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The USMC CPAC Program provides a holistic approach to corrosion engineering on ground vehicles. This starts with the acquisition of a new system, where CPAC will work with the Program Manager (PM) to develop the contractual requirements for corrosion prevention and aid in the evaluation and verification of an Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) to meeting those requirements.
The USMC CPAC Program provides a holistic approach to corrosion engineering on ground vehicles. This starts with the acquisition of a new system, where CPAC will work with the Program Manager (PM) to develop the contractual requirements for corrosion prevention and aid in the evaluation and verification of an Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) to meeting those requirements. CPAC will continue to work with the PM as weapon systems are fielded to verify performance, track condition and recommend maintenance activities to support any Service Life Extension Program (SLEP). In this capacity the CPAC Program has contractor run Corrosion Service Teams (CSTs) that perform organizational-level maintenance on vehicles such as repainting and preservative application. Additionally, they support full system repaint activities at Corrosion Repair Facilities (CRFs) and depots. Lastly, the CPAC Program maintains an applied Research, Development, Testing and Engineering (RDT&E) effort aimed at evaluating and identifying changes to the state-of-the-art in corrosion prevention relevant to USMC platforms. This includes the evaluation of corrosion prevention and control technologies identified by USMC personnel, the review of new coatings systems for corrosion prevention, evaluation of improved methods to monitor and predict corrosion on vehicles, the development of improved test methods to simulate long-term performance, etc. This paper will present an overview of the CPAC program.
An increase in useful life expectancies for structures requires the stringent process control of applied protective coatings. Evaluating the uniformity of the protective coating thickness is a critical quality component. Solutions for meeting industries’ ultimate goals of reducing costs, lessoning errors, and increasing quality will be discussed in the following coating thickness measurement overview.
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In the realm of new construction and maintenance lining projects, e.g., tank and vessel linings and pipelines, “productivity” has become a buzzword with applicators, owners, coating manufacturers and engineering companies. There can be a difficult balancing act to ensure so called “rapid productivity” is delivered and yet provide owners with the best net return on their investment.
What would you say to someone if they accused you of intentionally accepting corrosion that led to damage or loss of military equipment, infrastructure and facilities or the injury, lost time, loss of lifer? The truth is, we do choose to accept corrosion and its negative consequences based on the tradeoffs/choices and limitations we are faced with. Scientists say that the average human makes thousands of decisions every day. Researchers at Cornell have found that the average human makes approximately 230 decisions a day on food alone.