AL SABAIEA TO THE RESCUE Al Sabaiea engineers were called to an emergency at the Kharafi National Power Station. A fibreglass pipe had suffered a major leak where the collar meets the flange section and required immediate repair in order to keep the power station running. After stemming the flow, hand and power tools were employed to remove a previous repair and prepare the pipe for remedial work. L600 was used to wet out fibreglass strips to repair and reinforce the area where the leak had occurred. Once cured, Polyglass 100 was applied to internal and external...

Corroserve was asked by uBH International, a world-leading manufacturer of tanks and containers, to recommend a coating system for the internal corrosion protection of 10 newly fabricated stainless steel tanks and 20 pipe spool sections. The equipment would be operating in aggressive conditions - carrying Sodium Hypochlorite at 15% maximum concentration at temperature ranges between – 20°C and 50°C. Sodium Hypochlorite is used for water purification in processes such as, bleaching, odour removal and water disinfection. As such, the coating recommended had to...

We are pleased to announce the launch of an aerosol-delivered, high performance surface tolerant coating system. Supplied in convenient, easy-to-use, single pack 400ml aerosols, application is as simple as breaking the internal seal, shaking the contents and you’re ready to go. There is no need for scales, mixing containers, mixers, cleaning solvents, brushes or spray equipment. “Mix and go” – it’s that easy… Based on our proven Plasmet ZF materials, this new aerosol application technology contains a high performance glassflake and MIO filled two-pack epoxy,...

A Japanese sewage treatment facility has invested in an anaerobic digestion system to create energy from waste. one of the major components of the system is a concentric digestion tank operating between 40 – 60°C with highly corrosive contents. Corrocoat Japan was asked to recommend a coating system to protect the internal surfaces of the tank in both immersed and non-immersed service situations. Trials were arranged with test samples installed in situ in real life conditions and the results proved to be extremely positive. The results, backed by the excellent...

Corrocoat sA worked with a steel fabricator who was supplying 1300 carbon steel pipes – ranging in size from Dn150 to Dn600 and up to 9m in length – to south Africa’s national Ports operator in Cape town. the pipes were to be part of a seawater firefighting system at a flammable tanker basin. the firefighting systems must be available for immediate use at all times while a tanker is docked to offload crude or load refined product. A very high level of corrosion protection and maintenance-free service life was therefore specified by the designers. Corrocoat SA...

kirloskar Corrocoat (kCPL) has a long history of working in the Indian sugar industry and has built a reputation as a trusted and experienced partner. this long experience was partly responsible for kCPL being asked to refurbish 15 sulphated juice pumps used in the sugar cane juice clarification process. The pumps were blast cleaned to prepare the surface before Plasmet HTE was applied to an average dft of 2500μm to provide erosion and abrasion protection. The pumps have now been reinstalled and KCPL is confident that their service life will be extended by 3-4...

Al Huda Corrosion treatment in Qatar was asked by its client, nakilat svitzer wijsmuler (nsw) to inspect and recommend a programme of refurbishment and on-going protection for a number of sea suction risers. A crew boat is a vessel specialising in the transport of offshore support personnel, deck cargo and below-deck cargo to and from offshore installations. Based in Ras Laffan Port in Qatar, NSW had identified three boats that required corrosion and fouling protection. Al Huda recommended that the six sea suction risers be bristle blast cleaned to remove marine...

our belarusian operation was asked to offer a solution for the refurbishment and corrosion protection of the internals of a barometric tank operating at temperatures of 80 – 85°C. – as used in the hot leaching method of potash ore processing. The customer, JSC Belaruskali, reported that the stainless steel tanks usually have no corrosion issues but in this case, welded metal components had set in motion the corrosion process. After just six months in service, corrosion was apparent on the internal surfaces, especially at weld points and severe pitting corrosion...

Mangystaumunaigaz is one of the largest of kazakhstan’s oil and gas production enterprises operating in the kalamkas and Zhetybai oilfields and responsible for 8% of the country’s production. Corrocoat Caspian won a tender to corrosion protect two oil tanks, one in each oilfield – a combined internal surface area of 900m2. Each had to be prepared by abrasive blast cleaning to provide the correct surface profile for airless spray application of Polyglass VEF to a dry film thickness of 1000μm. The Corrocoat Caspian team travelled to Western Kazakhstan from Almaty...

Towards the end of last year our Israeli partners, Mendelson Infrastructures and Industries Ltd took delivery at their workshop of a 28” vertical pump assembly from Mekorot – the national water company of Israel. The pump had been operating continuously – producing 2400m3/hr with a 90m head; the pumped water was for domestic use but was non potable. Upon inspection the impellers were found to be in a poor condition. They had suffered erosion corrosion resulting in a significant loss of material on the impeller blades leading to a total loss of performance. The...