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15.5-Year Inspection Reveals the Effectiveness of a Single-Coat Epoxy

Product Number: 51322-17996-SG

Author: Guy Zanti

Publication Date: 2022

$20.00

In the mid-1990s, the US Navy’s technical community, led by Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA), recognized existing coatings used to protect the inside of ships’ tanks were failing on average 5-8 years after application. The high cost to blast and recoat over 11,000 tanks every 5-8 years, not counting submarines and aircraft carriers, was prohibitive. To address this issue, the Navy conducted a study to analyze the problem and decided to replace these legacy coatings with high solid epoxy coatings.¹

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Development of a Water Ballast Tank Coating Monitoring System

Product Number: 51323-19320-SG

Author: Anders W. B. Skilbred, Kevin Farinholt, Erik Risberg, Fritz Friedersdorf

Publication Date: 2023

$20.00

Inspection of ballast tanks and enclosures is generally performed using traditional methods such as
visual inspection and non-destructive evaluation (NDE) techniques. However, it is common for these
methods to often be labor intensive and limited by physical restrictions that prohibit access to certain
areas. Further, the evaluation of the coating condition is heavily dependent on the inspector, and the
quality of the data gathered is varying.

Products tagged with 'ballast tank coatings'

15.5-Year Inspection Reveals the Effectiveness of a Single-Coat Epoxy

Development of a Water Ballast Tank Coating Monitoring System

Association for Materials Protection and Performance