Belzona Repairs Corn Wear

Industry:

General Industry (GIND)

Application:

Solids Handling Machinery (SHM)

Customer Location:

Corn Processing Plant, West Tennessee

Application Date:

2007

Application Situation:

Vacuum system is used to unload barges of corn for delivery to the processing facility.

Problem:

Ceramic tiles had fallen out of the vacuum system exposing the Stainless steel substrate. The corn being pulled through system quickly wore a hole through the steel causing loss of vacuum and stoppage of the unloading facility.

Products:

Belzona® 1812 (Ceramic Carbide FP)

Belzona® 1221 (Super E-Metal)

Substrate:

Stainless steel

Application Method:

Application was carried out in accordance with Belzona Know-How System Leaflet SHM-13. A metal plate was bonded to the exterior with Belzona® 1221 prior to rebuilding the lost tile areas with Belzona® 1812.

Belzona Facts:

With this vacuum system down the corn could not be unloaded from barges and a replacment for this damaged section would have been months away. The Belzona solution offered a quick turn-around allowing barges to once again be unloaded and the plant to continue un-interupted production.

Photographs Description

1. The hole in the Vacuum system prior to repair
2. External repair of hole with Belzna® 1221 bonded plate
3. Interal repair with Belzona® 1812 applied