Topic: Corrosion protection in shipbuilding. Atmospheric plasma coating and surface pretreatment at the shipyard.
Application directly on site: Openair® Plasma facilitates direct surface pretreatment at the shipyard
Corrosion
protection, lightweight
construction and insulation are the most demanding challenges in
shipbuilding. Here plasma technology opens whole new options to meet
those challenges.
Openair®
plasma means pretreatment can be performed in atmospheric conditions.
This in turn means that entire components on completed ships and
tankers can be treated with plasma directly on site. Fully assembled
components can be completely pretreated for subsequent coating or for
the application of insulation.
Large-area surface pretreatment with Openair® for the insulation of tank interiorsAdvantages of Openair® plasma treatment in shipbuilding:
- Considerable cost savings stemming from improved corrosion protection
- Uncomplicated application, even for large-area pretreatments
- Coating pretreatment without use of chemicals (purely physical process)
Partners & References
STX France SALarge-scale surface treatment
Openair® plasma technology has proven to be the only practical surface treatment for bonding insulating panels in the manufacture of three liquefied natural gas supertankers. An area of 12,000 m² per tanker had to be treated, and achieving 100% seal integrity of the insulation was an absolute necessity.
