Sep 24, 2026 | Rust Prevention
The rust preventive oil at the end of the line is usually doing its job. The parts do not rust. What it also does is drip off the rack onto the floor, drift as a mist onto every machine within twenty feet, put VOCs in the air, and hand the next operation a part that...
Sep 23, 2026 | Blast Rooms, Parts Washer, Rust Prevention
Working is not the same as right Cortec’s tip of the month in August was aimed at its own customers, and it is blunt: if you use VCI packaging or rust preventative chemicals, have your process evaluated even if it is working 100 percent, because there are newer...
Sep 21, 2026 | Asset Preservation, Rust Prevention
Cortec® released a new demonstration video on September 17 showing how Boiler Lizard® goes into a boiler for dry layup. The whole procedure runs under two minutes on camera, which is roughly how long it takes in the boiler room. If you have been putting off a...
Sep 16, 2026 | Rust Prevention, VCI Packaging
Five bags off the internet, one pass Pink poly is the default answer for shipping anything with a circuit board in it. It is cheap, it is pink, and it says antistatic on the box. Cortec’s film plant ordered five pink poly antistatic bags from online sellers and...
Sep 15, 2026 | Rust Prevention, VCI Packaging
A build-ahead is the packaging engineer’s worst assignment. The plant is going to build months or years of product in advance, put it in a warehouse nobody is going to heat or dehumidify, and expect every unit to roll onto the assembly line later without a rust...
Sep 15, 2026 | Asset Preservation, Blast Rooms, Coatings, Rust Prevention
The Asset You Cannot Take to the Blast Room Every plant has them. Equipment that is structurally fine, functionally fine, and slowly rusting in place where nobody can get at it properly. Rooftop units. Mezzanine framework. Duct runs and support steel over a production...
