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PRODUCT UPDATE • Coatinqs & Corrosion Control sion Control Society jnces Conference i

CE International is a society ited to the prevention and ol of materials corrosion.

E's Central Area has sched- its annual conference and rition in Galveston, Texas, for ember 27 to October 1, and feature programs on pipeline osion, refinery and petrochem- corrosion, risk management, ite disposal, water treatment 1 supply alloys.

The Southeastern Region will d its annual event in :mingham, Ala., from October to 17 and will focus on cathodic otection. The Northeast Region ent, scheduled to be held at the ew Jersey Meadowlands Hilton om October 19 to 22, will feature ^chnical programs on under- round corrosion, marine and nat- iral water corrosion, concrete cor- rosion and plastics and fiberglass.

The Western Region's event will be held in Palm Springs, Calif., from November 2 to 7 and will fea- ture programs on potable water, waste and reclaimed water, elec- tric power and the petrochemical and oil and gas industry.

The NACE International

Northern Area will conduct its annual event in Toronto, Canada, from November 10 to 12, covering corrosion fundamentals, corrosion prediction and detection, infra- structure, the electric power indus- try, new-age coatings and the use of plastics in corrosion protection.

For more information on these events, call Jennifer O'Reilly at tel: (281) 228-6200.

Steel Structures Painting

Council Readies For San

Diego Event

The Steel Structures Painting

Council (SSPC) will hold an exhi- bition featuring products and ser- vices of the protective coatings industry at its annual internation- al conference, SSPC '97 Protective

Coatings, on November 16 to 20, in

San Diego, Calif. The exhibition will reportedly include more than 300 booths representing 200 sup- pliers, including those providing: abrasives and additives; coatings application equipment; computer

August, 1997 software; containment and envi- ronmental control equipment; insurance; maintenance painting and project management; surface preparation equipment; special- ized packaging; waste manage- ment services; and raw materials for industrial coatings.

In addition, more than 60 papers in 11 seminars will focus on issues affecting contractors, own- ers, the marine industry and the water industry, including the spec- trum of benefits that protection coatings can provide.

For more information call the

SSPC at tel: (412) 281-2331.

TMT Announces Coatings

Removal Breakthrough

TMT Services Corp., a Long

Beach, Calif., based manufacturer of corrosion treatment and metal cleaning products, has reportedly achieved a breakthrough in the removal of fluid film grease coat- ings with its GreaseMaster clean- er.

The product will reportedly enable shipowners and marine coatings companies to remove fluid films from ballast tanks in order to prepare surfaces for coatings.

According to TMT, only a 3,000- psi pressure washer is needed to blast off these coatings with

GreaseMaster, and there is no need for ultra hydroblasters or grit blasters, which eases the removal of coatings in confined spaces.

GreaseMaster reportedly has the ability to separate oil and grease from any surface, metal, plastic, fabric or water, and does not harm marine life according to the results of an EPA Aquatic

Toxicity Test.

For more information on TMT products

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Misonix Spraying System

Adjusts To Project Demands

The new Micromist spraying system from Misonix, Inc. ultra- sonically nebulizes liquids into an ultrafine mist that can be evenly deposited onto any surface to form a uniform, thin coating, making it ideal for spray coating antibodies, chromophores and other diagnos- tic reagents.

Micromist can reportedly be customized for a range of flow rates, patterns and viscosities for a variety of applications, offering significant cost savings over other spraying devices since its adjustable spray patterns reduce product usage and loss.

For more information on

Misonix products

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Aluminum Surface Cleaner

Resists Algae Formation

A cleansing, restorative mixture formulated for pontoon and alu- minum boats is available from

Iosso Products, located in Elk

Grove Village, 111. The mixture is a polish applied by hand or buffing wheel to remove oxidation, tar- nish, surface rust, waterline stains, tars, water spots and oil, and reportedly leaves a protective coating that resists algae forma- tion.

The cleaner can be used on stainless steel, chrome, magne- sium, brass, copper, fiberglass and painted surfaces and is available in one and five-pound containers.

For more information on Iosso Products

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Corrosion Control Agent

Debuts In Australia

First introduced in Sweden, and recently debuted in Australia,

Isotrol is a corrosion control paint which can reportedly soak into metal surfaces, forming a perfect bond. The product is available in the U.S., Canada and South

America from PermaStopRust (America), Inc., based in Hamden,

Conn.

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