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A New Shot Blasting Plant for Higher Paint Adhesion on Isoplus Mediterranean’s Oil & Gas Pipelines Barbara Pennati ipcm®
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n the multifaceted and complex ȴeld of surface treatments, ‘added
feature and an added value oered to its customers and users all
value’ can have dierent meanings: a unique and high-quality
over the world (ref. Opening photo). “Isoplus Mediterranean was
aesthetic ȴnish, attentive and complete service, or competitive delivery
established in 2009 and it belongs to the Isoplus Group, which has
times. Very often, added value is actually the combination of all these
twenty oɝces worldwide and whose core business are bar-based and
factors. However, corrosion protection is taking on an increasingly
ȵexible pre-insulated pipelines,” explains Fabio Zen, the plant director
crucial role, along with the ability of companies to guarantee longer
of Isoplus Mediterranean. “Isoplus Mediterranean stands out from the
service life of products even in sectors where anti-corrosion treatments
rest of the Group due to the choice it made in 2013 to add corrosion
are not normally required. The importance of corrosion protection is
protection services to its district heating business. This was based on
certainly not something new: anyone working in this ȴeld knows how
the knowledge and experience of our current management, which have
crucial it is, both since it ensures the durability of assets and because
enabled us to develop an actual separate division, ultimately making
all other factors, especially aesthetics, depend on its eectiveness.
Isoplus Mediterranean the only company in the Group to oer this
In the heavy-duty industry, including the naval, oshore, energy,
service,” says Zen.
and infrastructure sectors, all with particularly harsh environments,
The ȴrm installed its ȴrst plant to protect oil & gas pipelines in 2014;
corrosion protection is perhaps the added value par excellence.
since then, it has revamped it a few times. In order to guarantee
Isoplus Mediterranean (Villamarzana, Rovigo, Italy) has made the
better anti-corrosion paint adhesion and mechanical protection for its
protection of its pipeline for the oil & gas sector a distinguishing
pipes, Isoplus has recently installed a shot blasting system provided by © ipcm
Opening photo: Isoplus Mediterranean specialises in the application of protective coatings for pipelines intended for the oil & gas sector.
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