Boiler_Lizard Every year, as steam demand drops for summer or a unit goes offline for a turnaround, facility and plant engineers face the same question: what’s the right way to lay up a boiler so it comes back online without corrosion damage? Get it wrong, and a...
If you have shopped for rust prevention, you have seen the acronyms: VCI, VpCI, vapor corrosion inhibitor. Here is what the technology actually is, how it works, and when it beats oils, greases, and desiccants. The short version VpCI stands for Vapor phase Corrosion...
Electrical cabinets, control panels, toolboxes, junction boxes, stored equipment — anywhere metal sits inside an enclosed space, humidity finds it. VCI emitters are the simplest fix in the corrosion toolbox: stick one inside, close the door, and the space protects...
Corrosion specialist Cortec has advised industries to set up a rust removal station with Cortec VpCI-422, a USDA-certified biobased product, to preserve machine parts that get rusted. There are two types of companies that will typically benefit most from setting up a...
Industrial workers encounter voids everywhere: in equipment, in piping, in packages, and even in structures. The challenge comes when these voids need short- or long-term preservation against corrosion. Such areas cannot typically be protected by applying a coat of...
