Belzona® Repairs Casting Defects

Industry:

General Industry (GIND)

Application:

Centrifugal Pumps (CEP)

Customer Location:

Steel mill, Iran

Application Date:

October, 2009

Application Situation:

This pump transfers sea water from Persian Gulf to the steel mill

Problem:

There were several holes on body and bladessurfaces after 4 months working due to bad casting

Products:

Belzona® 1311 (Ceramic R Metal)

Belzona® 1321 (Ceramic S Metal)

Substrate:

Stainlees Steel

Application Method:

Application was carried out in accordance with Belzona Know-How System Leaflets CEP-3 and -5.

Belzona Facts:

Welding was considered but would have taken far longer and cost many times more than Belzona solution.

Photographs Description

1. Holes in pump body clearly visible
2. Rebuilding of impeller blades with Belzona® 1311
3. Impeller coated with Belzona® 1321
4. Pump mbody coated