CASE HISTORY SPOTLIGHT: Bionetix® Case History #26: Brazil Pisciculture Trial April 12, 2022 Keeping fish healthy and ponds clean are two typical challenges for fish farming. Sludge buildup and bad odors from decaying organics and fecal matter are common. Often, half of the pond water has to be replaced [...]
CASE HISTORY SPOTLIGHT: Bionetix® Case History #16: Sludge and Odor Reduction at Meat Packing Plant April 06, 2022 The sludge collected from wastewater at a Southern Ontario meat packing plant was causing odor and handling problems. The sludge was thick and hard by the time it had to be [...]
CASE HISTORY SPOTLIGHT: Case History #154: Hydrotesting of Metering Skid Pipework April 04, 2022 A manufacturer of metering skids for the offshore oil and gas industry needed to hydrotest pipework after mounting and before shipping. The skids faced the possibility of several months of storage onsite prior to use [...]
CASE HISTORY SPOTLIGHT: Case History #513: District Cooling Plant Preservation March 24, 2022 Abu Dhabi Reem Island is a UAE development that has grown to include more than 100 high-rise towers with a million-plus square meters (yd²) of office, retail, and community space. In 2011, two out of four [...]
CASE HISTORY SPOTLIGHT: Case History #679: Seasonal Boiler Layup at Alabama Theatre March 10, 2022 The Alabama Theatre was originally built as a Paramount Films movie showcase in 1927. It was restored as a local landmark in 1998. In March 2020, the theatre temporarily shut down due to the [...]
CASE HISTORY SPOTLIGHT: Case History # 740: Rust-Free Shipment of Stamped Auto Parts February 24, 2022 Stamped auto parts were rusting during ocean shipment to Germany and China and LTL (less than-truckload) shipping to Mexico. The manufacturer needed 60 days of corrosion protection to meet their customer’s packaging requirement. [...]
CASE HISTORY SPOTLIGHT: Case History #73: Steel Plate Corrosion Protection in Shipment February 17, 2022 A silicon steel company needed three months of corrosion protection while shipping silicon steel plates cut to size for use in micro motors. They decided to use VpCI®-146 Paper, cut into 8 x 11 [...]
CASE HISTORY SPOTLIGHT: Case History #619: Clamp and Powerline Protection at Wind Power Transfer Station February 10, 2022 About 15 years ago, a manufacturer switched from using a liquid rust preventative on brake rotors to sandwiching layers of rotors between precut pieces of CorShield® VpCI®-146 Paper for corrosion protection [...]
CASE HISTORY SPOTLIGHT: Case History #102: Concrete Cooling Tower Repair February 1, 2021 A major power supplier needed high quality repair materials to fix cooling towers that had been damaged by corrosion and contaminated by chlorides and carbonation. Prior to placing repair mortars, MCI®-2020 was sprayed into the area [...]
CASE HISTORY SPOTLIGHT: Case History #16: Extending Service Life of Charleswood Bridge January 27, 2021 Between October 1994 and October 1995, a unique bridge was under construction in North America. Of special note was the fact that the bridge was privately built and leased to the City of Winnipeg [...]
