Devcon Maintenance and Repair Solutions - Sintemar
Devcon Maintenance and Repair Solutions - Sintemar
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.