Cost-effective lining solutions

Citation

(1999), "Cost-effective lining solutions", Anti-Corrosion Methods and Materials, Vol. 46 No. 5. https://doi.org/10.1108/acmm.1999.12846ead.009

Cost-effective lining solutions

Keywords KCH, Linings, Filters

KCH Keramchemie (UK) Ltd informs us that it has provided Tyneside Filtration & Engineering Services Ltd with a protective lining solution for steel filter vessels which are used primarily in leisure centres.

Leisure centres generally have between two and four filter vessels which are constantly under the threat of corrosion either from the filter medium, sand, or from ozone gas and ozonated water, which is particularly aggressive to metal. Tyneside Filtration & Engineering, an in-house and on-site fabricator, applies protective linings to these filters. Traditionally, the company has used a resin-based material, but this has proved to be variable in quality and relatively uneconomical.

Commenting on the problem, Mr Derek Moles, sales director of Tyneside Filtration & Engineering, said:

Because about 100 square metres of protective lining is often required and it is applied to the filters on-site and in tight proximity conditions, it needs to be easy to apply and have a relatively fast cure.

KCH recommended its Ceilcote Flakeline 232 which was initially used on four small sand filter vessels for a southern-based leisure centre.

The Ceilcote Flakeline 232 system features inert flake fillers, which reportedly greatly improve permeation resistance, within a high grade chemically resistant resin matrix. This combination is formulated to provide long-term serviceability with the abrasion resistance required during the back wash cleaning process.

The results were more than satisfactory, as Mr Moles explained:

Flakeline 232 proved to be comfortable to apply, flowed better during application and provided a smoother-looking finish after cure. Basically, Flakeline 232 gives us the performance we are looking for in a lining and is a cost-effective solution to our problem. We will be using it on all our filter vessels for leisure centres.

Convinced by the success of Flakeline 232 in this application, KCH is now looking for further market opportunities, as Mr Piers Bradbury, director of KCH in the UK explained:

Because the product works exceptionally well in filter vessels for leisure centres, we have tested Flakeline 232 in other vessels which are subject to the aggressive conditions created by ozone in the environment. One potential application is for the filter vessels installed in large hospitals where water therapy is used for spinal injury treatment.

Details available from KCH Keramchemie (UK) Ltd. Tel: +44 (0)1 270 761720; Fax: +44 (0)1270 761697.