| Belzona® Refurbishment Of Vacuum Pump | | | Industry:General Industry (GIND) | | | Application:Positive Displacement Pumps (PDP) | | | Customer Location:Australian brewery | | | Application Date:1993 | | | Application Situation:Siemens Elmo vacuum pump from drum filter | | | Problem:Severe erosion corrosion of port plates, body and rotor caused by poor quality sealing water resulting in corrosion, plus carry over of diatomatious earth causing erosion. | | | Products:Belzona® 1311 (Ceramic R-Metal)
Belzona® 1321 (Ceramic S-Metal) | | | Substrate:Steel | | | Application Method:Application was carried out in accordance with Belzona Know-How leaflets PDP-5 and FBC-11. Port plates were restored by forming correct dimensions and critical areas on the body were re-built and machined to size before coating with Belzona® 1321 | | | Belzona Facts:Replacement costs were over $12,000.00. Belzona application was aproximately 1/3rd this and more importantly Belzona repairs on vacuum pumps have been shown to far outlast the original equipment life. | | | Photographs Description
- The degree of erosion corrosion clearly evident on the port plates and body
- The restored body
- The coated rotor with reformed port plates in background
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