CASE HISTORY SPOTLIGHT: Case History #46: Pentagon Wall Restoration November 04, 2021 Historical structures have significant cultural values and part of preserving our heritage is preserving these structures. Due to their importance and uniqueness, they typically require special care when it comes to rehabilitating them. Cortec® Corporation was involved [...]
Case History #393: North-South Roadway Bridge Deck Protection October 28, 2021 Construction delays are inevitable at times, and that may have a detrimental impact on the longevity of post tensioning (PT) tendons if corrosives get to them. These delays could result in PT tendons sit on site longer prior [...]
CASE HISTORY SPOTLIGHT: Case History #21: Solving Restaurant Grease Trap and Sewer Problems October 26, 2021 Frequent sewer clogging—plus bad smells from the grease trap—had become a headache at one restaurant in Russia. In 2017, they decided to try adding Bionetix® ECO-TRAP™ L and BCP22™ to the sewer pipe [...]
CASE HISTORY SPOTLIGHT: Case History #33: Eliminating Potato Scab in Japanese Test Field October 20, 2021 A potato farmer was having high rates of potato scab infection in one of the highest-producing potato growing regions in Japan. In two fields measuring 65 hectares (160.6 acres) total, the farmer’s infection [...]
CASE HISTORY SPOTLIGHT: Case History #604: Corrosion Protection of Valves During Hydrotesting and Storage September 29, 2021 A leading international manufacturer of pressure and flow controls for the oil and gas industry needed corrosion protection during hydrotesting and subsequent outdoor storage of valves. VpCI®-649 BD was proposed as a [...]
CASE HISTORY SPOTLIGHT: Case History #619: Clamp and Powerline Protection at Wind Power Transfer Station September 23, 2021 In 2005, a valve plant in India had been shut down by the State Pollution Control Board because levels of total dissolved solids, chlorides, and sulphates in spent hydrotest water were [...]
CASE HISTORY SPOTLIGHT: Case History #323: Finding Alternatives to Harsh Water Treatment Chemicals September 17, 2021 In 2007, an air force base was working on a “green” initiative in which it evaluated the environmental impact of all products and found as many alternatives as possible. When it came to [...]
CASE HISTORY SPOTLIGHT: Case History #555: Industrial Power Plant Preservation September 3, 2021 The shutdown of a natural gas fired power plant required the preservation of several costly assets. These included turbines, valves and moving parts, oil tanks, adjacent equipment, and water/steam tanks. The combined internal volume of the [...]
CASE HISTORY SPOTLIGHT: Case History #596: Stone Cladding Tile Repair with MCI® August 24, 2021 A residential building less than 10 years old began to have trouble with stone cladding tiles falling off the exterior. The culprit was corrosion on concrete reinforcement and stone cladding anchors. To repair the [...]
CASE HISTORY SPOTLIGHT: Case History #662: Lubrication and Other Offshore Platform Layup Strategies July 27, 2021 An offshore drilling rig in the Gulf of Mexico needed to be temporarily mothballed until the market improved enough for drilling to be worthwhile. As part of the complete rig stacking procedure, experienced [...]
