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Sherwin Williams Offers

Troubleshooting Guide

A new Trou- bleshooting Guide for epoxy coatings from Sherwin

Williams Industrial and Marine Coatings group offers tips and techniques for select- ing and applying epoxy coatings to achieve maximum performance. The eight-page brochure is filled with useful information on basic epoxy coating chemistry, common caus- es for irregularities and finish defects, and key issues to consider during selec- tion and use of epoxies.

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Trelawny Captures Coatings

Without the Dust

Trelawny shrouded pneumatic tool and vacuum systems allow removal and capture of coatings without airborne dust, as well as removal and recovery of lead or other hazardous materials. Using shrouded tools matched with specially designed HEPA vacuums,

Trelawny Tool and Vacuum Sys- tems provide cap- Trelawny's shrouded ture of materials Pneumatic tool allows removal of coatings with- in compliance out airborne dust. with OSHA and

EPA standards.

Trelawny's prep tools are available in electric and air models with 3M brand

Heavy Duty Roto Peen hubs or with star cutters or hammer hub assemblies for tough coating removal. Electric models are standard 120 volts and air powered units operate on 90 psi and 30 scfm.

Scaling hammers provide heavy duty percussive power for fast coating removal on both concrete and steel sub- states, fracturing thick and tough to remove materials; they are available in single and triple head configurations.

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Wheelabrator Training Helps

Customers With Productivity

Featuring both regional Operations &

Maintenance Seminars near its distribu- tion centers and customized In-Plant

Training Programs at customer sites,

Wheelabrator training sessions help cus- t o m e r s achieve maximum productivity at lower costs.

Wheelabra- tor training helps participants understand the princi- ples of surface preparation equipment components, apply appropriate preven- tive maintenance practices, and control and reduce operating costs.

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Hempel Celebrates 50 Years

Hempel Farben GmbH, headquartered in Pinneberg, Germany reached a mile- stone, as its recently marked 50 years of service to the marine industry.

Since May 1951, when Germany had just begun to rebuild following WWII,

JC Hempel established what came to be

Hempel Farben (Deutschland) GmbH in

Hamburg. The rapidly increasing amount of German shipowners formed a solid platform for the growth of the Ger- man Hempel company, as well as ves- sels of foreign shipowners calling at 1 • i r * fc i

Joint Marine Environment Coating

Research Receives Recognition

The University of Rhode Island (URI) team was recently recognized by the university for work in the area of material coatings research. At the URI Annual Recognition

Luncheon for Outstanding Research, Outreach and Intellectual Property, NUWC employees Dr. Wayne T\icker, ah engineer in the Missile & Platform Systems Depart- ment, and Maria Medeiros, chemist in the Division's Torpedo Systems Technology

Department; joined Dr. Richard Brown of URI's Chemical Engineering Department, to receive the award for their project entitled "A Non-Chromate Primer for Paint."

For several years, this team has been researching the development of a non-toxic, anti- fouling coating for application on US Navy surface ships, submarines, and support equipment below the waterline. The effort was initiated after the Department of Defense mandated the elimination of hexavalent chromium in corrosion conversion coating.

The team has successfully tested chromium replacements in the laboratory, which will meet military specifications for salt spray testing. To date, no other alternative has been able to match chromium in the 30-day test. Full-scale testing will begin this year, with the hope of providing the Navy with a non-toxic replacement for chromate systems. -

By Gary Steigerwald, Public Affairs Officer, NUWC Division Newport, A Naval

Undersea Warfare Center Div.

German ports for drydocking or load- ing/discharging — thus creating a demand for marine paints. With the Ger- man shipbuilding industry reaching rapid expansion, what better time than

Hempel to be called upon by Aristotle

Onassis to coat a fleet of whaling ves- sels that the shipping magnate has placed with German shipyards. This, coupled with an order by Onassis for what were the biggest tankers in the world at that time, placed Hempel

Group at the forefront of the marine paints industry.

Ten years after the company's inaugu- ration, the demand for Hempel's marine paints to Germany increased at such a pace that supplies could no longer be covered from production abroad and through a license factory in Hamburg. In 1964, the Pinneberg production plant was established as the 14th factory with- in the Hempel Group.

Initially focusing solely on marine paints for newbuildings and vessels in service, the segments corrosion protec- tion for industry and yacht paints were added in the early 1970s. The acquisi- tion of the paint company Kemp & Wes- sel in 1989 was an opportunity for

Hempel to enlarge its product assort- ment.

Hempel Germany also produces pro- tective coatings, as well as container and yacht paints.

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Sealcoat Protects S/V Nena

In a ceremony held at Mega Marine

Yacht Services in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. on June 22, the 110-ft. (33.5 m) yacht,

S/V Nena had its aluminum bottom coated with SealCoat's environmentally friendly poison and solvent free antifouling and corrosion preventive system. SealCoat is a Swedish invention that has developed and patented a new antifouling method geared toward the prevention of marine fouling develop- ment on submerged surfaces without poisoning the life cycle.

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YOU CAN RELY ON CHUGOKU MARINE PAINTS

SEA GRANDPRIX TIN FREE ANTIFOULING

U ONLY CHUGOKU HAVE ALL FOUR KEY TIN FREE ANTIFOULING TECHNOLOGIES • EXPERIENCE OF OVER 8000 FULL SHIP APPLICATIONS • EQUIVALENT PERFORMANCE TO TIN-BASED ANTIFOULING • 5-YEAR INTERVAL BETWEEN DRYDOCKING • MEETS PROPOSED IMO REGULATIONS FOR 2003

For more information call your local CMP office: CMP Europe: +31-167-523552 CMP Japan: +81-33506-5858 CS^yL/L

CMP U S A : +1-504-392-4817 CMP Singapore: +65-861-6500 [email protected] CHUGOMJ MARINE P»INTS.LTD.

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