Application case history

Abcite
Corrosion Protection

Durable protection against corrosion in water

distribution equipment
Contractor: To avoid maintenance expenditures All parts can be easily and rapidly
TMVW and possible rust incrustations on repaired on-site, should damage occur.
In Ghent, Belgium tubes, shaped parts, flap valves, slides Although no primer or adhesion
and boilers, the waterwork equipment promoter is needed, adhesion to
Project: has been coated with Abcite metals is better than with most
Corrosion resistance in waterwork thermoplastic powder from DuPont, thermoplastic powder coatings
installations is of utmost importance. using either spraying or a fluidised commonly used today. The Zelzate
The regional authorities of Ghent were bed process, depending on the parts. waterwork installation has thus been
looking for a reliable coating to protect running smoothly since 1996, the date
the inside of the equipment against the Solution: when its equipment was first coated
influence that the particular composition As a rule, conventional thin coatings with Abcite.
of surface water can have on the final used in waterworks are not sufficiently
drinking water. The outside of the reliable, whereas multi-layer coatings Benefits:
pumps had also to be protected against require plenty of time to produce. In Abcite resists corrosion.
aggressive media and condensed this particular case, all the tube parts Abcite has high impact strength.
moisture. Moreover, and in accordance have been coated with Abcite, a Abcite adheres well to all parts
with the Belgian law, the coating had to product developed specially for without an adhesion promoter.
be such as not to harm human health, corrosion protection, which is Abcite does not propagate
and to prevent germ formation. available in a variety of standard microbes.
colours. Abcite belongs to the Abcite achieves a smooth, non-
Problem: DuPont family of reversible cross- porous surface.
In seven months alone, almost 700 000 linked copolymer powder coatings
cubic meters of surface water, reaching which Abcite offers excellent resistance to
are easily applied most kinds of water.
the Zelzate waterworks from the electrostatically after preheating the
Netherlands, had been turned into metal parts. The 400 m-thick layer of Abcite is physiologically and
drinking water and forwarded to Ghent Abcite provides a non-porous, toxicologically safe.
by a minimum of two pumps at a time, maintenance-free and non-toxic finish. Abcite conforms to different
functioning 24 hours a day. national water legislation

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