Rubber Tracks On Mobile Drilling Rig Quickly Repaired With Belzona

Industry:

General Industry (GIND)

Application:

Solids Handling Machinery (SHM)

Customer Location:

Geotechnical survey company, Croatia

Application Date:

September, 2013.

Application Situation:

Mobile Geotechnical drilling machine operating two shifts per day.

Problem:

Several damaged areas on its rubberized tracks required quick repair to prevent tracvk failure. 

Products:

Belzona 2311 (SR Elastomer)

Substrate:

Rubber

Application Method:

The application was carried out in accordance with Belzona System Leaflet SHM-1.

Belzona Facts:

The only alternative was to remove the machine from the building site to the workshop, which would cause downtime and delay to the operator. Belzona team did the repair within few hours' time and the machine was back in service the same day. Cost savings were significant in comparison to alternative.

Photographs Description

1. Geo drilling machine on site
2. One of the damaged areas on the tracks
3. Damaged area after surface preparation and Conditioning
4. Application finished.