Technical guides, standards and industrial comparisons

An immersion epoxy coating can last 5 years or 25 years depending on conditions. Here are the 7 factors that make the difference — and how to optimize them to maximize your investment.

A coating's per-litre price says nothing about its real cost. A low-cost system lasting 5 years can cost 3× more over 20 years than a quality system lasting 25. Here is the math.

In a refinery or chemical plant, half the equipment sits in an ATEX zone — where welding is forbidden. Here is how to perform emergency repairs with cold-curing composites, safely.

API 653 governs the inspection, repair and alteration of atmospheric storage tanks. Here is how composite repairs are framed under it, and what you must document to stay compliant.

Alumina ceramic and AR (Abrasion Resistant) steel are the two dominant anti-wear solutions. But one does not replace the other. Here is how to choose by your wear mechanism.

ISO 12944 is the global bible of steel structure anti-corrosion protection. This guide decodes the 6 atmospheric corrosivity categories and how to choose the right coating system.

The junction of cupro-nickel or titanium tubes rolled into a carbon-steel tube sheet creates a perfect galvanic couple. The cooling water does the rest — and the sheet gouges. Here is the mechanism and how to stop it.

Welding is not always possible, or desirable. In ATEX zones, on cast iron, or to save days of downtime, epoxy cold bonding is often the better option. Here is a quantified comparison.

Surface preparation quality determines 80 % of a coating's service life. This guide decodes NACE 2 / SSPC-SP10 requirements, the optimal anchor profile and the mistakes that reduce adhesion.

Cavitation and erosion-corrosion destroy pump casings long before the pump itself reaches end of life. Here is how to rebuild the original geometry with an epoxy mastic, without hot work or heavy machining.