The client, a major Japanese chemicals company contracted Corrocoat Japan Ltd to refurbish a stainless steel water cooling pump at one of its manufacturing plants, which had to be taken out of service due to inefficiency.

Carrying out the work in its own workshops, the pump was first flash grit blasted, then salt decontaminated before being grit blasted again, this time to standard Sa 2½. The internal surfaces, were coated with Corroglass 232 to produce a flat surface suitable for a further coating of Corroglass 200. Finally, a coat of Fluiglide was applied. The pump was re-assembled and balance adjusted.

The combined use of Corroglass 200 and Fluiglide offers dual benefits. The system not only reduces fuel consumption by achieving not able increases in overall efficiency levels, but also provides an effective corrosion barrier, preventing early fall-off in performance due to nodular growth and corrosion.

There is an on-going drive to make more effective use of energy resources by maximizing the performance of pumping systems used in the chemicals, marine, power generation, processing and water and waste industries. Corrocoat was a pioneer in the introduction of new technology in coating materials which have now been applied to thousands of pumps worldwide, achieving in every case significant improvements in efficiency