Above-Ground Pipework and Structural Steel Maintenance
Pipe racks, utility lines and structural steel in an operating plant corrode locally, not uniformly: at supports, at fittings, under insulation terminations and at bolted connections. Recoating those details properly means scaffolding, containment, blasting and a shutdown — which is why they are usually patched, and why the patches fail again.
Above-Ground Pipework and Structural Steel
Pipe racks, utility lines and structural steel in an operating plant corrode locally, not uniformly: at supports, at fittings, under insulation terminations and at bolted connections. Recoating those details properly means scaffolding, containment, blasting and a shutdown — which is why they are usually patched, and why the patches fail again.
Corrosion risk
- Corrosion under and around pipe supports where water is trapped.
- Local paint breakdown at fittings, welds and edges in humid industrial atmospheres.
- Ultraviolet degradation and thermal ageing of exposed protective layers.
- Restricted access and permit constraints that rule out blasting and hot work.
Recommended configuration
Local preparation to St2 → primer → paste at the crevices → petrolatum or wax tape over the detail → aluminium foil outer wrap. Done in one visit, on a live line, without a hot-work permit. The foil outer wrap carries the ultraviolet and weather load, so the primary layer beneath it is not thermally aged.
Send us the asset, we will propose the system
Asset type, dimensions, operating temperature, exposure and estimated quantity are enough for us to return a system configuration, a material estimate and the supporting documents.