| 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
- The hole in the Vacuum system prior to repair
- External repair of hole with Belzna® 1221 bonded plate
- Interal repair with Belzona® 1812 applied
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