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Rusticles and Wrecks

Nicholas Flood January 25, 2019

Nickolas is a Corrosion Technician working at the Australian Maritime Museum of Australia (ANMM) and recently published a blog article on the ANMM website . Republished with permission

The technical program included speakers from: Dulux, Marine and Civil Maintenance, AECOM, Fibrecon, V-Rod, ASC Shipbuilding, Jotun Marine and the ACA. Special thanks as always to our sponsor for the event – Dulux Protective Coatings – without whose support the event wouldn’t…

Maritime Event in Cairns

Website Admin November 15, 2018

There are a few place left on this event on the 20th November This one-day seminar takes a look at corrosion mitigation systems and different management strategies for marine infrastructure. This event is for anyone who has involvement with managing corrosion in…

Anti-fouling Innovation | Keeping ships at sea longer

Robert Slater October 22, 2018

Dr Andrew Ang of Swinburne University of Technology (Melbourne, Australia) has been selected overall winner for the prestigious 2018 Fresh Science Victoria Award for work related to corrosion and biofouling, A new corrosion-resistant coating that halved the build-up of algae and barnacles…

Digging in for tunnel durability

Robert Slater September 5, 2018

Tunnels that carry road, rail and utility services are usually built to minimise the cost and time it takes to move people, freight and services around a city or country.

Anodes, Chemical Composition & Your Boat

Website Admin May 25, 2018

Let us start by saying that there is nothing mystical about anodes. They sacrifice themselves to protect your hull and other immersed or buried metallic fittings against corrosion. Metals and Alloys that are higher on the Galvanic Table protect those alloys below…

STRUCTURAL CORROSION ISSUES ON COLLINS CLASS SUBMARINES | 2006

Website Admin April 3, 2018

Author: Mr. Roman Dankiw Senior Technical Officer Directorate of Submarine Engineering Structural & Naval Architecture Group This paper is a modified summary from a study conducted by the Submarine Branch to identify and quantify the impact of corrosion on the Collins Class…

Researchers discover efficient and economically sustainable way to filter salt and metal ions from water

Website Admin February 14, 2018

This article has been seen around the web for the last few days. We had a look around and found that you can have a read of the original paper” Ultrafast selective transport of alkali metal ions in metal organic frameworks with…

Op-Ed : Corrosion challenges facing utility companies

Wes Fawaz October 16, 2017

Corrosion challenges facing utility companies Wes Fawaz, Executive Officer, Australasian Corrosion Association My organisation often reports that the continuing challenge for utility companies is the management, mitigation and remediation of the corrosion of their assets. This is both costly and inconvenient to…

Join the ACA Applicators Group

Jessica Lyndon September 26, 2017

Founded in 2017 to represent the needs of specialist contractors in industries that serve the protection or restoration of corrosion affected structures throughout Australasia, including New Zealand. These include companies and individuals in; concrete protection, applied concrete floor finishes, concrete repair, hazardous…

Category: Technical

Rusticles and Wrecks

Maritime Event | Roundup

Maritime Event in Cairns

Anti-fouling Innovation | Keeping ships at sea longer

Digging in for tunnel durability

Anodes, Chemical Composition & Your Boat

STRUCTURAL CORROSION ISSUES ON COLLINS CLASS SUBMARINES | 2006

Researchers discover efficient and economically sustainable way to filter salt and metal ions from water

Op-Ed : Corrosion challenges facing utility companies

Join the ACA Applicators Group