Industrial painting and abrasive blasting in Val-d'Or

What we do in Val-d'Or

We prepare and protect steel and concrete on industrial sites in Val-d'Or: abrasive blasting to the specified grade, anti-corrosion painting, immersion linings, wear-resistant coatings and epoxy floors. 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 the site's ISO 12944 corrosivity category, ore abrasion and process water chemistry, then applied to the manufacturer's data sheet. Every coat is measured and recorded. The service is for industrial sites only: we do not do residential work.

• Protective coatings: systems and inspection
• Industrial painting
• Abrasive blasting

Industrial sectors in Val-d'Or

Val-d'Or was built on the gold mines of the Cadillac fault, and mining is still at the heart of its economy, with underground and open-pit gold and copper mines in the area. Around every mine, the same equipment needs protecting. At surface: headframes, concentrator buildings, conveyors and galleries, process water and reagent tanks, tailings lines and service building frames. Underground: shaft steel, ventilation ducts, dewatering pumps and lines, and equipment exposed to water that is often loaded and aggressive.

Forestry also matters to the local economy: sawmills and wood processing plants, with their conveyors, kilns, silos and building frames. Each environment attacks steel in its own way, so the system is chosen equipment by equipment rather than one product for the whole site.

• Mining equipment painting
• Corrosion protection

Most requested services in Val-d'Or

Mining equipment painting comes up most often: conveyors, hoppers, chutes, frames and concentrator structures, with a system that holds up to abrasion and slurry splash. Abrasive blasting almost always comes first, dry or wet to limit dust in a running building.

Hydro blasting is used where abrasive is banned or hard to recover, and to remove stubborn deposits from steel and concrete. Process water, reagent and potable water tanks, along with water towers, need an internal lining suited to the stored liquid and an exterior paint that survives winter. Epoxy floors for maintenance shops, reagent rooms and laboratories round out the demand, along with protective coatings for concrete basins and sumps.

• Mining equipment painting
• Hydro blasting
• Tank and water tower painting
• Industrial epoxy flooring
• Concrete protection

On site or in a shop?

On site. We have no shop in Val-d'Or: our crews arrive with mobile blasting, painting, dust collection and heating units, and work inside your buildings, on your structures and in your galleries. For fixed equipment, a frame or a tank, this is often the simplest option, since there is no dismantling and no transport.

For a removable part, a local shop or the site's maintenance shop can serve as the work area, provided the necessary containment and ventilation are set up. The quote states what is done in place and what requires moving the part.

• Maintenance and rehabilitation

Planning travel and shutdowns

A trip to Val-d'Or is prepared from LaSalle so that time on site goes to the work itself. First, the window is set with the site: planned shutdown, zone-by-zone work in operation, or a mix of both. Then everything that can be settled remotely is settled: survey from your photos and drawings, product quantities, abrasive, scaffolding or lifts, and the permits the operator requires (confined space, lockout, work at height).

Equipment and products arrive before the crew. When several sites in the region have similar needs, jobs can be grouped on the same trip. For a multi-trade shutdown, our project management service coordinates the coating schedule with the rest of the work.

• Project management and shutdown coordination

Climate: working through the Abitibi winter

Winter in Val-d'Or is long and very cold, and every product has a minimum application and cure temperature. Below it, epoxy stays soft, bonds poorly or never reaches its properties. We therefore work under heated, ventilated enclosures, with indirect heating so the air is not loaded with moisture, and we measure substrate temperature, relative humidity and dew point before every coat.

When the site allows it, exterior work is placed in the warm season and interior work during winter. Low-temperature products widen the window but do not replace the readings. If conditions are not met, the coat waits.

• Applying epoxy in cold weather during a winter shutdown

Standards and inspection records

We apply the owner's specification. Common references are ISO 12944 for system selection by corrosivity, ISO 8501-1 and SSPC/AMPP standards for the preparation grade (SSPC-SP 6, SP 10), and SSPC-PA 2 for dry film thickness measurement. At the end of the job, the site receives a file: ambient conditions, preparation grade, thicknesses, adhesion and continuity depending on the system, data sheets and photos. Independent inspection can be added when needed.

• ISO 12944 explained
• Coating inspection