Anti-Corrosion Methods and Materials: Volume 36 Issue 5

Corrosion Commentary

Zinc conference — ZDA's Golden Jubilee. The Zinc Development Association will mark its 50th Anniversary with an International Zinc Conference on 27 and 28 June 1989 at the…

The effect of the abrasive work mix on paint performance over blasted steel

M. Morcillo, J.M. Bastidas, J. Simancas, J.C. Galvan

In anticorrosive painting of structural steel the preparation of the metallic surface prior to the application of the organic coating is an important, if not more so, as the…

RAF corrosion control team choose Clemco equipment

Not all RAF personnel take to the air in sophisticated aircraft armed with up‐to‐date weaponry. Some do it on a ladder or a hoist armed with nothing more than a blast cleaning…

Aerolyte dry stripping and peening rooms improve turnround times at Coltax

After over 18 months use, Coltax Aerospace Ltd. are able to report improved turnround times and reduced operating costs as a result of the installation of two Aerolyte walk‐in…

Steel grit a winner with Mintex Don

Substantial cost savings both in raw materials and maintenance time, have been achieved by one of the United Kingdom's leading manufacturers of brake and clutch linings, disc…

METHODS

FT‐IR Installation at Nissan. Nissan Motor Manufacturing (UK) Ltd has recently completed the setting up of a new Quality Assurance laboratory at their manufacturing plant in…

EQUIPMENT

Diagnostic thermo‐hygrometer. A new instrument added to Sheen Instruments range will be of particular value to painters of all manner of steel structures, specially in Britain and…

MATERIALS

Sandvik Steel introduces new steel. Sandvik Steel UK announces the introduction of a new class of engineering steel.

INDUSTRY

Major producer in Japan. After signing the agreement, Kawatetsu Galvanizing president, Keiichi Komoda, announced that his company plans to convert one of its four coating lines to…