We have just received news from The Hon Dr Gary Johns that our application to the Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission (ACNC) has been accepted, and The Australasian Corrosion Association Inc. (ACA), the peak body for the Australian and New Zealand corrosion industry, is now an ACNC-registered Not-for-profit.
27th October 2021
Willie Mandeno Answers the Question: "Are there specific merits of powder coating vs wet applied paint for protecting metals?"
14th October 2021
The Brian Cherry Awards Forum is open to postgraduate and final year undergraduate research students studying at an Australasian University. The award honours the late Professor Brian Cherry of Monash University for his significant contribution to corrosion education, consulting and the Australasian Corrosion Association Inc. Applicants can be studying any aspect of corrosion, including but not limited to metallic and non-metallic corrosion, corrosion management, corrosion mitigation, and corrosion protection. Taking part in the Forum provides students with the opportunity to present their corrosion related research work as well as showcase their talent to their peers and the Australasian Corrosion Industry.
11th October 2021
The newest issue of the NZ Branch Newsletter is now available for download.
5th October 2021
Congratulations to the winners of our RustyPics2021 Photo Contest: Daniel Lillas, Sanjay Choudhary, Muhammad Javed and Grand Prize winner Hoda Adelkhah and thanks for their fantastic submissions. Scott Wade, Peter Dove and Candice Blackney of the ACA VIC Branch recently spent some time to sit down and discuss each of our applicants in the RustyPics 2021 Photo Competition and officially announce the winners in the four categories of Marine, Pipeline, Concrete and Other Corrosion. You can watch the full recording and look through all the great submissions now.
3rd October 2021
The Australasian Corrosion Association is calling for nominations from our members to be elected to our board. Now is your opportunity to be involved at the highest level and lead your profession. The ACA Board requires a wide mix of skills and experience to satisfy its corporate responsibilities. If you feel that, you could make a valuable contribution or know a member of the ACA who you feel would make an excellent contribution, please consider a nomination.
30th September 2021
As The Corrosion and Prevention 2021 Conference has been postponed to February 13, 2022, we have decided to extend the Scholarship Application Deadline to November 17th, 2021. Over $50,000 of scholarship funds available!
29th September 2021
The NSW Branch’s invited a panel of experts for an evening discussion of Concrete Corrosion and Durability. Each panellist has a career of experience in the protection of concrete structures...
28th September 2021
Voting for our RustyPics 2021 Photo Competition is now open! Check out all the great corrosion photos submitted by ACA members. A big thanks to everyone who made a submission.
19th September 2021
Les Boulton answers the question "Can old rusty steel tools and corroded steel items be restored to service?"
19th September 2021
Don’t forget to submit your pictures for our corrosion photo competition by Sunday 19/09/201!
16th September 2021
The ACA's Oil and Gas Technical Group was thrilled to Host Peter Bock for a presentation on Third Generation Polysiloxane Technology. Third Generation Polysiloxane (TGPS) ambient curing CUI mitigation coatings have been used in the petrochemical and processing industries for over five years since the “third generation” concept was introduced at NACE Corrosion 2017. These coating technologies have demonstrated positive results in both shop and field application for asset management in elevated temperature, cryogenic and cyclic applications across -196 to 650o C/ (-321 to 1200o F) operational temperatures. TGPS coatings have also demonstrated effective use of a two-step (primer-insulation) CUI mitigation coating approach operating up to 400o C/750o F, when compared to the traditional (CUI coating-fibrous insulation-cladding) systems.
5th September 2021
As rust-geeks one of our shared interests in life is taking a good old photo of corrosion. You know what I’m talking about, it’s when you’re on a holiday in Paris and you’re holding up your travel companions trying to assess and document the quality of the coating on the Eiffel tower. Or it’s when you can’t help but take a photo on that stroll along the beach where you notice someone has used galvanised bolts to hold down a stainless steel structure (who still does this?!). If this sounds like you, the ACA VIC Branch is excited to invite you to enter our RustyPics2021 Photo Competition! This is your chance to share your most prized corrosion photos. What will yours be? Is there a picture you’ve taken that springs to mind straight away? Rustle it up and submit now!
5th September 2021
The Second President's Membership Address from Igor Chaves highlights ACA Awards, Membership Initiatives, Member Resources and Corrosion and Prevention 2021.
31st August 2021
In early 2021 we made a number of changes to our ACA membership accounts, adding additional profile fields so we could get to know more about our members. Amongst these changes is an option to opt in to being added to your local branch contact list and to register your interest in the YCG. We urge all our members who've yet to make these updates to log into the website and do so now.
30th August 2021