Case History Spotlight #610: Wet Layup of Mooring Buoys October 07, 2022 The Middle East client wanted to leave balance and ballast testing water in mooring buoys during export shipping to the Mediterranean. They decided to add VpCI®-649 BD to the fresh water used and were very happy with [...]
CASE HISTORY SPOTLIGHT: Case History # 389: Corrosion Protection on Hawaiian Bridge July 31, 2023 The North Kahana Stream Bridge was built in 2011 in a corrosive environment near the Pacific Ocean on the island of Oahu, Hawaii. The air is permeated with ocean chlorides and volcanic sulfuric [...]
CASE HISTORY SPOTLIGHT: Case History #508: Aboveground Storage Tank Preservation July 12, 2023 When the customer realized that part of the cathodic protection (CP) system on their aboveground storage tank (AST) was disconnected and unserviceable, they called on help from Cortec® Global Services, assisted by MESA. The team installed [...]
CASE HISTORY SPOTLIGHT: Case History #785: Water-Soluble Packaging for Agriculture Products July 06, 2023 After more than 50 years in business, a producer of livestock nutritional supplements and other agriculture treatments decided to try a new form of packaging. Previously, users of their manure and feed additives had [...]
CASE HISTORY SPOTLIGHT: Case History #698: Fast and Easy Protection of Oil and Gas Equipment June 27, 2023 A large manufacturer in Southeast Asia needed corrosion protection during hydrotesting, shipping, and storage of a variety of newly fabricated oil and gas equipment. They used VpCI®-649 BD to protect [...]
CASE HISTORY SPOTLIGHT: Case History #737: Preventative Maintenance for Sauerkraut Plant Fork Trucks June 21, 2023 Fork trucks leased to a sauerkraut plant quickly lost resale value from exposure to a corrosive environment of brine, salt, and sauerkraut. The rental company therefore began applying Cortec® products as needed during [...]
CASE HISTORY SPOTLIGHT: Case History #513: District Cooling Plant Preservation June 15, 2023 In 2011, only two out of four proposed district cooling plants had been constructed on a UAE island designed to support more than 100 towers with 1.4 million m² (1.7 million yd²) of office space and [...]
CASE HISTORY SPOTLIGHT: Case History #548: Alternative to Sandblasting on Rusty Sunflower Oil Reservoirs June 06, 2023 The customer needed to remove rust and protect the exteriors of sunflower oil reservoirs. However, mechanical rust removal such as sandblasting and water blasting were restricted in the area. As a [...]
CASE HISTORY SPOTLIGHT: Case History #182: Rust Prevention on Steering Shafts and Camshafts May 16, 2023 Steering shafts and camshafts being manufactured in Europe needed corrosion protection for the long shipment from Switzerland to the USA. Rust preventatives that the company had previously used (Castrol Rustilo 650 and [...]
CASE HISTORY SPOTLIGHT: Case History #611: Export Packaging of Heat Exchangers May 09, 2023 A manufacturer of heat exchangers was having problems with corrosion developing during overseas export. This presented a negative company image to customers. The manufacturer was advised to wrap the equipment with Cor-Pak® VpCI® Stretch Film [...]
