Millions of dollars are lost each year because of corrosion. Much of this loss is due to the corrosion of iron and steel. The IMO and world shipping bodies have estimated that corrosion itself accounts for 40% of major maintenance costs and besides steel quality and surface preparation just the switch over to more effective paints like the nano paints will give effective savings of billions of dollars worldwide even though initial costs may be marginally higher. The heavy and marine industries have inherent corrosion problems which require premium solutions which have to deal with a wide and unique corrosive environment range. Nanto Paint has created coating solutions designed specifically to meet these characteristic challenges. The main focus of the technology is the development of protective coatings with enhanced barrier effects for marine and industrial applications such as infrastructures, lifting equipments, transport systems and external pipes. Nanto Paint teams worldwide are developing a number of prototypes including epoxy based coatings such as primers, intermediates and polyurethane finish paints. These prototypes have been designed and tested accordingly the international ISO standards and are environmentally friendly because of their low content of Volatile organic compounds. In 5 years from now the focus of corrosion abatement will shift more to effective and much longer lasting, cost effective coatings inside ballast tanks than ever before.
Modern trends in marine coatings and their effects in preventing corrosion
Moderner Trend bei den Meerwasseranstrichen und ihre Wirkung für den Korrosionsschutz
2010
8 Seiten, 1 Bild, 2 Tabellen, 6 Quellen
Conference paper
English
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