BELZONA ELASTOMER REPAIRS TO AGITATOR IN FGD UNIT
Industry: Power (POWR)
Application: SHM-Solids Handling Machinery (SHM)
Substrate: Rubber covered steel
Customer Location: Power Station, Lawrence, Kansas
Application Date: September 2007
Products:
Belzona® 2111 (D&A Hi-Build Elastomer)
Belzona® 2131 (D&A Fluid Elastomer)
Problem: Rubber clad blades damaged through impact and abrasion. Each shaft has three blades and there were four shafts.
Photograph Descriptions
- General view of the plant
- The Crystalization Tank Mixer
- Application crew in action
- Completed application
Application Situation
Agitator blades in crystalization tank which is an important component of the Flue Gas Desulfurization (FGD) unit.
Application Method
Application was carried out in accordance with Belzona Know-How System leaflet SHM-9.
Belzona Facts
By choosing to repair the blades in-situ instead of replacement, tremendous financial savings were realized. This allowed the maintenance planners additional budgetary monies to repair even more blades in an additive tank that were repaired during the same outage.
