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PRODUCTS Coatings

Carboline Sherwin Williams

Carboline

Carboguard 690 GF is a high

Eddify Technologies performance, glass-? ake ? lled, epoxy coat- ing that displays excellent resistance to wa- ter, and saltwater exposures.

Sherwin Williams (top right) areas of insuf? cient coating thickness appear pink when shining an eye-safe ultraviolet light on the applied coatings.

Eddifi Lyft is an inspection tool for identify- ing corrosion under insulation (CUI). faster coating applications so tanks can longed asset protection. to protect any submerged structure, return to service within 24 hours after regardless of size and current require- maintenance. With excellent chemi- ment, by using long-life anodes and

AkzoNobel cal resistance, the high-solids, ? ake- AkzoNobel teamed with RoyalPhil- appropriately sized power supplies, reinforced, novolac-based tank lining lips’ to develop a fouling prevention Cathwell explains. The most impor- protects the interiors of steel tanks technology which uses ultraviolet tant feature of an ICCP system is the and vessels from aggressive chemicals light-emitting diodes (UV-LED). It ability to continuously monitor the stored and processed at high tempera- will integrate UV light-emitting di- level of protection and adapt to the tures and high pressures. Nova-Plate odes in a protective coating scheme current required to avoid corrosion. 360 is also PTFE-enhanced, which which will allow for the UV light to eases tank cleaning processes to reduce be emitted from the coating surface,

Eddyfi asset downtime. providing the total prevention of bio- Eddy? Lyft is an inspection tool for

To ensure complete lining applica- fouling accumulation on the surface identifying corrosion under insulation tions, applicators can add Opti-Chek of the protected area. Initially, the fo- (CUI). The Eddy? Technologies’ so-

Optically Activated Pigments (OAP) cus will be on applications for ships, lution can be used to measure corro- to Nova-Plate 360. yachts and offshore assets. sion and wall thickness on insulated pipes without removing insulation.

Hempel Cathwell It’s suitable for use on a number of

Hempel has an innovative technol- It’s not just coatings that protect materials including metal, aluminum, ogy to challenge anti-corrosive coat- offshore support vessel hulls. It’s elec- stainless steel, and galvanized steel ings trademarked Avantguard. Based tricity too. Impressed current cathod- weather jackets, to provide real-time on activated zinc epoxy technology ic protection (ICCP) systems use an C-scan imaging, wall thickness mea-

Avantguard products deliver excel- external power source to impose pro- surements and fast data acquisition lent anti-corrosion properties for pro- tective current. This makes it possible (up to 15 readings per second).

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