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Proven Heat-Flex™ Hi-Temp 1200 Chosen for Corrosion Protection at Ras Tanura Refinery Heat-Flex™ Hi-Temp 1200 from Sherwin-Williams was chosen for its
our customer to provide the necessary level of protection with efficiencies
time-saving advantages as the proven single coating protection against
in time and cost of using only one product,” said Emre Karapinar, Project
corrosion and high heat for the O&G bulk valves at Saudi Aramco’s Ras
Development Manager for Sherwin-Williams.
Tanura refinery.
Independently tested and certified for use in severely corrosive environments, Heat-Flex™ Hi-Temp 1200 comes without the need of an
Experts from Sherwin-Williams collaborated with contractor Tecnicas
inorganic zinc primer even when it is cured at ambient temperatures. It
Reunidas on the clean fuels and aromatics project to protect bulk valves
is approved under Saudi Aramco engineering standard SAES-H-101V /
for all process conditions and temperatures and ensure fault-free
System APCS-11C as a high temperature resistant CUI coating for O&G
continuous operations at the facility near the industrial port city Jubail in
projects in the Middle East.
Saudi Arabia. Heat-Flex™ Hi-Temp 1200 is the industry’s next-generation
Heat-Flex™ Hi-Temp 1200 can be applied direct to steel or stainless steel,
single-component corrosion under insulation (CUI) solution for
as a coating under insulation, and is acceptable for use on cryogenic
high-heat applications. It offers unrivalled corrosion resistance and
equipment or over properly prepared steel surfaces either insulated
enhanced durability in reducing damage from shop to field with faster
or uninsulated. It is ideal for power plants, refineries, chemical facilities,
shop throughput. It also provides lower Volatile Organic Compounds
offshore and marine and pulp and paper industries.
(VOCs). “We were aware of the challenges associated with bulk valve packages for
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these projects and our R&D team came up with a versatile solution for
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Heat-Flex™ Hi-Temp 1200, the next-generation single-component corrosion under insulation (CUI) solution, has been chosen in order to coat the O&G bulk valves at Saudi Aramco’s Ras Tanura refinery.
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