Benefits and Challenges of Polymer-lined Steel Vessels

In this episode, industry veterans Debra Mc Cauley and Dale Heffner sit down with co-hosts Heather Allain and Marc Cook to discuss polymer-lined steel vessels. The four chat about the end user drivers when purchasing polymer-lined steel vessels, including overall uses and costs; the supply chain and how the resins are produced; advantages and disadvantages of steel-lined equipment compared with dual laminate equipment; the use of cap strips; design details that need to be managed for the polymer-lined steel; hot water and helium tests and integrity techniques; and managing permeation in plastics. 

 

Show notes

For more information about MTI’s Global Solutions Symposium, visit https://www.mti-global.org/mtisymposium/home

 

Additional MTI resources:

Cap Strip Video

The lined equipment document is only available to members in the e-Library

Public bookstore – Guide for Repair and Alteration of FRP Equipment

Members bookstore – Guide for Repair and Alteration of FRP Equipment

Dual Laminate Podcast

 

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