BELZONA REFURBISH BLAST FURNACE "BELL ROD" IN-SITU

KHIA ID: 130
Industry: General Industry (GIND)
Application: MPT-Mechanical Power Transmission (MPT)
Substrate: Steel
Customer Location: Steel Mill in Mid West of U.S.A.
Application Date: February 1995
Products:

Belzona® 1311 (Ceramic R-Metal)

Belzona® 1321 (Ceramic S-Metal)

Problem: Chrome plating on the rod had been damaged in places which had allowed corrosion to take place. The size and location of the part made preparation difficult and reduced the opportunity for dimensional finishing of the job after application.
Photograph Descriptions
  1. View of the damaged bell rod   
  2. Belzona® 1321 being injected into the former   
  3. The completed job with admiring crowd
Application Situation
`Bell Rod' on top of blast furnace, 60 metres above ground level
Application Method
Application was carried out in accordance with a modified version of BelzonaKnow-How Leaflet MPT-2.
Belzona Facts
To obtain a replacement part would have taken up to a month and would have resulted in production losses of over $1,000,000. The Belzona solution took only two days and costs, including labour, amounted to just over $50,000.
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