Industrial painting and coatings in Sudbury

What we do in Sudbury

We protect steel and concrete in Sudbury mining and metallurgical facilities against abrasion, corrosion and process chemicals: abrasive blasting, wear-resistant coatings for chutes and hoppers, rubber lining for tanks and slurry piping, mining equipment and structure painting, and tank linings. Work is carried out by our crews and qualified subcontractors, under one quote and one inspection file.

Coatings are our core business. The system is chosen from ore particle size and velocity, process water chemistry and ISO 12944 corrosivity, then applied to the manufacturer's data sheet.

• Protective coatings: systems and inspection
• Mining equipment painting

Industrial sectors in Sudbury

Greater Sudbury lives around its nickel and copper basin, one of the largest mining districts in the world. Underground mines, concentrators, smelters, refineries and tailings facilities sit side by side, with a whole network of mining suppliers and service shops.

Each step wears steel down differently. At the concentrator, abrasive slurry eats through chutes, pump boxes, cyclones and piping. Conveyors and their galleries take impact, dust and moisture. Near smelters and refineries, gases and acid condensate attack structures. At the tailings, lines and concrete structures work in abrasion and immersion.

• Pipe coating
• Corrosion protection

Most requested services in Sudbury

Rubber lining comes up often for flotation cells, pump boxes and fine slurry piping, where it absorbs abrasion better than a rigid film. For high-impact chutes and hoppers, a ceramic-filled wear coating applied at high build is usually the better choice.

Mining equipment painting covers conveyors, frames, galleries and concentrator structures. Hydro blasting removes hardened deposits and old films without abrasive. Reagent and process water tanks need an internal lining chosen for the liquid.

• Rubber lining
• Hydro blasting
• Tank and water tower painting
• Abrasive blasting

On-site work during shutdowns

We have no shop in Sudbury: our crews arrive with mobile blasting, painting, dust collection and heating units and work in place on your chutes, cells and structures. For a removable part, the site's maintenance shop or a local shop can serve as the work area if containment and ventilation are set up.

Wear work is mostly done during concentrator shutdowns. It is prepared so each part is ready, measured and coated within the planned window, with cure time included before return to service.

• Maintenance and rehabilitation

Travel, access and safety in Ontario

Sudbury is a real trip from LaSalle, by road into Northern Ontario. The window is set with the site first, then everything is settled remotely: survey from your photos and drawings, product quantities, abrasive, scaffolding and the operator's permits (confined space, lockout, work at height, underground work). Equipment arrives before the crew.

In Ontario, our work follows Ontario occupational health and safety rules for mines and construction projects, on top of the site's own rules. Jobs can be grouped with Timmins on one trip. Our project management service coordinates coatings with the other trades.

• Project management and shutdown coordination

Climate in Northern Ontario

Sudbury winters are long and cold, and every product has a minimum application and cure temperature. Rubber and wear-resistant epoxies need a clean, dry, tempered substrate to bond. We work under heated, ventilated enclosures, with indirect heating, and measure substrate temperature, relative humidity and dew point before every coat.

Exterior work, such as conveyor galleries and tailings structures, goes in the warm season when possible. Inside the concentrator, slurry moisture causes condensation that has to be controlled even in summer.

• Applying epoxy in cold weather

Standards and inspection records

We apply the owner's specification. Common references are ISO 12944 for system selection, ISO 8501-1 and SSPC/AMPP standards for preparation (SSPC-SP 10 for immersion and wear service) and SSPC-PA 2 for dry film thickness. For rubber, hardness, adhesion and continuity are checked against the manufacturer's data sheet. The site receives a full file with photos.

• Coating inspection
• Holiday test