Read the latest edition of the magazine dedicated to corrosion prevention and control technologies in the heavy industry.
Corrosion control is known to be particularly important for infrastructure and production assets, which are one of the cornerstones of the economic development of countries. Be they in steel or concrete, they require inspection and maintenance interventions that guarantee their functionality over time, in order to avoid the occurrence of problems that undermine their durability and call for extraordinary maintenance operations. Maintenance must therefore become a priority for all public and private asset owners.
This is why in recent times and, even more so, in this historical moment, innovation in the protective coatings sector has been developing especially in two directions: the continuous monitoring of the durability of infrastructure and production assets, aimed at switching from planned to predictive maintenance programmes, and the offer of corrosion prevention and mitigation products that are increasingly high-performance and easy-to-apply.
This issue of ipcm® Protective Coatings, which concludes our editorial activity for this year, offers numerous insights on the above-mentioned topics, including products capable of effectively mitigating corrosion on hard-to-reach metal surfaces, such as bridge tension cables and post-tensioning solutions; an in-depth case study on how closer monitoring would have prevented a bridge in the UK from closing, thus cutting a vital highway link; and another in-depth case study on the effective maintenance operation performed on a biomass power plant with the pandemic in full swing, thanks to the use of thermal spray coatings.