In today’s economy, industry, government, government agencies, and maintenance engineers around the world are forced to do more with less. With operating budgets well below average, facilities and organizations of all multitudes can no longer replace capital equipment or undertake major structural rehabilitation projects. However, with technology advancing at an exponential rate, there are alternative routes to replace valuable pieces of machinery, equipment, and structures. Advanced composite, coating and rebuild systems are beginning to have a strong presence in facility management and maintenance programs around the world. These advanced polymer repair products are cost-effective, commercially proven, and often save organizations tens of thousands of dollars by reducing life cycle cost, increasing efficiency, decreasing downtime, and providing long-term solutions. .
Historically, these polymer repair products are used to address concrete rehabilitation, water intrusion, erosion, corrosion, leaky pipes and roofs, impact, shock, chemical attack, pressure leak in-line hydrostatics and problems related to fluid flow.
Examples:
• Leaky elevator shafts
• Water intrusion into basements and sub-basements
• Wheelchair transitions
• Pump coatings
• Leaking pipes
• Shaft repairs on site or on a lathe
• Transmission floors
• Sealing of a wide variety of roofs from EPDM to Metal
• Industrial floor coverings for high-wear areas, from kitchens to Air Force perches
• Containment areas that suffer chemical attack
• Adaptation of cooling towers to extend the useful life of the unit
• Tubular shell heat exchangers and corresponding end bells
• Tanks
• Non-slip surface
These systems are used by organizations of a variety of sizes. From YMCAs, school districts, cities, counties, commercial buildings and structures, refineries, hospitals, nuclear power plants to the US Navy. These systems will be more expensive than the conventional over-the-counter repair method. However, when repairs are made year after year, these systems pay off big on the back end. Often these companies will not bother to come and educate you and your team about their products and often this can be valuable to your team. Just remember that there are dozens of manufacturers of systems like these. It pays to do your homework before moving forward with a company.