Belzona® Rebuilds Oversized Pintle Housing

Industry:

Marine (MRNE)

Application:

Ships and Offshore Structures (SOS)

Customer Location:

Dockyard, Bulgaria

Application Date:

February, 2009

Application Situation:

Oversized housing and keyway of rudder pintle.

Problem:

Keyway and rudder pintle housing were oversized due to erosion corrosion and impact.

Products:

Belzona® 1111 (Super Metal)

Belzona® 1221 (Super E-Metal)

Substrate:

Cast Iron

Application Method:

Application procedures were made according to Belzona Know-How System Leaflet SOS-3. The oversized housing and keyway were rebuilt  using the rudder pintle with a false key as former. Belzona® 1111 was used for the main repair and Belzona® 1221 was used to fill some voids along keyway.

Belzona Facts:

The repair was done on-site and completed in a few hours. In this situation conventional repair by welding and then machining was considered to be time consuming, complicated and too expensive.

Photographs Description

1. Rudder pintle with false key used as former
2. Adjusting unit for rudder pintle positioning
3. After application of Belzona® 1111 the rudder stock was positioned
4. The oversized housing and keyway restored to exact profile