A Primary Mission of the Council is to promote effective means of surface preparation in the maintenance industry using water and water/abrasive blasting techniques. In Scotland last year a group of coatings manufacturers estimated the coatings maintenance market was $2 Billion Dollars. The estimation for coatings going over water jetting surfaces was 510%. While all …
Monthly Archives: April 2009
UHP Equipment
A Primary Mission of the Council is to promote effective means of surface preparation in the maintenance industry using water and water/abrasive blasting techniques. Operating conditions, cleaning rates, and performance differ substantially from standard equipment with several significant advantages applicable in todays environmentally and safety- conscious society. Early in 1971, the first ultrahigh-pressure compact intensifier …
Benchmark Cost Study
A 1975 benchmark study by Battelle-NBS calculated the cost of corrosion to be $70 billion per year, which was 4.2 percent of the nation’s gross national product (GNP). In this study, the total direct cost of corrosion was determined by analyzing 26 industrial sectors in which corrosion is known to exist and extrapolating the results …
UHP Standards and Parameters
The purpose of NSRP Project 3-96-4 was to evaluate the productivity of and areas of hydroblast (water-jetting) removal of coatings on representative areas of a ship, such as the hull, non-skid decking areas, tanks, complex geometry using open and closed loop systems. These procedures include surface cleanliness, surface contamination, coating removal rates, visual appearance, flash …
Blistering on Panels
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Baseline Measurements and Risk Factors
·Atlantic Marine Holding Company – (Prime Contractor) Will contribute shipyard resources and shipyard facility. · Worker fatigue induced by activities involving prolonged and repetitive use of heavy tools and equipment ·Discharge of water (process and storm water) contaminated with heavy metals into adjacent waterways and onto adjacent property via storm drains and into the ground …
Ergonomics of UHP
The project team will strive to achieve a 50% reduction in total costs associated with the UHP Water Blasting Process through industrial engineering methods, ergonomic analysis, and environmental engineering efforts. ·18 shipyards responded to survey (374 surveys mailed) ·38% of responses indicated that they use UHP Waterblasting for surface preparation ·The respondents indicated that most …
Costs of Incidents
Few safety departments have systems in place to verify these statements, however. Furthermore, companies which use verification systems that simply capture cash costs are missing a significant piece of the true incident cost puzzle. If the department does not understand an organization’s true financial loss, senior management will find it difficult to see what financial …
Partnering for the Environment
Because of the inherent types of operations, processes and some of the materials utilized in the shipbuilding and ship repair business, these facility are subject to regulatory oversight, specifically in this case, environmental regulation. Conventional stormwater management activities that are effective at other types of facilities may not necessarily be effectively implemented at a shipyard. …
Managing Shipyard Stormwater
Shipyards are facing increased regulation of stormwater discharges through the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permitting process. The development of low-cost but effective stormwater control, collection, and treatment alternatives is necessary to minimize environmental compliance costs at U.S. shipyards and strengthen the public image of shipyards as stewards of the environment. This paper presents …