Storage tanks
Cost-Effective anti-Corrosion Maintenance.
Whether targeting corrosion hotspots or reinforcing your external corrosion barrier system, HRCSA is a most effective, resourceful, and durable choice. Since 1990.
As industries face mounting pressure to extend asset life, reduce maintenance cycles, simplify maintenance routines, and meet sustainability goals, HRCSA is stepping into the spotlight as a durable, long-term corrosion control solution at lowest all-in implementation cost.
What sets HRCSA apart is its low surface energy polar bonding characteristic which makes overcoating a long term reality.
No need for abrasive blasting. HRCSA offers a sensible high pressure water cleaning surface preparation alternative to costly ultra high pressure methods. Simply apply HRCSA onto tightly adhered, high pressure water cleaned, contaminate-free substrate and you can benefit from a decades long lasting overcoat system.
HRCSA protects your steel from environmental contaminates by forming a hydrophobic barrier of fish scale like calcite platelets overtop a mono-molecular layer of cations. In an era where asset owners and engineers are rethinking protection strategies through the lens of longevity, complete corrosion control (including structure critical joints and connections), and total cost of ownership, HRCSA offers a sensible alternative to costly UHP surface preparation and one that is rooted in field proven corrosion control, efficiency, and long-term protection for all parts of your structure – including inside connections – a critical area which the coatings industry chooses to ignore.
Oil & Gas Crossings
Aerial Pipeline Crossings
HRCSA is exclusively specified on Western Canada aieril crossing pipelines for the following reasons:
- Environmental. Minimum surface preparation + HRCSA friendly.
- Surface tolerance. Remove loose paint, loose rust with right angle sanders, apply HRCSA single component, single coat on the steel and you're done.
- Wire Rope: HRCSA's chemically active formulation provides superior protection when applied to wire rope. In instances where HRCSA penetrant is applied underneath HRCSA self-priming topcoat,
Pipeline Under Bridge
Pipelines under bridge require the same HRCSA user friendly traits as do aerial pipeline crossings.
- Minimal equipment, support systems, enclosures.
From the coating's side, keeping costs down also requires
- A coating system that is surface tolerant.
- A coating system that mitigates both flat surface as well as crevice corrosion between hangers and pipeline.
- Single component systems that can be used from container to substrate with either spray, brush or roller.
Coatings can fail because of soluble salt contamination remaining on the substrate after surface preparation. This article discusses methods of salt removal and the importance of good surface preparation specifications. A case history reveals the possible costs of a coating failure from salt contamination
How and why conductivity testing can lead to false readings and unnecessary reworks.
Corrosion protection by coatings for water and wastewater pipelines is the implementation of a well-balanced cycle of four equally important elements: specifying and using a proper coating system, proper surface preparation for the coating system, proper application of the coating system, and quality inspection of the coating system. This paper discusses the details of this concept, together with a comprehensive review on various coating systems and different surface preparation requirements for steel, ductile iron, and concrete pipes in water and wastewater applications.
This article will examine the key features of surface preparation; identify and resolve problem areas; show how to achieve the right result consistently, cost-effectively, and more easily; and dispel misconceptions and even some traditional beliefs about surface preparation that may be the root cause of some of the problems seen recently.
Recent R&D on pipeline coatings is discussed, and the main R&D issues at this time in the area of pipeline coatings are identified.