Belzona Repair The Welding Aluminum Seams

Industry:

Power (POWR)

Application:

Ships and Offshore Structures (SOS)

Customer Location:

Slovakia, heating plant

Application Date:

2014

Application Situation:

Vacuum condenser has aluminium construction. Source of the cracks on the welding seams is mechanical movement from temperature differences.

Problem:

Cracks in the aluminium 

Products:

Belzona 2211 (MP Hi-Build Elastomer)

Belzona 2131 (D&A Fluid Elastomer)

Substrate:

Aluminium alloy

Application Method:

The application was carried out in accordance with a modified version of Belzona Know-How System Leaflet SOS-21.

Belzona Facts:

Cracks mean vacuum lost and decreasing efficiency of all devices. Local welding did not work, also crackled. After some test period with Belzona products customer made decision to applicate Belzona product on all devices.

Photographs Description

1. Damaged vacuum condenser

2. Blasting

3. Belzona 2211 application

4. After Belzona 2131 application