BELZONA STOPS DAMAGE FROM PITTED CHOCKS

KHIA ID: 48
Industry: Marine (MRNE)
Application: SOS-Ships and Offshore Structures (SOS)
Substrate: Steel
Customer Location: Oil tanker, Pacific Northwest, U.S.A.
Application Date: 1998
Products:

Belzona® 1311 (Ceramic R-Metal)

Problem: Chocks pitting and the roughness was destroying the hawsers.
Photograph Descriptions
  1. Close-up of chock with peeling paint.  
  2. View of chock showing extensive pitting.  
  3. Surface preparation in progress. 
  4. Finished application.
Application Situation
Pitted chocks
Application Method
Application was carried out out in accordance with a modified version of Belzona Know-How Leaflet SOS-19.
Belzona Facts
Ship's mooring lines (hawsers) are very expensive. The steel casting for the chocks became pitted from the salt. This caused jagged edges which wore out the hawsers prematurely.
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