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Article: Electroplating system promises anticorrosion protection on and under the sea.(Tech Notes: Product Development)
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- Pipeline & Gas Journal
- Article date:
- March 1, 2009
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A coating system is available that promises to deliver lifetime protection for offshore pipeline bolts, fasteners and other metallic parts. he system consists of aluminum electro-plated onto steel in combination with a top layer of PTFE. Benefits include corrosion protection for the life of the steel in the roughest ocean environment and simplified maintenance.
There are manifold reasons to avoid corrosion in maritime applications above-sea or sub-sea. Suitable systems to protect parts like bolts and fasteners for many years from corrosion are the cathodic protection system or the employment of cost-intensive duplex and super duplex steels.
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