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COATINGS elements to prohibit natural frequencies potentially tuned Meeting Mascoat to excitation generated by supported equipment (and Mascoat was founded in 1995 with the intention of other factors such as pressure pulses from propellers).” He bringing thermal barrier coatings to mainstream industrial went on to describe mechanical solutions that a coating environments. Shortly after inception, the company saw a could not reasonably abate in a standalone application. need for similar products in the marine environment for

According to Wolczko, during the ship design process at not only condensation and radiant heat gain prevention,

GPA, noise and vibration are addressed in many elements of but also to mitigate sound issues. Headquartered in Hous- the design process from speci