BELZONA REBUILDS AND PROTECTS KORT NOZZLES
Industry: Marine (MRNE)
Application: SOS-Ships and Offshore Structures (SOS)
Substrate: Mild Steel
Customer Location: Tug boat operator - Vancouver, BC Canada
Application Date: June 2005
Products:
Belzona® 1311 (Ceramic R-Metal)
Belzona® 1341 (Supermetalglide)
Problem: Kort nozzles badly eroded.
Photograph Descriptions
- View of tug boat in dry dock.
- View of one of the blasted nozzles.
- Application of first coat of Belzona® 1341 with application of Belzona® 1311 to fill the voids and depressions in progress.
- Second coat of Belzona® 1341 applied to complete the application.
Application Situation
Tug boat kort nozzles
Application Method
Application was carried out in accordance with Belzona Know-How System Leaflets SOS-1 & SOS-2.
Belzona Facts
Customer had given serious consideration to relining nozzles with a stainless steel insert. This, however, posed a clearance problem. The Belzona solution was the quickest, easiest and most economical solution of the two.
