Chen Liu. Development of Anti-fouling Coating Using in Marine Environment.  International Journal of Environmental Monitoring

The marine organism attaching to the ship hull would slow down the ship and increasing fuel consumption. In order to prevent the problem, anti-fouling paints are used to...

There is need to optimize testing protocols for marine coatings and develop improved accelerated test systems that best simulate the erosion process on marine paints as ships travel. The selection of a mari...

The coatings inspector is the one ultimately responsible for ensuring that the specified degree of surface cleanliness is actually achieved.

Coatings experts often say that surface preparation is the most important part of a coating system.

Effective surface preparation is of paramount importance to...

The company should provide the coatings inspector with the most appropriate European standards relevant to the general activities in the surface preparation and painting process.

The Coatings Inspector job is to inspect the prepared surfaces, advise on whether the specified standards have been ac...

• Elaine Armelin, Ramón Oliver, Francisco Liesa, José I. Iribarren, Francesc Estrany, Carlos Alemán

Elisabete Almeida^,Teresa C. Diamantino^, Orlando de Sousa

Environmental conditions for paint application

Although contracts are specific, the lack of documented quality control is sometimes terrifying.

Prior to the start of any project, there are a number of initial records or documents that you should have, or be able to refer to either at a central location or at the job site.

Equally important ar...

It should never be assumed that the correct coating materials for a project have been delivered to the work site or the paint shop.

·Ensure that the paints provided to the site or shops match with the requirements of the specification and that all paints to be used on a surface are supplied by on...

The Paint Inspector has a responsibility to organize his time in order to be available when requested by the Shipyard Quality Control or Contractor for the purpose of inspecting work that has been performed.

Many contractors have implemented elaborate QA/QC procedures and consider this to be adequate...

According to Marine Paints research, the industrial market for marine biocides is integrated
with the marine coatings industry and although the active biocides are represented by other industrial actors
than the coating products the two industries have to work hand in hand to develop and distribute ...

COATING INSPECTION

>> Project Management Approach Roadmap

The following is a summary of our approach:

Surface Inspection / Preparation

Surfaces to be prepared are inspected to assure that grease and oil, sharp edges, and weld spatter are removed. Abrasive equipment used for surface pr...