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 [...]
CASE HISTORY SPOTLIGHT: Case History #706: Smart Stacking of Four Tender Rigs July 21, 2021 In the summer of 2020, four tender rigs that would have normally been cold stacked needed a layup method that would instead allow swift and safe reactivation with little complication. Cortec® products and AOS [...]
CASE HISTORY SPOTLIGHT: Case History #419: Engine Part Preservation July 13, 2021 A heavy equipment manufacturer needed temporary corrosion protection of engine cylinder blocks and cylinder heads during warehousing and transportation. VpCI®-369 was chosen for use and several benefits identified in addition to excellent corrosion protection: • It was [...]
CASE HISTORY SPOTLIGHT: Case History #557: New Preventative Maintenance Strategy for Pacific Base Vehicles July 08, 2021 In 2017, a U.S. Air Force base in the Pacific implemented a Cortec® corrosion prevention plan for its $20 million fleet of Airfield Damage Repair (ADR) vehicles. In the corrosive environment of [...]
Case History #504: High-Temp Coating for Oil Cooler Corrosion June 29, 2021 A heavy equipment producer found corrosion inside carbon steel oil coolers during a six-month preventative maintenance check. The cooler manufacturer was able to reduce corrosion by switching to stainless steel but found that this significantly increased manufacturing [...]
