Belzona Restores Rope Guides
Industry: Marine (MRNE)
Application: SOS-Ships and Offshore Structures (SOS)
Substrate: Mild steel
Customer Location: Cape Town, South Africa
Application Date: February 2018
Products:
Belzona 1111 (Supermetal)
Belzona 1321 (Ceramic S-Metal)
Problem: The ship had severe pitting marks and corrosion on the rope guides. This meant ropes could be damaged when sliding over the surface.
Photograph Descriptions
- Potentially damaged ropes
- Rope guide
- Application in progress
- Completed application
Application Situation
Bunkering Ship used to refuel various ships entering and leaving the Cape Town port. The ship spends most of it time moored in the harbor.
Application Method
Application was carried out in accordance with Belzona system leaflet SOS-02.
Belzona Facts
The customer required a fast and easy solution to avoid an extremely costly replacement. These parts are extremely diffcult to source and it is likely it would of required manufacturing a new one. The Belzona solution avoided this and was completed within two days.
