An estimated $300 billion is lost to corrosion every year. Steel is unstable after it has been removed from its iron ore, so it corrodes in reaction with its environment. Eventually, balance must be restored by return of the unstable metal to its oxidized state which shows up as rust.

Protective coatings “sacrifice” themselves in order to protect the underlying metal. How? Well, simply, a relatively inexpensive coating (aluminum or zinc, for example) is added to protect the more valuable substrate.  It is much more cost effective to replace a coating numerous times than it is to replace a pump.

And in processes where abrasion shreds pumps, Belzona coatings are designed to be used as sacrificial systems. 

A coal mine in Western Kentucky was replacing a pump every two months.  Local Belzona consultant Chase Brown (1 year) asked them to give him a shot and they did.  The Belzona coating lasted for four months thereby saving the mine not only the cost of the pump but the downtime costs associated with the replacement of it.

And, after four months they can just apply more Belzona and save the original pump.  Tell us, how can we help repair, protect and improve your facility’s component equipment?

Stephanie Rumford
srumford@rumfordgroup.com
937-435-4650
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