Corrosion, Why Bother?

In a modern business environment, successful enterprises cannot tolerate major

corrosion failures, especially those involving personal injuries, fatalities,
unscheduled shutdowns and environmental pollution. For this reason considerable
efforts are generally expended in corrosion control at the intent phase and in the
functional phase.

In a modern environment of business, the successful firms cannot tolerate

important chess of corrosion, especially these personal impliquantes wounds,
fatalities, surprised closings and pollution of the environment. For this reason
considerable efforts are in general exhausted in the control of corrosion at the stage
of design and in operational stage.

In a modern, successful companies cannot tolerate strong corrosion failure,

especially those who find the personal injuries, deaths, unplanned downtime and
environmental contamination. For this reason, considerable efforts in general
consumes in corrosion protection in the provision and in the functional phase.

Corrosioncanleadtofailuresinplantinfrastructureandmachinesthatareusuallycostlytore
pair,costlyintermsoflostorcontaminatedproduct,intermsofenvironmentaldamage,and
possiblycostlyintermsofhumansafety.Decisionsregardingthefutureintegrityofastructur
eoritscomponentsdependonanaccurateassessmentoftheconditionsaffectingitscorrosi
onandrateofdeterioration.Withthisinformationaninformeddecisioncanbemadeastothe
type,costandurgencyofpossibleremedialmeasures.

Required levels of maintenance can vary greatly depending on the hardness of the
operating environments. While some of the infrastructure equipment might just
require regular repainting and occasional inspection of electrical and plumbing lines,
some chemical processing plants, power generation plants, aircraft and maritime
equipment, are controlled with extensive maintenance schedules.

Even the best of designs cannot be required to anticipate all conditions that may
originate during the lifetime of a scheme. Corrosion in the section and monitoring
are used to determine the condition of a system and to determine how well
corrosion control and maintenance programs are performing. Traditional corrosion
inspection practices typically require planning, periodic shutdowns or service
interruptions to allow the inspection process. These scheduled interruptions may be
pricey in terms of productivity losses, restart energy, equipment availability, and
material costs. Nevertheless, accidental interruptions or shutdowns are potentially a
lot more disruptive and expensive.