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 121<br />
Bag House Tube Sheet<br />
<strong>Repair</strong><br />
Plastic Steel® Putty<br />
6/33/93<br />
U.S. Steel Edgar Thompson Plant<br />
Steel Manufacturing<br />
Problem:<br />
Over months of service the weld seams, <strong>and</strong> tube sheet joints would wear from processing or filtering<br />
lime <strong>and</strong> dry dust particulate. The wear was so severe that air <strong>and</strong> material leakage occurred. Past repair<br />
procedure was to weld or reseal with RTV sealant. Both past repair procedures were time consuming <strong>and</strong><br />
offered poor performance.<br />
Solution:<br />
<strong>Repair</strong> areas were first roughened to a SSPC-SP5 white metal finish using a grinding machine.<br />
Following roughening, all repair areas were chemically cleaned using Cleaner Blend 300. Plastic Steel<br />
Putty was mixed <strong>and</strong> applied as a filler to all worn metal areas on both the floor <strong>and</strong> wall seams.<br />
Following a partial cure of Plastic Steel Putty, (2 hours), Plastic steel Liquid was applied using a paint<br />
brush to lock in Plastic Steel Putty <strong>and</strong> to seal all potential pin holes. This repair process reduced<br />
downtime by 6 days. The overall cost savings using <strong>Devcon</strong>’s repair was estimated at $10K.