• Cortec Corrosion Solutions India Private Limited

Preservation Solutions for Critical Spares

Cortec® offers innovative Preservation Solutions for Critical Spares. Pump failures at oil production facilities globally - be it the Persian Gulf or the Mexican Gulf - are an occupational hazard, resulting in halted production and the loss of several thousand dollars of revenue and productivity for the business. It is mission critical to get the production line up and running quickly. While this scenario occurs frequently, many companies fail to anticipate it. Consequently, maintenance crews are usually scrambling to find spare parts, which if on hand, are likely to have been in storage for a few years, and are now covered in rust. If the crew is lucky, the spare part works. If not, more time and money is lost in trying to fix the old part or find a new one. Preservation specialists at Cortec work with asset owners in developing best in class, zero-defect, low-cost preservation solutions. Since many oil, gas, and power gen operations have warehouses full of spares that may have already rusted, critical spare preservation often starts with restoration. Non-toxic rust removers such as VpCI®-422 can effectively clean the rust off parts to restore them to usable condition on the same day. Biobased cleaners such as EcoLine® cleaner degreaser remove greases, oils, and other contaminants to prepare the parts for preservation. Spares that are effectively preserved with Cortec VpCIs will be ready for rapid installation the next time a critical operating part fails. Instead of continuing to lose millions of dollars while plant operation is suspended and personnel scramble to deal with a rusty replacement part, workers can simply unwrap the VpCI-preserved critical spare and install it as quickly as a completely new part. This not only saves expensive downtime losses but also lowers labour and preservation costs through more efficient protective materials. In order to avoid massive operational losses and headaches like these, it is definitely worth sparing a thought for critical spares.