The main criteria of this project was to reinstate a 20 year old redundant tank back into service.
The main criteria of this project was to reinstate a 20 year old redundant tank back into service.
2 PagesOverview The main criteria of this project was to reinstate a 20 year old redundant tank back into service. This required the full internal floor area and 1m up the wall to be completely refurbished without the use of any hot-work and in limited timescale. Challenge Tank internals suffer from heavy corrosion, pitting and severe metal loss. Combined with the possibility of holes, open-top tank exposed to elements, high humidity, cold and rain adding to the difficulty of this work. Solution First coat of Epo-chemTM RA 564 solvent-free glassflake epoxy system was applied on grit blasted Sa 2.5 @ 200µ by airless spray. All welded areas and seams were filled using Ceram-chemTM RH 500 high density ceramic epoxy filler. The complete floor area was then fibre-glassed us
