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DeFelsko Debuts New

Coating Thickness Gage

The redesigned PosiTector 6000 Coating Thickness Gage from DeFelsko Corporation has new features. The PosiTector 6000 retains all of its simplicity and functionality for measuring coatings on all metals. The new features include large impact- resistant Lexan display, IP5X ingress protection and protective rubber holster. A wide range of probes are available for a variety of applications.

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Noxudol- Sprayable Sound

Damping Paste

Noxudol 3101 is a sound damp- ing paste intended for metal and plastic in thickness between 0.02- .20 in. Noxudol is a waterborne viscous elastic sound damping paste based on polymers, devel- oped for users who have high demands on fire safety. Due to its viscous elastic flexibility, it converts sound producing resonance into heat. Noxudol 3101 contains anti corro- sives and gives protection against condensation.

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NLB 605 Convertible

Pump

The 605 Series water jet pump units from NLB Corp. offers up to 600 hp and 143 gpm (447 kw and 541 lpm).

A simple conversion kit lets users operate at any of five pressures to suit their applications: 6,000, 8,000, 10,000, 15,000, or 20,000 psi (414 to 1,400 bar).

The NLB 605 Series units all feature an internal gear pac instead of a traditional external drive. Other impor- tant features include a heavy-duty poly-chain system with belt guard and water pressure-actuated throttle con- trol to adjust output to operator demand.

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Metals USA Gets New

Blast and Paint Line

Metals USA is a provider of large sheets of steel for ship building with facilities in Mobile, Ala. and New

Orleans, La. Each of these facilities uses a Wheelabra- tor Blast and Paint Line System.

When the Mobile, Ala. facility was purchased by Metals USA, the original machinery in the plant required the steel plates to be verti-

Software for Maintenance Painting Analyses

Sherwin-Williams Industrial and Marine Coatings is equipping its corrosion specification specialists with a com- prehensive software program, Site Survey, designed to enable plant maintenance decision-makers to maximize their investment in plant assets and minimize plant maintenance costs. Sherwin-Williams developed the standalone software application. The program is used to improve maintenance painting planning by providing long-term budgetary analyses of on-site plant survey data. Site Survey runs on a Microsoft

Office platform, allowing data to be e-mailed from Sherwin-

Williams corrosion specification specialists directly to cus- tomers. Site Survey lets users enter data to catalog and eval- uate plant assets, estimate current and future maintenance painting expenses, and generate cost comparisons for var- ious budget scenarios. The reports created allow customers to understand the current corrosion status of their facil- ities and identify maintenance priorities, actions, costs, and savings over a ten-year period.

After the initial data is entered by a corrosion specification specialist and a comprehensive Site Survey analysis is provided, through a licensing agreement, the program is allowed to reside on the customer's local server so it is easily updated by customers and accessible for their use. The program also: • Is equipped with an area estimator to more quickly and accurately estimate surface areas of typical building materials and geometric structures such as tanks, pipes, columns and corrugated decking Allows easy cataloging and management of photographs Allocates repair priorities taking into account the overall condition of a structure and its importance to plant operations Calculates the optimal year in an asset's life cycle to overcoat or replace it Allows multiple-location comparisons by plant, division, or region Auto-optimizes budgets and compares up to eight budgets at a time Generates graphs and charts for visually communicating comparison data Provides internal adjustments for inflation, asset depreciation and other factors.

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DoD to Present at NACE

During the NACE Annual Conference, the DoD Cor- rosion Prevention and Control Integrated Product Team (CPC IPT) will address specific corrosion concerns and procedures during a two part session. The first session scheduled for March 13, 2006 will directly inform com- panies in the corrosion industry of the process used for proposing projects through the Department of Defense

Corrosion Prevention and Control Integrated Product

Team for funding. "The Department of Defense is eager to work with industry to enhance corrosion solutions used in military projects," said Dan Dunmire, Special

Assistant for DoD Corrosion Policy and Oversight, "There is only one realistic way to proceed down this route, and it is to have standards that set consistent expectations of any project regardless of its industry or government origin."

Part two of the DoD Corrosion Exchange will focus on providing industry experts and companies with cor- rosion-related standards and specs that are mandatory to do business with the DoD.

For more information about the NACE International

Annual Conference, visit www.nace.org/c2006.

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