In the late 1990’s, I received a report from Materials Evaluation Laboratory. The report is copyrighted. The pump company had cleaned UHP WJ on panels supplied by a major oil company. Materials Evaluation Laboratory analyzed the substrate with microscopy and metallurgy compared to abrasive blasting. This was at the time that UHP WJ was scarce and […]
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Lydia Frenzel – A Life Devoted to Excellence
December 3, 2015
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Cleaner Times writer Adia Walker wrote an extensive feature on Lydia and Charles Frenzel upon the occasion of Lydia being presented the SSPC John D. Keane Award at their 2015 convention. Cleaner Times has a long history of writing for the service companies with safety and business hints as well as technical articles on pressure […]
Quality of Water for Use in High Pressure Pumps
October 29, 2015
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For 30 years, I have received questions about the quality of water that should be used for removal of coatings. How much dissolved material or minerals gets left on the surface? Just recently after an hour long webinar to 200 people, the questions was “What shoul the quality of the water be?” Among the first […]
EVALUATION OF 20,000 PSI WATER JETTING FOR SURFACE PREPARATION OF STEEL PRIOR TO COATING OR RECOATING
October 22, 2015
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EVALUATION OF 20,000 PSI WATER JETTING FOR SURFACE PREPARATION OF STEEL PRIOR TO COATING OR RECOATING 1983 Dr. Lydia M. Frenzel, Dr. Robert DeAngelis, Dr. John B. Bates The original monograph which started the SSPC, NACE, and ISO to use waterjetting (hydroblasting, aquablasting) for coatings removal and surface preparation. Click on the link to get […]
Lead Based Paint on Bridges- Cost Effective Alternatives- FHWA
July 8, 2015
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I get questions about relative cost for various surface preparation methods and the pros and cons. I refer people to this study as they can plug in their own numbers. “COST EFFECTIVE ALTERNATIVE METHODS FOR STEEL BRIDGE PAINT SYSTEM MAINTENANCE” CONTRACT NO. DTFH61-97-C-00026 was published by the FHWA with Corrpro in September 2001. The final […]
The Only Pipeline Integrity Congress Focused Specifically on Crude: Houston 19-Nov-2014
October 28, 2014
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This year’s inaugural Crude Pipeline Asset Integrity Congress is the only event designed specifically for crude oil pipelines. With the continual emergence of new shale plays across the US, crude production has continued to soar and crude takeaway capacity with it. Tens of thousands of miles of crude pipelines now traverse the United States and […]
February 25, 2016
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