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Talga Resources Ltd announced the commencement of a new
dispersions to work. The application of the coating was successful in
large-scale commercial trial of its Talcoat™ graphene additive for
meeting all conditions and standards required for ships of this size,
maritime coatings. At the core of the Talcoat product is Talga’s new
confirming the potential of the Talcoat product as a ready-mix component
patent pending graphene functionalisation technology in the form of
for on-site incorporation by coating companies or paint applicators alike.
an on-site dispersible powder that can successfully add graphene’s
To further test the versatility and compatibility of the Talcoat additive,
exceptional strength into paint and coatings.
the trial used a commercial coating system from a world-leading coating supplier different to that used in the first trial.
Back in November 2019, Talga applied the graphene-enhanced coating
The ocean-going cargo vessel, of similar size to the initial container ship
to a 33,000t container ship . Supported by the same ship owner, Talga
being approximately 225m long and weighing 33,000 tonnes, has
has provided its next generation graphene additive to enhance a primer
re-entered service at sea where over the next 12-18 months the test
coating successfully applied over a sizeable area of a second large
area will be evaluated on the performance boost delivered to the
container ship.
coating system.
Unlike the first trial, the Talcoat product and the 2-part epoxy based
“We continue taking graphene out of the lab and into the real world with
commercial coating system were supplied separately and mixed on-site
these large-scale coating trials underway on cargo ships. This application
by the paint applicators before spray application to the vessel during dry
joins the other large-scale clean technology product verticals we have
docking.
been developing for several years such as graphene enhanced concrete,
This is a significant commercial development for graphene-based
plastics and packaging products”, said Talga Managing Director,
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Mr. Mark Thompson. See the article “Global First as Talga Graphene Coating Begins Commercial-Scale Trial on Ocean-Going Cargo Vessel” at pages 24-27.
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For further information: www.talgagroup.com
Commencement of Talcoat™ - enhanced primer being applied to M/V Arica.
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