| Belzona Repairs Condensor Water Tubes | | | Industry:Petrochemical (PETR) | | | Application:Valves, Pipes and Fittings (VPF) | | | Customer Location:Chemical Plant, Lithuania | | | Application Date:December 2009 | | | Application Situation:Various leaks on external pipes to condensors | | | Problem:There were leaks on the condensor water tubes. Plant engineers had tried different solutions but none of them were totally effective. | | | Products:Belzona® 1111 (Super Metal)
Belzona® 1291 (ES Metal)
Belzona® 1161 (Super UW Metal) | | | Substrate:Carbon steel | | | Application Method:Application was carried out in accordance with Belzona® Know-How System Leaflet VPF-11a. | | | Belzona Facts:Competitive products have been used for this repair but the applied products had failed on the same day of application.
Belzona® 1161 was most suitable product on wet surfaces and Belzona® 1111 for dry surfaces. In one area where the pressure was 0,7-1 bar Belzona® 1291 used with touniquet to stop the live leak. | | | Photographs Description
- Removing loose material and paint
- Surface preparation of the substrate
- Application of Belzona® 1111 with Belzona® 9341 (Reinforcement Tape)
- Belzona® 1291 with tourniquet used to seal live leak
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