khia.belzona.com
KHIA headerKnow-How in Action

VOL XXVIII, NO 227

Belzona Repairs A Vacuum Pump

 
 

Industry:

Fluid Flow (FLOW)

 
 

Application:

Centrifugal Pumps (CEP)

 
 

Customer Location:

British Columbia, CA

 
 

Application Date:

August 2014

 
 

Application Situation:

This vacuum pump handles mildly acidic filtrate.

 
 

Problem:

The outlet port had corroded to the point a hole had formed; a competitor's patch product had been applied but failed after a short time.

 
 

Products:

Belzona 1311 (Ceramic R-Metal)

Belzona 9341 (Reinforcement Tape)

 

Substrate:

Steel

 
 

Application Method:

The application was carried out in accordance with the Belzona Know-How System Leaflet CEP-6.

 
 

Belzona Facts:

This facility has a long history of successful Belzona repairs.

 
 

Photographs Description

1. Image of the leak

2. The surface preparation requires a number of tools due to the tight space

3. Exposed hole is a bit larger than expected

4. The application complete

 
Case study pic one

 

 
 Case study pic two

 

 
 Case study pic three

 

 
 Case study pic four

 

 
 View PDF version 
 
 
For more information about Belzona visit: www.belzona.com