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cialty Products, said that by blast cleaning and recycling abrasives, blast cleaning costs far less than blasting with mineral abrasives, and disposal problems are drastically re- duced. Mr. Sanchez claims steel abrasives can typically be recycled up to 1,000 times, reducing the effective cost of steel abrasive to pennies per ton.

Chesapeake Specialty Products,

Inc., located in Baltimore, Md., pro- vides high-quality steel abrasives used in steel surface preparation for the maritime industry, steel fabrica- tion, bridge resurfacing and railcar industry. The firm also produces ferrous oxides used in magnetics and foundries.

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CORROLESS

INTERNATIONAL

Corroless International, a special- ist corrosion control company, has just secured its first Lloyd's Regis- ter "Certificate of Approval of Cor- rosion Control Coatings" for use in vessels classed by LR. The approval is for the company's Corroguard EP range in the limited experience cate- gory for use in ships' ballast tanks.

Project management can effec- tively relieve a shipowner of all the headaches associated with corrosion control within his entire fleet.

Operational managers will orga- nize trained riding squads to under- take all aspects of preparation and application of the chosen anti-corro- sion systems, while the vessel is on- route between ports.

Upon completion of a project, a full inspection is undertaken to en- sure that all work has been com- pleted to the required standards and then a managed maintenance agreement is incorporated, which monitors the applied systems throughout the agreed contract pe- riod, thus enabling both parties to react quickly and effectively and thereby ensuring the integrity of the anti-corrosion system throughout the extended operational life of the vessel.

Corroless International plans to launch a new range of corrosion con- trol systems developed specifically for the marine industry during the first quarter of this year.

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CTI INDUSTRIES

CTI Industries, Inc., Stratford,

Conn., is a full service organization providing restoration and preven- tive maintenance service and prod- ucts for heat exchangers, condensers and associated equipment. CTI's

Coating Division specializes in the formulation of high performance

NOVOS® coatings amd technically demanding specialty applications.

NOVOS coatings are a 100 per- cent solids epoxy based for superior

February, 1991 protection in harsh environments found in the marine, utility and chemical industries. NOVOS 151 is unique in combining excellent phys- ical and chemical properties with complete tolerance of wet—even submerged—surfaces. Turnkey spe- cialty applications have been suc- cessfully completed worldwide on high value and critical equipment.

Particular evidence is offered in the marine and utility industries where solutions to unusual or difficult problems are required.

CTI Industries' patented tube restoration system eliminates the need to replace condenser and heat exchanger tubing in over 85 percent of tube failure situations. For vari- ous forms of erosion/corrosion in tube inlets, CTI Shield/Seals® have reportedly proved to be a very suc- cessful and cost-effective tube resto- ration technique.

Operating worldwide, CTI serves the merchant marine, the U.S.

Navy, major utilities, refineries, de- salination plants, and chemical pro- cessing plants.

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ESGARD

Esgard, Inc., Lafayette, La., has been protecting marine vessels and offshore equipment for almost 20 years. Primary products are ballast and void coatings, protective gears oils and a complete line of paints.

Of particular interest to marine operators is the introduction of an improved Bio Kote for protection of ballast and void areas. While still offering the same safe, nonpolluting, nonhazardous properties as before, the new formulation cures more quickly, has enhanced resistance to immersion and chemicals and there- fore increased protective perform- ance. It is still a single package coat- ing which goes on over minimally prepared surfaces and is easy to apply. An interesting use for Bio

Kote is as a primer on the underside of hatch covers. After curing, it can be overcoated with ordinary alkyd paint.

Both Bio Kote and Bio Float are available worldwide as Esgard stocking locations are Lafayette,

Rotterdam, Hamburg, Piraeus and

Singapore. Sales and service repre- sentatives are located on the U.S.

Gulf Coast, in the New York area,

Germany, Norway, Holland, Great

Britain, Greece and Singapore.

Another Esgard product, PL-2, has recently received qualification under MU-C-16173D Grade 2 (p-2 preservatives). The intended use of

PL-2 is during manufacturing or lay-up of machined metal parts, power transmissions, gears, reduc- ers, prefabricated piping, fill and drain voids, lube oil lines and other inaccessible, nonpainted areas.

Product features include superior protection, ease of removability and

VOC compliance. PL-2 was recently selected by Long Beach Naval Ship- yard for lay-up protection of the

USS New Jersey (BB-62) due to the above features.

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EUREKA CHEMICAL

Under soft coatings and lubri- cants, Eureka Chemical Company,

South San Francisco, Calif., manu- factures the wool-wax-based Fluid

Film® product line. The products consist of long term corrosion pre- ventive gels, liquid coatings for gen- eral maintenance and grease lubri- cants which are used in numerous applications from salt water ballast tank protection, rudder void, stern tube, anchor chain-locker, winch, wire-rope, valve, pump, piping, elec- tronic equipment, container turn- buckle, to other topside appen- dages, as well as vessels in lay-up.

The Fluid Film product line of- fers ship, offshore drill rig, barge, floating drydock, and shipyard operators preventive maintenance of structures and components at low cost because the coatings and lubri- cants can be applied over light rust or heavily corroded surfaces with minimal or no surface preparation.

Ship operators are electing to ini- tially apply the Fluid Film liquid coatings by spray or flotation as an interim measure to impede further corrosion in salt water ballast tanks, penetrating the rust-scale, thereby causing exfoliation. After several months to one year, a re-application is made to the cleaned surface to provide ongoing protection. Costly labor intensive or mechanical clean- ing is not required in such proce- dures and often the work is per- formed by the ships' crew.

Recently, Eureka Chemical Com- pany expanded its wire-rope dress- ings to include a new product,

WRO-EP, which is manufactured to

Mil-G-18458. This addition comple- ments a full range of liquid to stiff grease wire-rope dressings manufac- tured by the company.

Because the Fluid Film product line is non-solvent based, the com- pany claims it will last longer and will not evaporate nor dry out com- pared with solvent-based products.

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GRACO

For over 60 years, Graco, head- quartered in Golden Valley, Minn., has been a leader in spray finishing and paint circulating technology.

Graco offers its customers a wide array of products ranging from manual and automatic atomizing devices, fluid circulation and appli- cation systems, and finishing robots and their associated hardware and software.

Graco products fill the needs of virtually every segment of the fluid handling market, from inplant lu- brication and cleaning systems to computer-driven robotic finishing systems. Its primary product line consists of: airspray guns; airless spray guns; air-assisted airless spray guns; electrostatic spray guns; cen- trifugal atomizers (bell and discs); spray painting robots; high volume circulation systems; and related programmable controls and moni- toring devices.

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METgrain

Recyclable Steel Abrasives

Economic Benefits: • Improved Cleaning Efficiency • Superior Durability • Cleaner Working Environment • Cost Effective • 90% Reduction in Generated

Waste • Proven Performance in

Government, Commercial and Industrial Application

The Innovative

Approach to Blast

Cleaning

METgrain's mix of spherical and irregular-shaped steel particles enhances blast cleaning efficiency by combining impact with scouring action. The result is a cleaner surface at lower cost. 10x Magnification

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BALTIMORE, MD 21219 (301) 388-5055

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