Getting it Right – The First Time
Getting it Right – The First Time Daniel McKeown, Dulux Protective Coatings We all know there is a cost associated with corrosion, but the exact numbers are hard to quantify....
11th September 2013Pipelines and Polyurethane Coatings: A Winning Combination
Pipelines and Polyurethane Coatings: A Winning Combination By Jennifer Frakes Photos courtesy of ITW Polymers Coatings — Futura and Northwest Pipe Company. This article was originally published in the March...
11th September 2013Sydney Desalination Pipeline Cathodic Protection System
Sydney Desalination Pipeline Cathodic Protection System Performance Review After 3 Years Jim Galanos, Engineering Manager, Corrosion Control Engineering Introduction As part of a NSW State Government initiative to provide Sydney with a...
11th September 2013Overcoming corrosion challenges faced in alumina processing
Overcoming corrosion challenges faced in alumina processing Buel Over the past 6 years Buel has performed a significant number of inspection, maintenance and repair projects associated with tank corrosion of...
11th September 2013Don’t Gamble on Your Coating Selection
Don’t Gamble on Your Coating Selection Alex Spillett, Industrial Galvanizers (Australia) The redevelopment of the Star City Casino (now known as ‘The Star’) beside Sydney’s Darling Harbour is a recent...
7th August 2013GPR Array for Condition Assessment of Concrete
GPR Array for Condition Assessment of Concrete Slabs & Pavements Concrete slabs and pavements represent a significant percentage of the built environment, they are the hardest working part of many...
7th August 2013High Grade Coatings Keep Coastal Stadium Gleaming
High Grade Coatings Keep Coastal Stadium Gleaming (Reprinted with ASI’s permission from March 2012 issue of Steel Australia) Sports stadia present a unique combination of challenges for stemming corrosion of...
7th August 2013Galvanic Corrosion and Dissimilar Metals
Galvanic Corrosion and Dissimilar Metals Emmanual Pimentel One of the challenges in designing steel structures or any metallic article is the problem of galvanic corrosion. Basically, this is the risk...
7th August 2013Corrosion Management at the Port of Newcastle
Corrosion Management at the Port of Newcastle Dr. Luke Menefy & Dr.Kingsley Opoku, SMEC Scott Bacon, Newcastle Port Corporation Newcastle Port Corporation is directly responsible for the operations and maintenance...
7th August 2013Fremantle Ports – Protecting the Unseen
Fremantle Ports – Protecting the Unseen Craig Hutchinson, Innovative Corrosion Management Pty Ltd Dario Vallini, Fremantle Ports In May 1897 Fremantle Ports’ Inner Harbour was officially opened bringing increased trade...
11th September 2012Protective Organic Coatings
Protective Organic Coatings – An Introduction Emmanuel Pimentel Painting is the application of a liquid coating to a material to protect it. It is considered the oldest method of corrosion...
7th August 2012Protecting the Protection
Protecting the Protection: What can Patent Filing Trends Tell us About Technology Trends in Corrosion Treatments? 20,000 global patent families (containing 60,000 patents in total) filed in the area of...
7th August 2012Mild Steel Pipeline Weld Corrosion
Mild Steel Pipeline Weld Corrosion This article is based on a presentation by Igor Chaves of the 2012 ACA Road Show Seminars. Welding is widely recognized as a powerful and...
7th August 2012Loy Yang Chimney Cappings
Loy Yang Chimney Cappings The stainless steel flue cappings on top of one of the main exhaust stacks at Victoria’s largest Power Station Loy Yang Power were suffering from extremely...
7th August 2012Swansea Bridge Rehabilitation
Swansea Bridge Rehabilitation Mohammad Ali, GHD Swansea bridge, constructed circa 1989, is a high profile opening bridge on the Pacific Highway at Swansea, NSW (refer Figure 1). Due to harsh...
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