Three Free Coatings E-Books have been released by KTA-Tator, Inc in the Spring/Summer of 2017. They are all available below: Measuring Coating Thickness According to SSPC-PA 2 In April of 2017, KTA-Tator, Inc. released a Free E-Book titled “Measuring Coating Thickness According to SSPC-PA 2.” The E-book, written by KTA COO and SSPC Dry Film Thickness […]
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Background SSPC: The Society for Protective Coatings, NACE International and other trade organizations have volunteer technical committees made up of subject matter experts that develop consensus standards that are drafted, balloted, approved and published. Development of a new standard can take as short as 3 years and as long as 5-7 years, depending on the
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SSPC has published four visual guides that depict the different degrees of cleaning for dry and wet abrasive blast cleaning, water jetting, and hand/power tool cleaning. Two of the four were prepared jointly with NACE International (Figure 1). The guides are: SSPC-VIS 1, Guide and Reference Photographs for Steel Surfaces Prepared by Dry Abrasive Blast
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What is considered a good coating specification and how is it written? Specifications are essentially a project “roadmap” that should convey the project scope of work and the requirements in a simple, clear, concise and easy to read format. A well written specification allows the reader to easily navigate, understand, and use the document. The
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SSPC-CS 23.00/AWS C223M/NACE No. 12 Specification for the Application of Thermal Spray Coatings (Metallizing) of Aluminum, Zinc, and Their Alloys and Composites for the Corrosion Protection of Steel was originally published in 2003 by three societies, including SSPC: The Society for Protective Coatings, the American Welding Society (AWS) and NACE International. Ten years later a
When reviewing reference standards, a single word can make the difference between a requirement that is mandatory, versus one that is recommended or optional. The same is true of specifications, although in that case, most if not all requirements should be written as being mandatory. The words shall, should, and may are the focus of
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New SSPC/NACE wet abrasive blast cleaning (WAB) standards were approved in August 2015. The standards define five degrees of cleaning that are created using a mixture of abrasive and water. The mixture is created in one of three ways: water is injected into the dry abrasive blast stream, abrasive is injected into a pressurized water
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Click the Image Below to Download your free SSPC-PA 2 eBook “Coating thickness shall be measured in accordance with SSPC: The Society for Protective Coatings Paint Application Standard No. 2 (SSPC-PA 2)” is a simple enough statement, yet this common specification requirement is often misinterpreted….. In This eBook, You’ll Learn… A Brief History of SSPC-PA
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On September 2, 2016, workers were cutting steel with a torch on the Liberty Bridge in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The steel cutting operations were being performed within a containment enclosure system previously erected for an associated paint removal project on the bridge. During the steel cutting process, sparks reportedly ignited ventilation piping inside the containment, then
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Many agencies and facility owners require coating testing of products and systems prior to their use on a coating project. This is not an original concept; developing a qualified products list (or QPL) is becoming more commonplace, as not all coatings and coating systems are created as equals, even if they are in the same generic
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