate need of a vinyl ester lining to replace the existing fiberglass coating. This had failed an inspection carried out in accordance with the American Petroleum Institute (API) guidelines. The client turned to Corrocoat USA to provide the material...
Supply of over 25,000 liters of Coating for Sour Crude Oil Tank Lining
Corrocoat USA and Corrocoat Ltd recently joined forces to supply over 25,000 liters of our high performance protective coating Polyglass VEF in combination with bespoke lamination technology, for the internal lining of a 250ft diameter crude oil storage tank. The client – a large oil refinery in the US, were in desperate need of a vinyl ester lining to replace the existing fiberglass coating. This had failed an inspection carried out in accordance with the American Petroleum Institute (API) guidelines. The client turned to Corrocoat USA to provide the material...
Problem Solving with Corrocoat USA
One of our customers called us a few weeks ago to advise that they had a leak on the 3" diameter nozzle used to fill their 98% Sulfuric Acid Tank atop a Neutralization Sump. The nozzle leaked acid each time their vendor filled the tank, thereby causing a safety hazard and reliability issue for the plant. As an emergency measure, the plant personally applied a product called "Pig Putty", which failed within weeks as it wasn't rated for this service. After further investigation, it was found that the internal liner had failed at the weld and had corroded the steel...
Corrocoat News: February 2022
In this issue of Corrocoat News: Product Showcase Di Shield- 2 Protection for Nuclear Energy - 3 Road Tanker Internal Repair - 4 Biofoul Protection - 5 Roof Refurbishment - 6 Salt Plant Protection - 7
Corrocoat News: September 2021
In this issue of Corrocoat News: Fibre Coat on trial - 2 M.O.D. stoplog gate repair - 3 Impeller repair with Corroglass - 4 Kirloskar's remarkable achievement - 5 Powerful protection by Polyglass - 6 Repairing the "unrepairable" - 7
Corrosion Surveys: Who best to conduct: Consultants, Manufacturer’s Reps or Contractors?
There are many companies whom an asset owner might approach in order to ascertain the condition of the plant or a part of the plant with respect to existing corrosion issues and be provided with a detailed report of the findings. In many cases, such a Corrosion Survey report includes the methodology the inspector or corrosion engineer used to determine the underlying root cause of corrosion in a vast array of service conditions. When faced with a tough, valuable and / or novel corrosion problem a plant or asset owners must...
How to Specify a Tank Lining Project
Across all industrial sectors, tanks are used to store, separate, classify, distil or process liquid solutions that either serve as the product sold in the marketplace, a raw material used to make the product or a by-product that may be sold in a secondary market. Tanks come in all sorts of shapes and sizes and the materials of constructions varies from mild steel to fiberglass reinforced composite tanks (aka GRP tanks or FRP tanks) to concrete and also a variety of types of metal alloys and stainless steels. In many cases, products that are stored inside the...
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