Author: kwd

Prolan solves corrosion problems on Liebherr Crane’s
wire Ropes
Esbjerg Havn Port is one of the largest in Denmark handling 2/3rds
of the countries truck transport cargo. This port has 40yrs of
experience in the oil and offshore oil industries. Esbjerg Port was
first introduced to Prolan by a forklift supplier in Denmark who had
corrosive issues on forklifts exposed to the harsh North Sea
weather conditions

Prolan Anti-seize grease as now been approved by MPI NZ for use around the Dairy processing industry. This grease has a MPI C 15 Rating. Also it holds significant international approvals: NSF H1, H2, R2 and Eurofins France Drinking Water approvals.  Prolan grease is excellent for maintenance around food processing areas, has proven performance on stainless steel fittings and fastenings,  with the added bonus it is environmentally friendly and clean to use.

 

The Danish company ‘Agrometer’ founded in 1977, are a manufacturer of unique, high performance pumps used for irrigation, clean water, slurry and wastewater.  They are a global supplier to many different markets such as aquaculture, shipping, general industry and communities.

‘Agrometer’ has had an ongoing constant battle against corrosion until they were introduced to the ‘PROLAN’ range of products in 2013.
They now extensively use ‘PROLAN’ in different departments ranging from assembling their own pumps to protection of sea freight and components sent to overseas customers.

The production and maintenance/service staff at ‘Agrometer’ give ‘PROLAN’ products their highest recommendation. ‘PROLAN’ products are used anywhere that they know corrosion is an issue i.e. connections, flanges, bolts etc.

See their story under Case Studies to  the left of the  Prolan website front page.

The company ‘Hartmann’ founded in 1917 are the world’s leading manufacturer of moulded fibre egg packaging, and are also one of the world’s largest manufacturers of machinery for producing moulded fibre packaging. They develop, manufacture and sell recyclable packaging for eggs and fruit. All ‘Hartmann’s’ products are based on recycled paper which is a renewable CO2-neutral and bio-degradable resource.

Many Farmlands branches in the Canterbury and Southland areas are now stocking Prolan as customers are realising the benefits of using Prolan to protect their farm machinery and equipment. Prolan has been a familiar product on the shelves in most North Island branches; as demand grows this is now filtering down to the South of New Zealand.

So if you’re down South head in an grab a can of Prolan to protect your gear.

In October 2011 the cargo ship Rena ran aground on the Astrolabe reef 15 miles off the coast of Port of Tauranga, New Zealand. This ships grounding created one of the worst environmental maritime disasters in New Zealand history.

1300 tonnes of heavy fuel oil and 1700 containers have to be removed. To remove the containers ‘PB Seatow’ set up two large crawler cranes on a large barge that could be moved in close around the shallow waters of the wreck. These cranes would then lift the containers off the wreck and on to a waiting ship to be transported back to Tauranga. This operation would take somewhere between 6 months to 2 years and during this time the two cranes would be exposed to the harse salt water conditions and corrosion.

‘Independent Stevedoring Ltd ‘operate at the ‘Port of Tauranga’ loading and unloading cargo from the busy container ships. Part of this work is to load logs onto the ships with a wire rope and spreader system. Some of the ropes are left around the cargo to allow easier removal when they reach their final destination. The ropes and twitches are then shipped back as deck cargo to NZ and rust during transit.Wire ropes rust on the inner strands and twitches also freeze solid because of the rust and have to be thrown away.

‘Prolan’ was commissioned to solve major rust corrosion problems at the ‘Tauranga bridge marina -NZ’, where the ends of the bolts holding the marina walkway to the pontoons were rusting away after a 5yr period. Maintenance of approximately 50000 fittings on the piers became a major issue because of the time wasted trying to remove the seized nuts. The rate at which the corrosion occurred also highlighted the short lifespan that could be expected from the original system. Eventually the nut would rust completely away allowing the pontoon to break free and become unsafe