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...
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...
Corrocoat USA to Speak at PortCon Conference
Corrocoat USA has been selected to speak at the PortCon Conference being held by JaxPort this week. The purpose of this virtual conference is to enhance the value of seaports and marine transportation to society. Corrocoat USA will be speaking this Wednesday, May 5th from 4:00 - 4:30 PM. You can...
LONG TERM CORROSION PROTECTION OF RAILWAY TANK
Our Belarus operation – Corrocoat AKZ – was asked to offer a solution for the long term corrosion protection on the internals of a 36% HCL railway transportation tank that was suffering severe corrosion damage. The customer initially used a rubber lining system, but this was proving to have a very...
REFURBISHMENT OF ABSORBER CIRCULATION PUMPS AND IMPELLERS
Our partner, Vietnam glocoating Engineering (VgCE), has recently completed the refurbishment of a number of absorber circulation pumps and impellers for the Vedan Vietnam Enterprise Corp., a large manufacturer of organic fertilizer and feed additives. After conducting an on-site assessment survey...
PROTECTION OF SUPER DUPLEX PROPELLER SHAFTS
Alhuda Corrosion Treatment in Qatar was asked by Nakilat Svitzer Wijsmuller (NSW) to recommend a long-term corrosion protection system for two new 1.5m long propeller shafts. The shafts would be working in a harsh marine environment, so were made from super duplex stainless steel, but NSW wanted...
Loading Bay Protected from Chemical Attack
Corroserve was invited by a UK power station to inspect a loading bay floor that was experiencing attack due to its aggressive chemical environment. The concrete surface had been badly damaged and required repair and protection from further attack – a level of protection not achievable with...
Corrocoat USA design durable jet nozzles for a hydro-excavator
Leading supplier of cement, ready mix concrete, mortars, screeds and aggregates, Cemex approached Corrocoat uSA to design a more durable nozzle than the urethane version presently used to pump silty water. The current nozzles show wear after just two weeks and ultimately fail in as little as four...
HAVE WE MET BEFORE?
Corrocoat Japan was asked to service a raw water pump that they last serviced in 2011. At that time the vertical wet-pit volute pump had been in operation since 1993 without any servicing and as a result all the internal components were found to have deteriorated. A full refurbishment was carried...
UP AGAINST THE WEATHER
Corrocoat Caspian in Kazakhstan was asked to line the internal surfaces of three fuel tanks at the Pavlodar Oil Refinery. The tanks are an integral part of the refinery and required a coating system approved for use with petroleum products in immersed conditions. In order to win the tender...
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