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Devcon Maintenance and Repair Solutions - Sintemar

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Field Application Reports<br />

Products:<br />

Application Date:<br />

Customer:<br />

Industry:<br />

Location 118<br />

Valve Gate <strong>Repair</strong><br />

Titanium Putty / Brushable Ceramic /<br />

Flexane® 80 Putty<br />

1/19/97<br />

Houston Light <strong>and</strong> Power<br />

Utility Power Generation<br />

Problem:<br />

This 1.5 meter cooling system valve would receive extreme abrasive wear from a slurry of s<strong>and</strong> <strong>and</strong><br />

water. The wear was concentrated on the valve body seal area <strong>and</strong> the on the edges of the valve gate.<br />

The wear was so severe that the valve no longer sealed due to a 1/2” gap between the gate <strong>and</strong> seal.<br />

The previous method of repair was to simply replace when required. Valve replacement cost was<br />

estimated to be $45K.<br />

Solution:<br />

Complete valve assembly was s<strong>and</strong>blasted to a SSPC-SP5 white metal finish. All surfaces were then<br />

chemically cleaned using Cleaner Blend 300. Titanium Putty was applied to the valve gate edges<br />

rebuilding the missing eroded metal. Following a partial cure of Titanium Putty, (2 hours), Brushable<br />

Ceramic was applied to a thickness of 25 mils. Following a partial cure of Brushable Ceramic, (4 hours), a<br />

second coat of Brushable Ceramic Red was applied, again to a thickness of 25 mils . Titanium Putty was<br />

applied to the seal support area rebuilding the missing eroded metal. Following a partial cure of Titanium<br />

Putty, (2 hours), both FL10 <strong>and</strong> FL20 Primers were applied <strong>and</strong> each allowed to cure or dry for 15<br />

minutes. Using both primers improved bonding properties of Flexane 80 Putty from 25 pli to 50 pli..<br />

Flexane 80 Putty was applied to replace the worn missing rubber seal. Vaseline was applied to the gate as<br />

a release agent, <strong>and</strong> then closed. Closing the gate compressed the uncured Flexane 80 Putty, forming a<br />

new urethane seal. Following a full cure of the Flexane 80 Putty, (24 hours), the gate was opened. All<br />

remaining exposed metal was coated with a final coat of Brushable Ceramic. Brushable Ceramic<br />

encapsulated repair areas <strong>and</strong> provided an abrasion <strong>and</strong> corrosion resistant, low co-efficient to friction<br />

protective coating. <strong>Devcon</strong>’s repair cost was $3K.

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