Tony Smith

Seal maintenance for platform and deck machinery

There is little doubt that oil platform and ships deck machinery has to endure some of the most punishing conditions within the marine industry. It obviously requires to be constructed from materials of sufficient toughness and strength to withstand the high forces it will be subjected to and perform efficiently.

Coatings for combating damp

The presence of damp can cause a major corrosion situation and also growth of fungus. Although there are often techniques that are perhaps better used to getting at the basic source of this problem, there are many instances when to erradicate the dampness at source is either near impossible or impracticable. It is in these applications in particular that protective covering systems can prove to be the most efficient method of dealing with the problem.

Corrosion in lubricant systems

Introduction Since the Second World War the variety of lubricant systems have grown immensely to keep pace with the rapid expansion of technological systems. There are few technological systems that do not have some moving parts, and these usually require some form of lubrication. The basic function of most lubricant systems usually includes a combination of reducing wear and abstracting heat. The ratio of these requirements obviously depends upon the particular application.

TEN WAYS TO REDUCE CORROSION

Introduction There is no need to emphasize the problems that corrosion can cause. It is like a cancer cell, sometimes slowly developing for many years undetected and then once observed it is too late to eliminate. The best course of action at that stage being to try and contain it. Corrosion is a very complex chemical action involving a metal with its environment and it is rare for all the various circumstances to repeat themselves, resulting in an identical corrosion situation.