This book is a personal history of Raouf Kattan and his involvement in marine coatings. It focusses on his life, the influences, factors, adventures he had, which resulted in his establishment of Safinah Ltd, as a consultancy to the marine industry. He describes working with the main players in the industry internationally, and the enjoyment, and tribulations, he felt during his career.
Raouf has written many technical articles about the marine coatings industry and its problems throughout his career, including several in this magazine.
This is an interesting history of the marine coatings industry over 30 years from one professional’s experience, and hopefully could encourage newcomers to the industry that there is great career to be had in marine coatings.
The book is available as a free downloadable ebook at, https://www.safinah-group.com/beyond-the-pail/
Located around 89 kilometres off the east coast of England, Hornsea 2 is due to be up and running by mid-2022. It has the capacity to produce more than 1.3 gigawatts of energy – enough to power over 1.3 million homes.
The foundations of all the turbines (which tower 204 meters above sea level) have been coated with Interzone 954 from the company’s International brand. Originally designed for the demanding protection of offshore oil and gas structures, the product has now also become the go-to solution for offshore
wind farms.
Protecting turbines right-first-time enables them to continuously operate in the most challenging locations. Offshore wind farms are particularly susceptible to atmospheric corrosion, due to the high humidity and chloride content in the air. The splash zone of each wind turbine – which is intermittently wet and dry due to tides and waves – is the most prone to corrosion.
According to the company, Interzone 954 has a unique blend of properties, including excellent barrier protection, exceptional abrasion resistance and high film build. It’s also resistant to a wide range of chemicals.
Winn & Coales (Denso) Ltd.’s SeaShield 2000FD™ System was recently specified for the protection of 31 jetty piles at the Royal National Lifeboat Institution’s (RNLI) station in Padstow, Cornwall.
The existing epoxy coating on the piles had begun to fail due to its length of time in service, and abrasion caused by exposure to the local marine environment. The complete coverage of each pile required the installation team from PSJ Marine Services to work at height, from the beach, and subsea to fully protect the 16 piles of 762 mm diameter and 15 piles of 813 mm diameter.
The SeaShield 2000FD System, consisting of Denso Paste S105™, Denso™ Marine Piling Tape and a tough outer HDPE jacket, offers heavy-duty protection from corrosion and is suitable for application both above and below the water line, making it the ideal choice for this project and making Padstow the latest RNLI site to be protected with a SeaShield system., concluded the company.
Remote monitoring specialist Omniflex has released the latest in its industry-leading Teleterm range of remote monitoring instruments — the Teleterm SW1 module — an IoT-focused satellite-based remote monitoring module for the global cathodic protection (CP) market. Suited for use in a variety of applications, such galvanic CP installations on highways, bridges and pipelines in remote locations, the SW1 enables satellite-based remote monitoring and control where there is limited mobile connectivity and power supply.
The new SW1 remote monitoring module is solar powered using a tiny built in solar panel, so it requires no additional connections to power, and has no specialist set up requirements, other than requiring a clear view of the sky. It uses the low-cost Swarm satellite constellation, which provides 100 per cent global coverage, meaning users can now benefit from remote monitoring in environments where it was not previously possible due to the lack of mobile phone coverage, such as remote highways, pipelines and offshore installations, concluded the company.
Aquatec has won OTC’s 2022 Spotlight on New Technology Award and ASME’s 2022 Albert Woelfel Best Mechanical Engineering Achievement Award.
The company received the Small Business Spotlight on New Technology Award for its KINEKtron® Retrofit Subsea Strain Measurement System, an innovative technology developed to measure and communicate strain levels on structural tubular members, pipelines, and other load-bearing infrastructure. The OTC-exclusive award recognises broad interest technologies that are innovative, marketplace-ready, and positively impact the industry.
Also, for its KINEKtron® system, the company received ASME’s (American Society of Mechanical Engineers) prestigious Woelfel Best Mechanical Engineering Achievement Award. The Woelfel BMEA Award recognises a company for a product, device, or system displayed at the OTC Conference that best reflects innovation and practical use of mechanical engineering in solving problems, improving design, or maximising performance.
Left: 2022 Spotlight on New Technology Award 2022
Right: 2022 Woelfel Best Mechanical Engineering Achievement Award
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