BROKEN INSULATORS REPAIRED WITH BELZONA
Industry: Power (POWR)
Application: VPF-Valves, Pipes and Fittings (VPF)
Substrate: Porcelain
Customer Location: Power plant , Egypt.
Application Date: October 2005.
Products:
Belzona® 1111(Super Metal)
Belzona® 1391(Ceramic HT)
Problem: Two Insulators were cracked and broken. Also the copper pipe inside one of them was broken.
Photograph Descriptions
- The broken Insulator.
- The second Insulator.
- Belzona® 1111 was applied to fill the cracks and broken areas.
- Repaired Insulator.
Application Situation
Insulator Bushings.
Application Method
Application was carried out in accordance with modified Belzona Know-How system leaflets VPF-1 & VPF-2. Original profiles were restored with Belzona® 1111 and smooth top surface created using Belzona® 1391.
Belzona Facts
Belzona perfectly repaired the badly broken Insulators saving the costs of new units beside the long import time. After the repair the dry resistance of the insulators was measured and found to be about 5000 mega ohm which was much higher than the normal resistace of the old insulators.
