Sherwin-Williams Protective & Marine Coatings now offers a prod- ucts for industrial businesses looking
to enhance worker safety and minimize
corrosion under insulation (CUI) risks.
Heat-Flex 3500 is a multipurpose
insulative acrylic coating for industrial
systems that’s designed for both personnel protection and mitigating CUI. The
coating enables dangerously hot systems
like piping and ductwork to stay cool to
the touch, preventing burns and protecting the safety of personnel. It can be applied directly to ambient or hot surfaces
up to 350° F (177° C), offering plants the
flexibility to reduce downtime by keeping
systems online during coating and recoating applications. In addition, Heat-Flex
3500 also insulates hot and cold surfaces,
helping industrial processes retain heat
and preventing condensation on cold
surfaces by maintaining surface temperatures above the dew point.
The insulative and anti-corrosive
properties of Heat-Flex 3500 enable
plant owners to eliminate concerns related to CUI. The protective coating system
prevents corrosion-causing condensation
on the exterior of piping, ductwork, and
other surfaces wrapped in conventional
insulation and cladding. It performs so
well at mitigating corrosion that structures coated with Heat-Flex 3500 can be
removed from CUI inspection protocols.
Available in white and slate gray, Heat-Flex 3500 is ideal for coating everything
from pipes, valves, tanks, vessels, heaters,
and boilers to compressors, pumps, containers, stacks, and ductwork that operate in temperature ranges between -80° F
and +350° F.
Heat-Flex 3500 goes on fast and easy
to save application time and costs. Its
single-component, waterborne acrylic
formulation can be applied with standard
airless equipment. Its very fast dry time
allows for recoating within two hours.
In addition, Heat-Flex 3500 minimizes
overspray risks with droplets drying to a
non-adhering dust within a 20-foot fall.
Heat-Flex 3500 is suited for a wide
range of environments, including oil and
gas refineries, chemical, power, water,
wastewater, and food and beverage plants.
Flowcrete Americas
Introduces New AntiCorrosion Coatings, Linings
Flowcrete Americas has announced the
launch of a new range of anti-corrosive
vinyl ester coating and lining materials
designed to protect concrete and steel
structures from the damaging effects of
severe chemical and mechanical attack.
Flowchem is a new range of seamless, elastomer modified vinyl ester resin
systems designed for tough industrial environments including those found in the
power, oil and gas, mining and petrochemical sectors, where they act as a barrier
to inhibit the contact between chemical
compounds or corrosive materials.
Vinyl ester resin – a hybrid of polyester resin strengthened by the addition of
epoxy resin - offers superior protection
against highly concentrated and aggressive acids, alkalis and solvents including
sulfuric, nitric and hydrochloric acid as
well as ethanol, butane and methanol.
Flowchem systems provide temperature resistance of up to 350°F, excellent
bond strength and abrasion resistance as
well as reduced shrinkage, durability and
excellent bond strength.
Systems available in the range include
Flowchem VE RC, a horizontal and vertical roller applied vinyl ester coating
installed at 40 mils, Flowchem VE BC a
more robust version installed at 60, 75
or 125 mils with graded aggregates sandwiched in between two layers of vinyl
ester resin to provide enhanced traction,
strength and impact resistance.
Also available for hardier environ-
ments where improved dimensional sta-
bility is needed including areas subject to
explosion risk or Liquid Nitrogen han-
dling, is Flowchem VE GL, a glass fiber
reinforced horizontal and vertical applied
system installed at 125 mils.
PPG Launches
NUTRISHIELD
Food-Can Coatings
PPG Industries’ packaging coatings business has launched NUTRISHIELD new-generation coatings for the food-can
industry and Nutrishield SOLISTA internal protective spray coatings for drawn
and wall-ironed food cans. Nutrishield
brand products are PPG’s new generation
of food-can coatings, designed to fulfil
can-makers’ and brand-owners’ needs
regarding enhanced food-contact regula-tory requirements.
The Nutrishield Solista technology –
Bisphenol A non-intent (BPA-NI, or with
no BPA intentionally added) spray coatings for drawn and wall-ironed food cans
– is the first BPA-NI high-performance solution for the food-can industry approved
to pack ready meals, soups and infant
foods such as milk. The coatings comply
with North American and European regulations and are food-contact compliant,
certified by independent institutes.
Suitable for low- to high-pH and fatty
foods, Nutrishield Solista spray coatings
also have enhanced flavor-neutral properties to help easily affected products pass
extensive flavor tests.
More than 3 billion food cans will
have been coated with Nutrishield Solista
spray coatings by the end of 2015. The
coatings are now available commercially
in the U.S. and were launched in Europe
over the last year, and they are ready for
global reach and supply with production
capacity in all regions.
PPG produces Nutrishield Solista
coatings in vessels dedicated to the manufacture of BPA-NI spray. In addition, PPG
offers a complete new-generation system
for drawn and wall-ironed food cans,
with BPA-NI PPG Washcoat (PPG5200
series), fully compatible with Nutrishield
Solista internal spray coatings. CW
Sherwin-Williams Offers
Thermal Insulative Coating
