FAN BLADE EDGES REBUILT WITH BELZONA

KHIA ID: 328
Industry: Power (POWR)
Application: FBC-Fans, Blowers and Compressors (FBC)
Substrate: Fiberglass
Customer Location: Power plant in Mississippi, USA
Application Date: February 2002
Products:

Belzona® 1321 (Ceramic S-Metal)


Problem: Erosion of both the leading and trailing edges of cooling tower fan blades, caused inefficient tower operation and raised concerns about blade replacement in the near future.
Photograph Descriptions
  1. View of the huge cooling tower
  2. Close-up of the fan blade damage
  3. Application with small roller
  4. Finished application
Application Situation
Cooling tower fan blade edges.
Application Method
The application was carried out in accordance with Belzona Know-How System Leaflet FBC-1.
Belzona Facts
This huge cooling tower has ten individual cells. Each cell contains eight cooling tower blades, and all ten cells were refurbished with the afore-mentioned Belzona Know-How technique.