A foam pig is a device, typically a cylindrical object with a cone-shaped nose, consisting mostly or entirely of foam that is used inside pipelines for a variety of purposes including removing debris that could lead to corrosion. The pig's foam composition allows it to maneuver through bends,… View Full Term
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Marketing Assistant, Belzona Polymerics Ltd
Chloe Hirst received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Media and Communications specializing in Journalism from Goldsmiths College, University of London. As a member of the communications team at Belzona’s corporate office in Harrogate, she regularly writes technical articles and case studies featuring corrosion-resistant repair and protection systems for buildings, structures, machinery and equipment. Her work covers a range of different polymeric technologies, including pioneering new materials which provide long-term corrosion protection in underwater, wet, or oily surface conditions, as well as a new advanced composite wrapping technology that can restore strength to weakened or pitted metallic substrates without the need for hot work or lengthy downtime.
The UK power station operator required a repair solution that would provide extremely robust protection against abrasion and significantly increase the working life of the equipment. The maintenance specification called for...
A case study highlights the use of a peelable, resealable membrane technology to protect more than 500 flanges from severe weathering and galvanic corrosion at a gas supplier site in Oman.
A UK-based recycled oil supplier had a serious maintenance problem. Because the leaking tank was located in a confined space, it would be highly dangerous to repair the damage in situ using hot work. And if the tank was...